I'd like to learn more about design patterns and designing a maintainable infrastructure for a J2EE web application. Do you have any book recommendations?
posted by smurdah
on Apr 17, 2009 -
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Why has XCode suddenly completely stopped working? Reinstallation has done nothing. It seemed to be working one day and then the next not at all, with no obvious changes to my system that I can think of.
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posted by lukeo05
on Apr 1, 2009 -
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Help me choose between Python and Java for a specific type of programming.
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posted by eebs
on Mar 20, 2009 -
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Software license filter: Using a GPL-licensed library with a questionably-licensed JNI binding layer. What implications does this have for Java code that links to the JNI layer?
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posted by Alterscape
on Mar 16, 2009 -
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I have written a simple little Java program which runs on the command line, displays a text menu, and takes user input. I would like to feed it a very large amount of test input--as though an actual user were sitting there typing in commands all day. I am using Windows, but have access to the basic *nix utilities such as cat. "cat file.txt | java Program" doesn't work, nor does starting the program and using the context menu to paste in several lines of data.
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posted by anaelith
on Mar 10, 2009 -
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[Website development filter] I have developed a site for a client. He wanted something that shows a picture with text that changes every few seconds so I created a GIF that does this. Now he says that he wants it to pause on mouseover or a click. How do I do this?
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posted by Drasher
on Mar 6, 2009 -
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My company forces the use of Internet Explorer for a number of internal sites. Now, they're also enforcing the use of an old version of Java (1.4.2_06) instead of just warning you. The trouble is I have Java 6 installed and despite also having 1.4.2_06 installed, IE 7 refuses to use it.
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posted by tommasz
on Feb 3, 2009 -
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I currently am using plain-jane HTML form "browse" file input fields to allow uploading on several sites. I want to move forward. I think "thinfile" will work for me, but before forking out the bux, do you have any recommendations?
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posted by maxwelton
on Dec 17, 2008 -
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I'm trying to find some Swing/AWT gui controls for WYSIWYG slide layout authoring. What kind of search terms will help me find these (if, of course, they exist at all)?
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posted by Alterscape
on Nov 25, 2008 -
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I need a tool for running unit tests from multiple projects with Java/Eclipse/JUnit/OS X
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posted by ambilevous
on Nov 18, 2008 -
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Java & JTextArea + JScrollpane: How do I autoscroll while text is being appended to the TextArea?
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posted by splice
on Nov 6, 2008 -
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I'm trying to write my first eclipse RCP application. I would welcome some ideas about how to design the UI, preferably using the RCP building blocks: editors, views, preference, wizards, perspectives...
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posted by blueyellow
on Sep 19, 2008 -
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Apache and Tomcat strangeness... a page in my app throws a 404... but only when using SSL on a single server.
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posted by utsutsu
on Aug 1, 2008 -
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I need an "Online Generic Card Game Simulator" program (my term). I don't think what I want exists, but I don't know how to verify this, or more importantly, how to go about making one for myself.
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posted by johnstein
on Jul 28, 2008 -
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Just installed latest Java RE 6 update 5 and IE7 crashes on opening. Have restored system and cancelled Java updates (for now) but....anyone else had this problem? Did you find a fix? I'm running Vista Ultimate on a Dell Inspiron 530 about 9 months old. Grateful for any thoughts....
posted by JtJ
on Jul 18, 2008 -
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Recommend the best advanced-level Java Swing and AWT reference books you know of.
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posted by mbatch
on Jun 9, 2008 -
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In which I attempt to swap to a more fashionable programming language, just as it becomes unfashionable: are there any good tools for translating C++ to Java?
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posted by outlier
on May 22, 2008 -
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Why would an applet work fine on my school's Windows computers, only to throw "java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.io.FilePermission filename.gif read)" when I attempt to run it on my Mac? This is using a lot of Java stuff I'm quite unfamiliar with, so be prepared to talk down to me. The thing-I-don't-understand in question is mostly something called MediaTracker, if that rings any bells. Many more details inside and upon request.
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posted by MadamM
on May 19, 2008 -
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I'm starting a new project at work rewriting a web application from scratch. We want to rewrite it in Java for a number of reasons that aren't really important. I've spent the last few months off and on researching web frameworks, but I haven't got a really good handle on how the web-development community feels about them. Help me choose!
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posted by Plutor
on May 5, 2008 -
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Im a Freshman Computer Engin. Major and I want to learn more programming/logic by myself. Any books/Resources/Sample Projects you might recommend?
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posted by Javed_Ahamed
on Apr 24, 2008 -
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I have a LG Trax phone, which uses java for games and apps. I downloaded some java games made specifically for this phone from a website, then transferred them to the phone with bluetooth. The phone will not recognize these .jar or .jad files as files it can use. Will unlocking my phone fix this problem?
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posted by schyler523
on Apr 21, 2008 -
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How long would it take to become decent at programming Java for someone with basic non OO programming skills?
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posted by ilike
on Apr 17, 2008 -
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My google-fu is failing me on this one.
Years ago I found a program that would take all the email I recieved, add it to a database and then it would run some algorithm to associate all of the email information together; essentially tagging it all. I was then able to open up their web interface and search for any topic I wished from my past emails.
Think of tagging bookmarks ala del.ic.ious but for email but it auto-tagged everything on it's own.
Basically the flow of email would be Exchange server -> "this program" -> Outlook. I vaguely recall that the program was written in Java and was freely available.
posted by cbushko
on Apr 15, 2008 -
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How are people dealing with >16 bit Unicode code points? Specifically, in languages like Java, C# and C++, which assume 16 bit characters (I believe), how are you supporting
GB 18030? I would suspect that the various languages' methods like substring(), charAt(), operator[], etc can't be safely used in China. If your wstring, say, contains a Chinese string, then .size() doesn't tell you how many characters are in it, right?
On a related note, what interesting Chinese characters require more than >16 bits? I'm thinking about making a short presentation for my co-workers on this subject and I'd like to have some interesting examples.
(Oh, and I'm going to run any examples by my Chinese colleagues first, so don't bother trying to make me say "penis" or something in front of my co-workers :-))
posted by bonecrusher
on Apr 4, 2008 -
6 answers
Is there an easy (no programming!) way to create a custom protocol handler for Java on XP?
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posted by worldshift
on Apr 3, 2008 -
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I'm trying to compile and run a Java class from Ruby, but I'm having some problems. I'm not very experienced with Ruby- please help me figure out what I'm doing wrong.
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posted by version control
on Mar 24, 2008 -
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How to get a relational database on a mobile device, and query it using J2ME?
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posted by ajp
on Mar 23, 2008 -
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Programming/design pattern question. Being self-taught, I've discovered a number of times I've labored over the solution to a problem only to discover a more elegant, standard design pattern already addresses the problem. I'm sort of hoping this is the case here.
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posted by Fezboy!
on Mar 20, 2008 -
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I want to teach myself computer science. I know that teaching myself is far from a university education on the subject, but I'd like to try. How can I teach myself? What are books/lectures/tools/websites/anything that I could use to do this? Covering everything from the programming languages themselves, to algorithms, software development, and the mathematics background necessary for this.
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posted by petah
on Jan 12, 2008 -
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Coffee beans behave like busses apparently. I went with preground for a year, and then I got a 5lb bag and a 1lb bag of roasted coffee beans and a grinder today for Christmas. How should I store them, accounting for my specific situation?
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posted by mccarty.tim
on Dec 25, 2007 -
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I am looking for an flash or Javascript plug in that I can embed into a website to play Internet radio streams. Specifically, one that will play mp3, wma/mms, and Realplayer (pls) streams. Does anyone know of one?
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posted by wflanagan
on Dec 1, 2007 -
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I've got two great job offers on the table, but unfortunately, I can't figure out which I should take. One is with an amazing organization, but doing more J2EE work; the other is sexy Adobe Flex work, but Contract. Help me choose!!!
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posted by SanctiCrucis05
on Oct 26, 2007 -
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I don't understand cell phone java applications... Can the hive mind help me to troubleshoot Gmail Mobile?
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posted by shanevsevil
on Oct 23, 2007 -
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