Tuesday, February 26, 2008

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Authenticate With Sun Java System Access Manager and ActivIdentity 4TRESS Authentication Server A win-win integration story: You can now adopt 4TRESS one-time password (OTP) authentication schemes in Access Manager and thus secure applications with a wider range of OTP schemes in an Access Manager-protected environment.


Extended Persistence Context in Stateful Session Beans This Tech Tip illustrates an application that uses a stateful session bean and an entity manager with an extended persistence context.


Sun Technical Specialist on Identity and OpenSSO Extensions Paul Bryan talks with Marina Sum about his background in identity development, the history and future of Sun Java System Access Manager, OpenID, the subproject OpenSSO Extensions, and the solutions for phishing.


Video: Sun's Open-Source Application Server--GlassFish Discover the latest Java EE technology with Sun's open-source application server called GlassFish. Learn more about the communities, projects, and resources available

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Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) builds on the solid foundation of Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) and is the industry standard for implementing enterprise-class service-oriented architecture (SOA) and next-generation web applications. The SDKs contain Sun Java System Application Server (Sun's supported distribution of GlassFish) and provide support for Java EE 5 specifications.

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From Java Platform Improvements to Better Teaching: A Conversation With Java Champion Cay Horstmann
Java Champion Cay Horstmann, a computer science professor and author of noted books on Java programming, discusses needed platform improvements, developer challenges, and ways to inspire students.

Student Developers
Where can you find hot technologies, open-source communities, and job opportunities? Sun is looking for students who are ready to innovate and create the future. Learn More

Duke's Choice Awards
We are accepting nominations for the sixth edition of the popular Duke's Choice Awards. Winners will be recognized at the 2008 JavaOne Conference. Submit entries by March 14.

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February 26, 2008
Sun and MySQL: How It Stacks Up for Developers
MySQL, the world's most popular open-source database, fills an important niche in Sun's software stack. With Sun's reach and resources, MySQL is poised for even wider adoption.

February 26, 2008
Consuming a MySQL Database in a RESTful Web Service
Learn how to use the NetBeans IDE to expose a MySQL database as a RESTful web service endpoint.

February 26, 2008
MySQL: A Q&A on the Sun Acquisition
Find out what MySQL CEO MÃ¥rten Mickos has to say about Sun's acquisition of the database company.


Sunday, February 10, 2008

From Java To Ruby

You want your development team to be productive. You want to write flexible, maintainable web applications. You want to use Ruby and Rails. But can you justify the move away from established platforms such as J2EE? Bruce Tate’s From Java to Ruby has the answers, and it expresses them in a language that’ll help persuade managers and executives who’ve seen it all. See when and where the switch makes sense, and see how to make it.

Source code extracts for From Java To Ruby are available as an archive in either .tgz (Unix) or .zip (Windows) format:

Thursday, February 7, 2008

JDK 7 Project

  • The openjdk project is now available shipping HotSpot, javac and JavaHelp as the initially available open source components.
  • The JDK 7 project opens for business at https://jdk7.dev.java.net/. But you knew that already