Java Tip 127: See JAR run
Enable your unrunnable JARs to run with the java -jar command You can easily package an application’s entire set of classes and resources into a Java Archive (JAR). In fact, that is one goal of having jar files. Another is…
Mix protocols transparently in Struts
Extend Struts to implement a mixed protocol solution for Web applications Sponsored by the Apache Software Foundation, Struts is an open source framework developed by the Jakarta Project. As stated on its homepage, Struts encourages architectures based on the Model-View-Controller…
Java Product News (updated May 10, 2002)
Zeosoft launches beta testing program; HIP extends AWT and Swing; and more Zeosoft launches beta testing program May 10 — Developers can test Zeosoft’s ZeoSphere mobile platform during the ZeoSphere 1.0 Beta Program. ZeoSphere delivers applications, processes, and data to…
Integrate Java and C++ with Jace
The open source Jace toolkit helps simplify JNI programming If you didn’t know better, you might believe that Sun Microsystems had designed the JNI (Java Native Interface) API with the goal of discouraging Java developers from using it. After all,…
The secrets of getting results from pay-per-click ads
Study questions whether No. 1 is always the best spot Last week I described the Search Engine Strategies Conference in London. This event allowed me to unearth the secrets of a subject that’s become increasingly important to e-commerce sites: pay-per-click…
The CTO’s book shelf
CTOs recommend more than technical tomes. The Innovator’s Dilemma, by Clayton Christiansen Recommended by Sharon Mandell, vice president of technology, Tribune Publishing The author presents many of the financial, economic, and customer challenges CTOs and other executives face and covers…
Business smarts
It’s not enough to be the top technologist in the company. To be effective, CTOs must be able to crunch numbers, assist with marketing strategies, and develop complex ROI models. Some are turning to MBAs; others learn on the job…
UCITA, the undead
Just when you think another silver bullet has hit, UCITA proponents find a way to revive the monster I HAD HOPED by this point I could write UCITA’s final obituary. But the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act is unfortunately showing…
Desktop penguins
Don’t underestimate the various Linux alternatives to popular Microsoft desktop applications MAYBE IT’S coincidence; maybe it’s just fate. I spent much of the last two weeks examining many of the latest products and projects that work toward a viable Linux…
Attachments in hand
METAmessage keeps BlackBerries and other handhelds in the loop E-MAIL IS THE primary collaboration tool of our time, and the e-mail attachment is what makes businesses tick. Even after organizations invest in document management systems and integrated collaboration environments, users…
