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This is a report of a graduate project. The purpose of this project was to examine whether the use of Java for games is advantageous compared to the current languages of choice, C and C++. This is not an easy question to answer, and as you will see in the report, the answer will depend on several project specific issues. The main target group of the report is professional game programmers with little or no knowledge of Java, who wonder whether Java would be beneficial in future projects. The report generally assumes that the reader is skeptical about Java. The focus of the report is on games intended for retail; not on Java applets. ... (show more)

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JBoss jBPM is a free, open-source, business process management solution. It enables users to create business processes that coordinate people, applications, and services. A business process is a sequence of activities triggered by a certain input that results in a valuable output. Business Process Management is about analyzing those activities in a structured way and eventually supporting their execution with a workflow application. This book shows business analysts how to model business processes in JBoss jBPM and use these models to generate a fully-functioning workflow application. It shows how business analysts can use the tools to build a solution without the need for Java coding expertise. It also introduces more advanced functionality that can be implemented by Java developers in partnership with the BA. This book is a full toolkit for someone who wants to implement BPM in the right way. For more information, please visit http://www.packtpub.com/j boss-jbpm/book ... (show more)

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“The Alfresco Enterprise Content Management Implementation” book is a complete guide to implementing enterprise content management into business using Alfresco. This book describes the complete cycle of planning, implementing and customizing ECM installation. Alfresco is regarded as the most powerful open-source enterprise content management system.Alfresco Enterprise Content Management Implementation" explains users about creating smart, collaborative content repositories, and shows how to use Alfresco to create more elegant document sharing, better collaborative working, and reliable automated workflow processes. The Alfresco book is designed for system administrators, experienced users or developers who want to install and use Alfresco in their teams or businesses. The book assumes a degree of technical confidence but does not require specialist sysadmin or developer skills to get a basic system up and running. ... (show more)

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Beginning Java 2 has a detailed introduction to the Java Foundation Classes (JFC), a vast set of graphics functionality including Java2D and Swing, which makes developing windowed applications much easier. It also covers the new Collections API, a bunch of container classes for representing and handling other Java objects, and has up-to-date coverage of threads, serialization and JDBC 2.0. The revised edition of the best-selling introductory Java book Beginning Java has been thoroughly updated for the Java 2 platform and the JDK 1.2 release. The book still teaches Java from scratch, assuming only basic programming know-how and in a tutorial format, but it now takes a slightly different route through the Java class libraries.... (show more)

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The newest version of J2SE technology, v 1.3, delivers momentous performance gains and improved Web deployment for enterprise-grade, client-side applications. And just about everything else developers have been asking for. This book is the JDK 1.3 edition of the best selling introductory Java 2 book. It is a fast paced and comprehensive tutorial introduction to application development using Java. It is ideal for novice Java programmers who have some previous programming exposure and are able to run with the fast pace. Almost all new entrants to Java are coming from previous programming experience.... (show more)

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An overview of the new server-side Java platform - Java 2 Enterprise Edition - as it relates to building n-tier web applications. It covers the building blocks (Servlets, JSP, EJB, JDBC, RMI, JNDI, CORBA) then goes into special design considerations for server side programming, (including resource pooling and component based design) before finally discussing future design possibilities opened up by Jini and JavaSpaces technology.... (show more)

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Java servlets offer a fast, powerful, portable replacement for CGI scripts. This book covers everything one needs to write effective servlets. Topics include serving dynamic Web content, maintaining state information, session tracking, database connectivity using JDBC, and applet-servlet communication.... (show more)

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JavaServer Pages shows how to develop Java-based web applications without having to be a hardcore programmer. The author provides an overview of JSP concepts and discusses how JSP fits into the larger picture of web applications. Web page authors will benefit from the chapters on generating dynamic content, handling session information, accessing databases, authenticating users, and personalizing content. In the programming-oriented chapters, Java programmers learn how to create Java components and custom JSP tags for web authors to use in JSP pages.... (show more)

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Java and XML share many features that are ideal for building Web-based enterprise applications, such as platform-independence, extensibility, reusability, global language (Unicode) support, and both are based on industry standards. Together Java and XML allow enterprises to simplify and lower cost of information sharing and data exchange. Java and XML shows you how to put the two together, building real-world applications in which both the code and the data are truly portable. This book covers: The basics of XML, Using standard Java APIs to parse XML, Designing new document types using DTDs and Schemas, Writing programs that generate XML data, Transforming XML into different forms using XSL transformations (XSL/T), XML-RPC, Using a web publishing framework like Apache-Cocoon, and XML as a configuration language.... (show more)

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"Java Tool Tutorials" is a free tutorial book based on notes and sample codes collected by the author while he was learning Java tools himself. Topics includes: book, breakpoint, class, classpath, debugging, free, import, java, javac, jar, jdb, J2SE, JDK, JPDA, notes, source, sourcepath, thread, tutorials. Key sections: 'javac' - The Java Compiler - "-sourcepath" - Specifying Source Path - "-d" - Specifying Output Directory - "import" Statements - 'java' - The Java Launcher - "-classpath" - Specifying Class Path - "-jar" - Executable JAR Files - "-X" Options to Control Memory Size - "javaw" - Launching Java Applications without Console - 'jdb' - The Java Debugger - Attaching "jdb" to Running Applications - Debugging Commands - Multi-Thread Debugging Exercise - JAR File Format and 'jar' Tool - JAR Files Are ZIP Files - Adding "manifest" to JAR Files - Using JAR Files in Class Paths - Creating Executable JAR Files... (show more)

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This free book is an excellent tutorial book for beginners. It is a collection of notes and sample codes written by the author while he was learning Unicode. Topics include ASCII, character set, encoding, GB, GB18030, GB2312, GBK, ISO-8859, JDK, JIS, UTF8, Unicode Key sections: Character Sets and Encodings - GB2312/GB18030 Character Set and Encodings - JIS X0208 Character Set and Encodings - Unicode Character Set - Unicode Transformation Formats (UTF) - JDK - Character Set and Encoding - JDK - Encoding Maps, Counts and Conversion.... (show more)

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This free book is an excellent tutorial book for beginners. It is a collection of notes and sample codes written by the author while he was learning Java Swing. Topics include AWT, button, Chinese, component, event, frame, graphics, GUI, internal frame, Java, JDK, JFC, language, label, listener, look and feel, MVC, radio button, resolution, screen, Swing, text field, thread, toolkit, tutorial, Unicode. Key sections: What Is Swing? - Graphics Environment - Swing JFrame - Swing JLabel - Swing JButton - Swing JRadioButton - Swing JTextField - Swing JInternalFrame - Layouts of Components - Look and Feel. ... (show more)

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This free book is a collection of notes and sample codes related to cryptography. Topics include DES algorithm, Blowfish algorithm, OpenSSL, RSA key-pair generation, public key certificate, self-signed certificate, certificate signing request, etc

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This book is a collection of notes and tutorial codes I wrote while I was trying different implementations of the JVM (Java Virtual Machine). Topics include: CDS, Class Data Sharing, Garbage collection, GC, HotSpot, JDK 1.3.0, JDK 1.4.0, JDK 1.4.2, JDK 1.5.0, J2SDK, JRockit, Memory, Out of memory, Performance, Stack overflow, String buffer, etc. ... (show more)

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This book is a collection of notes and sample codes related to varies sorting algorithms and Java implementations. Topics include Bubble Sort, Heap Sort, Insertion Sort, Java, Merge Sort, performance, Quicksort, Selection Sort, Shell Sort, etc.

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A collection of notes and simple codes on JDK. Topics include Blowfish, book, Calendar, certificate, character set, cipher, client authentication, collections, datagram, Date, decryption, DES, digital signature, encryption, DOM, DSA, DTD, example, HTTP, HTTPS, J2SDK, Java, JCA, JDK, JDK 1.3.1, JDK 1.4.1, JDK 1.5.0, key store, keytool, Locale, notes, message digests, MD5, online, private key, public key, RSA, sample, SAX, secret key, SHA, socket, SSL, TLS, tutorial, unnamed package, Unicode, UTF-8, X.509, XML, XSD, XSL... (show more)

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This book is a collection of notes and tutorial codes I wrote while I was leaning JSP (JavaServer Pages). Topics include: attachment, Big5, book, Chinese, content-disposition, content_type, cookie, custom tag, debugging, example, expression language, file upload, GB2312, GBK, header lines, HTTP/1.1, HTTP Response, internationalization, i18n, IterationTag, JavaBeen, JDK, JSP, JSTL, JSTL-EL, J2SE, localization, MIME, named package, online, pageContext, performance, Perl, Servlet, session, Taglib, TagSupport, tag interface, TLD, Tomcat, tutorial, unnamed package, Unicode, useBean, UTF-8, XML ... (show more)

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This free book is a collection of notes and sample codes related to Java. Topics include console, deadlock, execution environment, JVM, memory synchronization, syntax, thread, etc.

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This book describes the GB2312 character set. It provides a mapping table of all GB2312 characters, native codes, corresponding Unicode codes and UTF8 codes. It also provides a Java program that produces the mapping table.

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This free book is a collection of notes and sample codes related to varies data encoding algorithms and programs, including UUEnccode and Base64 encoding algorithm and their Java implementations.