Multiple Methods for Monitoring and Managing GlassFish 3

GlassFish 3 supports multiple methods of monitoring and management. In this post, I look briefly at the approaches GlassFish provides…

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The Big Java News Keeps Coming: Java SE 6 and OpenJDK

I recently posted Recent Java 8 News, summarizing some of the recent developments in Java 8. In less than a…

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Finding Properties in JARs with Groovy

In previous blog posts I have looked at Searching JAR Files with Groovy to find entries (such as .class files)…

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Recent Java 8 News

Java 8 developments are starting to dominate the news again. Recent posts cover extending Milestone 7 of JDK 8 to…

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Styling JavaFX Pie Chart with CSS

JavaFX provides certain colors by default when rendering charts. There are situations, however, when one wants to customize these colors.…

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JavaFX Coming Soon to an Android or iOS Device Near You?

There has been big news recently in the world of JavaFX regarding many more components of JavaFX being open sourced…

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Hello GroovyFX

GroovyFX brings together two of my favorite things: Groovy and JavaFX. The main GroovyFX Project page describes GroovyFX as ‘[providing]…

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Hello Camel: Automatic File Transfer

Apache Camel is described on its main web page (and in the Camel User Guide) as ‘a versatile open-source integration…

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JavaFX 2 XYCharts and Java 7 Features

One of my favorite features of JavaFX 2 is the standard charts it provides in its javafx.scene.chart package. This package…

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