Guides
Here you will find several guides and "how to's" that will help you configure Java projects, including
several open source libraries and products such as GlassFish, Maven, and JasperReports. In addition to having information about Java,
in this section contains several articles explaining how to configure and use the Linux operating system.
Adding "Maven-Like" Dependency Management To NetBeans Projects with Ivy
When working with Maven projects from NetBeans, some very nice NetBeans features are lost, such as the ability to use the Matisse GUI Builder, developing JSF web applications visually and automatically generating JPA entities from existing database schemas. In this article we explain how to keep all the benefits of Maven without losing NetBeans functionality by integrating Ivy into NetBeans projects.
Developing Rich EJB Clients
With GlassFish
GlassFish provides features to make it easy to develop stand alone, Java
Swing based EJB clients. In this article we explain how to take
advantage of these features.
Introduction
To Maven 2
Maven is a tool used to build Java code, similar to ANT. However Maven
has a number of advantages over ANT, the main one being it being able to
automatically download a project's dependencies from a central
repository.
Unlocking
Excel Spreadsheets With JExcelApi
With a little bit of programming expertise and the help of a Java
library called JExcelApi, we can fairly easily unlock an Excel
spreadsheet. This article explains how.
Obtaining
a visitor's IP Address From a Java Servlet Or JSP
This article/live demo explains how to obtain a user's IP address from a
Java Servlet or JSP.
Getting
JDeveloper Going on Linux
This article explains the steps required to successfully install and use
JDeveloper on Linux, the process involves modifying some of the included
shell scripts and configuration files.
Introduction
to Squirrel SQL Database Client, Part I
Squirrel SQL is a powerful SQL client that can connect to any JDBC
supported RDBMS. In this article we cover how to set up Squirrel SQL to
connect to our RDBMS of choice.
Introduction to Squirrel SQL
Database Client, Part II
Squirrel SQL is a powerful SQL client that can connect to any JDBC
supported RDBMS. In this article we cover some of the most powerful
Squirrel SQL features, including visually viewing and editing database
data, SQL code completion and database schema reverse engineering.
Setting up ATI Radeon
XPress 200M Under Linux
A guide to setting up the ATI Radeon XPress 200M video card under Linux,
including 3D acceleration.
How To Display A
StackTrace In The Browser Window
The need to go to a log file to see error messages makes debugging Java
applications a slow and tedious process. In this article we discuss a
way to send stack traces to the browser, speeding up the debugging of
web applications considerably.
Using
Nautilus as an FTP client.
Nautilus, GNOME's default file manager, is more than a file manager.
This article explains how to use it as an FTP client.
Importing CSV Files to PostgreSQL
Databases.
Postgresql has some built in functionality to ease importing CSV files,
this articles explains how to take advantage of them.
Transfering MySQL Data Easily.
An overview on how to easily transfer data from one MySQL instance to
another.
Unlocking
PDFs with iText.
A guide to unlocking PDFs with the open source iText Java library.
