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Developing a RSS Reader with Java (JFC/Swing)

Posted April 29, 2005 * Comments(1)

Java Technology

I have a new personal project in mind. The idea is to improve my Java skills by developing a desktop application to read and manage my personal RSS feeds.
Yes. There are several applications that do this, even in Java, just like RSSOwl that uses SWT for the widgets.
The application will have the same features as Akregator, obviously not all on the first release.

Desktop Java Features in Mustang

Posted April 22, 2005 * Comments(0)

The next release of Java with the codename Mustang has some significant enhancements for desktop usage, including improved OS L&F, text anti-aliasing modes, more and improved graphics hardware usage, threading improvements, etc.
You can check the full article, or go to the Mustang project homepage for more details.

Java books

Posted April 20, 2005 * Comments(0)

I’ve bought from amazon.co.uk some books about Java. I need to move from PHP to Java, as soon as possible, and start to make some serious programming on this platform.

Core Java 2: Fundamentals Vol. 1Core Java 2: Fundamentals Vol. 1: This book is the new edition of the best-selling introductory book to Java for experienced programmers and completely updated for J2SE 1.5. It covers the basics.


Core Java 2: Advanced Features Vol. 2Core Java 2: Advanced Features Vol. 2: This book covers the more advanced features of the Java 2 platform, such as: Multithreading, Collections, Networking, Database Connectivity- Jdbc, Remote Objects, Advanced Swing, Advanced Awt, Javabeans, Security, Internationalization, Native Methods and Xml.


Core Java 2: Advanced Features Vol. 2J2EE Design Patterns: This book covers UML (Unified Modeling Language), Presentation Tier Architecture, The Business Tier, Enterprise Concurrency, Messaging, J2EE Antipatterns, etc.
Seems, this is the last book i will read from this three ;)