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- Topics
- Java,
- Rich Client / Desktop
Desktop Java developers have long lacked resources on pushing the graphical appearance of their applications. The new book Filthy Rich Clients: Developing Animated and Graphical Effects for Desktop Java Applications attempts to fill this void. InfoQ is privileged to provide both a review and an excerpt of Chapter 14 detailing the Timing Framework library that makes Java animation easier.
News by Andy Roberts
- Topics
- Java,
- JCP Standards
Sun Microsystems today announced the release of a new license for Java Compatibility Kit (JCK). The specially drafted OpenJDK Community TCK License - as the name suggests - is designed to benefit the OpenJDK community by allowing much easier access to the JCK and therefore ensuring conformance to the Java standard is maintained.
- Topics
- Java,
- Web Frameworks
Apache Struts, the ubiquitous Java web application framework, received a promising feature that permits hot-deployable plugins. Struts developer, Don Brown, revealed last week that work had begun on allowing plugins to be added, removed and upgraded instantly, without the need to restart the entire application.
- Topics
- Java,
- JCP Standards
More than three months have passed since Geir Magnusson Jr., VP of Apache Harmony, published an open letter to Sun Microsystems demanding that they should remove "unacceptable" restrictions in the Java Compatibility Kit (JCK) license. At present 90 days have passed with no resolution.
