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With its many code samples and short explanations, this is both an excellent resource for learning and a great reference book.

Java Champion Cay Horstmann, a computer science professor and author of noted books on Java programming, discusses needed platform improvements, developer challenges, and ways to inspire students.

MySQL, the world's most popular open-source database, fills an important niche in Sun's software stack. With Sun's reach and resources, MySQL is poised for even wider adoption.

This technical article offers Java ME developers suggestions on how to add support for source-code management and application deployment.

Dr. Heinz Kabutz, Java Champion and creator of the Java Specialists' Newsletter, discusses the importance of design patterns and unit testing, the 10 laws of Java concurrency, and life as a developer on the island of Crete.

By radically simplifying online game development and enabling games to scale to tens of thousands of players without a glitch, Sun's Project Darkstar -- with a preliminary release now freely available for download under open-source licensing -- is changing the rules of the game business.

Solaris zones provide isolated environments for application instances, but propagation among zones complicates installations and updates. This article helps you develop the best strategy for installing Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 (GlassFish V2) in Solaris zones.

SDN has moved to a blog/RSS model for developer communications. Find out why.

Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 integrates authentication and authorization services, policy agents, identity management, and identity federation for protecting network resources.

This overview of performance and scalability improvements in Java Platform, Standard Edition 6 (Java SE 6) provides benchmark results that demonstrate the impact of these improvements.