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Accessing Java from JavaScript - These examples illustrate accessing Java from JavaScript code using Netscape's LiveConnect extensions.

Ask the Right Questions in your Survey Application - Decouple survey content and logic for a faster, more cost-effective survey.

Back to your Class Roots, Continued - Find runtime origins for all loaded classes.

Beware of Java Typesafe Enumerations - Think twice before relying on instance identity.

Canonical object idiom - Defining a baseline set of functionality for objects: discusses the fundamental services that all objects in general should offer; shows how objects can offer these services; and names such objects "canonical."

CGI Programming in Java - These examples cover using Java for both the client and the server side of the CGI process.

Core Web Programming home - The home page for the book Core Web Programming. Includes 200+ HTML/JavaScript documents and 250+ Java classes. Free source code.

Event generator idiom - Proposes the "event generator" as a Java idiom. Provides a background on the concepts of patterns and idioms, describes the observer pattern, and demonstrates the idiomatic way to implement the observer pattern in Java.

Get rid of those empty black squares in your text editor - The representation of the line separator depends on the operating system. Unfortunately, different conventions lead to special effects that may hamper your actual work. An example of this a text representation written using one convention but read on a system that uses a different convention. This tip gives you an application to solve such problems and explains how Java handles the line separator.

How to Reduce Memory Usage of Java Applications - Slides, PDF and zip files, and an audio file from the JavaOne 1998 conference.

How to Use Expert Systems (ABLE) in Real Java Applications - A paper on using expert systems, specifically ABLE from IBM, created by Alvin J. Alexander for the annual Borland Developer's Conference, aka, Borcon 2004.

Identify Subclasses at Runtime - Retrieve all the classes that implement a given interface.

Inside Java : Breaking Java Myths - We peel the layers of myth and fiction away, to reveal some Java truths. Escape the hype, and understand what Java is, and is not.

Integrating Java with C++ - This article explores some of the issues involved in integrating C++ code into a Java program.

Into the Mist of Serialization Myths - Performance myth: serialVersionUID improves Java serialization performance.

Introduction to the Collections Framework - In working through this Short Course and the accompanying magercises you will learn to use the Collections Framework to store and manipulate groups of data as a single unit, a collection.

Java for C++ Developers - Discusses the similarities and differences between Java and C++.

Java Platform Compatibility Testing - Slides, PDF and zip files, and an audio file from the JavaOne 1998 conference.

Lazy instantiation - The balance between the performance of software and the resources it consumes has been an issue since the birth of computers. This tip examines one way to reduce memory usage in Java programs by deferring the creation of objects until they are actually required.