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Wednesday Jan 07, 2009

This tutorial teaches you how to create a simple graphical user interface and add simple back-end functionality. [Read More]

Monday Dec 01, 2008

Application Basics With Ants (Young Developer Series, Part 3)
uses the Ants scenario in Greenfoot to describe Java packages, variables, and ways that objects interact with each other through methods.[Read More]

Monday Sep 29, 2008

This article gets you started using the NetBeans BlueJ plugin by loading an existing project, and then creating a new project that uses drag-and-drop features to create a graphical user interface (GUI).[Read More]

Wednesday Sep 10, 2008

This tutorial demonstrates the usage of the Woodstock JSF 1.2 Text Field component with Ajax functionality provided by the Project Dynamic Faces component library.[Read More]

Tuesday Aug 12, 2008

Learn where Java code is written and saved, how classes relate to one another, and how to use the Greenfoot code editor.[Read More]

Thursday Aug 07, 2008

This article is aimed at anyone age 10+, and explains what Java objects are and how they interact with each other, using examples from the Greenfoot Wombat scenario.[Read More]

Thursday Jul 31, 2008

You will learn how to create, preview, run, and deploy a simple JavaFX application using the NetBeans IDE with JavaFX support.[Read More]

Tuesday Jul 29, 2008

Young Developer Learning Path
This article describes the tools you can use to learn the Java Programming language.[Read More]

Tuesday Jul 22, 2008

This tutorial, the first in a series, demonstrates the fundamentals of using the JavaServer Faces (JSF) framework to code web applications in the NetBeans IDE. Create a web application called jAstrologer that takes a user's name and birthday and returns information such as the user's zodiac sign, birthstone, and horoscope.[Read More]

Thursday Jun 26, 2008

In this interview, Gary Thompson talks with two of BlueJ's developers, Michael Kölling and Ian Utting.[Read More]

Tuesday May 27, 2008

Learn to create a Swing desktop application with database connectivity and multiple tables.[Read More]

Wednesday May 21, 2008

Read what Tor Norbye has to say about the process of writing code, the important Java APIs, advice for beginners, and more.[Read More]

Tuesday May 20, 2008

Trail: The Reflection API

Learn what the Reflection API is, when and how to use it, and the disadvantages of using reflection.

Wednesday May 07, 2008

<p>Read about the talk Roman Strobl gave in <a title="Second Life" href="http://www.secondlife.com/">Second Life</a> on the great features in the NetBeans IDE, what cool features are coming, and what new developers should learn about the Java platform.</p>[Read More]

Monday Apr 28, 2008

Read blogs from Sun writers about Java University, CommunityOne, technical sessions, and Birds-of-a-Feather discussions from the 2008 JavaOne Conference.[Read More]