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CodeRuler gives users the opportunity to pit their Java programming skills against other players in a medieval world of conquest. Each player writes a Java class that represents and controls a ruler. Each ruler (class) is placed in a simulated battle along with rulers from other players. The competition and competitiveness actually makes users end up coding better and faster.

CodeRally combines competition with collaboration in networked races of up to 100 human-controlled cars, all Java-coding their way around the same crowded course. The competition and competitiveness actually makes users end up coding better and faster.

As part of the Eclipse Ganymede release BIRT 2.3 is now available and contains many enhancements and new features.

Jython 2.5 is really, finally, unbelievably coming together. This is the next release of Jython, after last summer's 2.2. In a nutshell, we have completed all new language features using an Antlr parser, except for absolute imports. All bytecode generation work, now using an ASM backend, is done. Of course, there are many outstanding bugs. And Python is not just a language; we need to support fully the fact that "batteries are included". But let's look at where we are.

Some of the more interesting topics at this year's JavaOne conference centered around new features for Java applets. A recent Sun Developer Network article describes those features, including how they can be used in the latest JRE update.

Most of you know that the road to open source Java has been a long and winding one. Today an important milestone was announced, and through the efforts of the OpenJDK community and Red Hat's IcedTea project the vision of a fully-compatible, truly free and open Java distribution has been realized.

A brief History of Java Swing

This article, based on Arjans' presentation at SpringOne in Antwerp, reveals the "full-scale" REST support that will be implemented in Spring 3.

RoboControl -- A Network controlled ROBOT!

Java applications throw “OutOfMemoryError” when the java virtual machine does not have sufficient memory for creating new objects. There are different types of “OutOfMemoryError” that can occur in your java applications. In this article, let’s see the different types of Out-Of-Memory-Errors that can happen in your java application, the possible causes and some solutions.

A Nice Collection of Free Java Tutorials from all over the web.

As a follow-up to Michael Stutz's excellent article, this article provides 10 more good habits to adopt that will improve your UNIX command-line efficiency. Learn about common errors and how to overcome them, and discover exactly why these 10 UNIX habits are worth picking up!

Google’s third developer conference, and the first to be called Google I/O, kicks off on Wednesday at the Moscone Center in San Francisco with a keynote presentation by Vic Gundotra, Google’s VP of Engineering.

Google is expected to roll out the latest version of the Google Web Toolkit at its developer conference.

Changes to the industry make it risky to commit to technologies that are driven by evolving specifications, such as Java EE. In this article, you will learn how to minimize the impact of incompatible changes with informed choices and good planning when determining which technologies are appropriate for you to use.

Last month's piece on the status of the JSR277 and OSGi (aka JSR291), sparked a fresh debate on the JSR277 expert group mailing list, clocking up its biggest monthly total so far this year

Genuitec is proud to announce the immediate availability of two milestone releases: MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench 6.5 M1 and MyEclipse 6.5 Blue Edition M1. These releases, available in the “development releases” area of the download page, add features and functionality, as well as a peek at what to expect from the general availability release in the coming weeks.