JavaFX is a scripting language that provides built-in properties for manipulating objects within a 2D coordinate system. Read this introduction to learn how to build apps that tap the full potential of JavaFX.

Improve the performance of your J2EE applications by using a concurrency approach that takes advantage of the inherent thread pool management of EJB timers.

Applying the same database connection code for all session beans can lead to stale DB connections in large enterprise Java applications. Oracle Containers for J2EE (OC4J) has a new mechanism to nip this problem in the bud.

Nearly all J2EE applications use a relational database of some kind. Eclipse provides an integrated set of tools for working with such databases in the Callisto Data Tools Platform.

The Web Tools Platform (WTP) is a powerful set of Eclipse add-ons that make Web application development with Eclipse easier and faster. Take a look under the hood and see how it can help you.

Are you trying to choose between Spring and EJB 3.0? If you are you know what a hard decision it can be. Explore the similarities and differences between two of the most popular Java technologies today and learn key distinctions in making a technological decision between the two.

Leverage the Spring framework as a platform for creating lightweight plug-ins that work seamlessly with your existing J2EE applications.

IBM Rational's business-level programming language, development tools, and new initiative enable development of mainframe SOA and services-ready applications.

Making WebSphere Application Server cooperate with MySQL isn't hard. Follow along to create a DataSource that marries WAS and MySQL.

In the tradition of Spring, JBoss offers Seam, which uses a declarative state model, extensive use of annotations, and two-way dependency injection to make automation of huge portions of your complex Java EE apps not just possible, but downright sensible.

You know how to use WebSphere MQ. Now use it as a messaging provider for Community Edition by focusing on JMS support provided by WebSphere MQ by means of a J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA) resource adapter.

Learn how to migrate your Enterprise J2ME applications to Palm-Powered devices including the Treo 650 and Palm LifeDrive.

More often than not, a large J2EE project requires multiple versions of the deployment descriptors to match the various versions of your back end database and other system configurations. But managing the creation and deployment of .ear and .war files is complicated. Find out how to organize your development to create these files properly during the build process.

Any J2EE developer knows how hard enterprise Java can be. Find out how the set of new Java EE 5.0 features, such as Web services support, annotations, and enhanced CMP, can make it easier.

Learn how to combine the power of annotations with aspects to provision enterprise services declaratively, in an EJB 3.0-compatible manner, while still providing container independence.

Just as design patterns provide a way to communicate concisely about desired software practices, antipatterns provide the equivalent advantages for communicating undesirable practices—and here's a set of common antipatterns to get you started.

The Work Manager API offers a solution for performing parallel processing directly within a managed environment. You can leverage this new offering to implement parallel processing within a J2EE container.

Sun celebrates the 10th anniversary of Java with two more open source product contributions and a roadmap for the Java platform that drives down complexity and, Sun hopes, will grow the Java community to be 'the largest in the world.'

Extend the life of your JUnit tests by enabling them to be executed inside a real deployed J2EE app, not just on developer PCs.

Spring WebFlow is a new Web framework that brings an innovative and highly structured approach to building Web applications. Get a sneak peek of the features in this next-generation Spring offering.