http://weblogs.java.net/blog/enicholas/ en-us 2008-07-17T14:12:52-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/enicholas/archive/2008/07/introducing_jav.html Read about my latest project: a new CSS engine for Java which makes it simple to apply styles to your Swing (and eventually JavaFX) programs. With advanced features like programmatic selectors and animated transitions between states, you owe it to yourself to check this out if you create GUI applications. Community: JavaDesktop enicholas 2008-07-17T14:12:52-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/enicholas/archive/2008/04/java_secrets_re.html The first of hopefully many articles detailing little-known facts about the inner workings of the JRE. In this episode: Java Plug-In vs. Java Web Start; Class Data Sharing. J2SE enicholas 2008-04-29T12:19:44-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/enicholas/archive/2007/05/java_kernel_unm.html A complete overview of what Java Kernel is, how it works, and what sort of results you can expect to see. Community: JavaDesktop enicholas 2007-05-24T08:40:48-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/enicholas/archive/2007/05/announcing_the.html With all the fuss about JavaFX, you may have missed an equally important announcement: the new Consumer JRE is on its way, with a host of exciting improvements. Deployment enicholas 2007-05-17T12:51:26-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/enicholas/archive/2007/03/integrate_jar_f_1.html A nifty shell extension which allows you to treat JAR files as ordinary executable programs under Windows, complete with custom icons. Community: JavaDesktop enicholas 2007-03-15T10:01:26-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/enicholas/archive/2007/01/grownup_games_1.html Five little-known facts about Ethan Nicholas. Includes photos of my movie theater, tattoo, and mineral collection. Community: JavaDesktop enicholas 2007-01-08T08:32:51-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/enicholas/archive/2006/12/trying_to_under_1.html Just how much data would it take to fill a 128-bit filesystem, anyway? enicholas 2006-12-19T08:12:51-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/enicholas/archive/2006/10/my_mostused_uti.html A brief look at some utility methods I seem to need in every program I ever write. Community: JavaDesktop enicholas 2006-10-17T10:48:52-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/enicholas/archive/2006/10/what_you_should_1.html A recent security patch has caused some confusion, and may have an impact on developers. Deployment enicholas 2006-10-06T06:45:10-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/enicholas/archive/2006/09/java_browser_ed.html The fabled "Java Browser Edition" is on its way, in the form of the "Java Kernel" feature of Java 7. Read on for details. Community: JavaDesktop enicholas 2006-09-06T13:28:17-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/enicholas/archive/2006/08/welcome_to_the.html It turns out that I joined Sun at a fortuitous moment -- just in time to get involved in the Dolphin (Java 7) planning process. Read on for a sneak peek at what's in store for Deployment. Community: JavaDesktop enicholas 2006-08-04T08:23:09-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/enicholas/archive/2006/06/so_long_and_tha.html After eight years with Yahoo!, I just gave notice. What could lure me away? Here's a hint: it starts with "S" and ends with "un". enicholas 2006-06-28T10:25:03-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/enicholas/archive/2006/06/all_about_inter.html String.intern() is a widely ignored and misunderstood method which can have serious performance implications. Let's dive in and take a look. Performance enicholas 2006-06-26T14:16:54-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/enicholas/archive/2006/06/the_great_switc.html After my Windows machine died in a particularly humorous fashion, I finally bit the bullet and switched over to Apple. I have only one question: why on Earth did I wait so long? Community: JavaDesktop enicholas 2006-06-20T06:02:30-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/enicholas/archive/2006/06/jaxx_new_versio.html JAXX 1.0.1, which contains important bugfixes, has just been released. Join me in helping to work out the roadmap for future versions of the JAXX user interface language. Community: JavaDesktop enicholas 2006-06-12T08:43:30-08:00