http://weblogs.java.net/blog/enicholas/ en-us 2008-04-29T12:19:44-08:00 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 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/enicholas/archive/2006/06/mnemonic_magic.html While developing a Swing application, I found Swing's mnemonic system to be too simplistic. Take a look at what I did to improve it, and where we can go from here. Community: JavaDesktop enicholas 2006-06-05T22:18:14-08:00