http://weblogs.java.net/blog/km/ en-us 2007-09-04T13:08:03-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/km/archive/2007/09/effective_java_1.html I have created an Effective Java - 1 Companion (ready reckoner, if you will) at: GlassFish Wiki. I will be enhancing it in the days to come and invite you to participate in related Wiki to improve the correctness of... Programming km 2007-09-04T13:08:03-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/km/archive/2007/08/glassfish_passw.html Ryan de Laplante asked me to blog about this intricate issue of passwords for GlassFish administration. I had already written several articles about it and here is an attempt to collate several such articles: General Introduction to Administrative Credentials of... km 2007-08-23T09:08:22-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/km/archive/2007/08/how_to_use_jmx.html km 2007-08-23T08:53:48-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/km/archive/2007/06/glassfish_v2_on.html I have created these two screen-casts explaining this feature. Please watch/listen to them at: Part 1 Part 2 You will need QuickTime Player installed. Here is the transcript: Hi, my name is Kedar and I am administration/management architect for GlassFish... km 2007-06-04T10:48:21-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/km/archive/2007/05/javanet_communi.html This post discusses how the Web (2.0) is burgeoning. Community km 2007-05-06T18:53:02-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/km/archive/2007/04/netbeans_open_p_1.html This post brings out a design flaw in NetBeans Open Project Dialog. Community: Java Tools km 2007-04-20T23:40:23-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/km/archive/2007/04/glassfish_issue.html Do you like Firefox and its support for OpenSearch specification? If yes, read on ... J2EE km 2007-04-19T07:18:44-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/km/archive/2007/02/kill_and_kill_9_1.html kill -9 is preferred over plain killby most developers. Is it just the case of impatience? I understand that there might be cases where "kill -9" has to be done for process might misbehave by ignoring the other flavors of kill signal. But I believe all modern server programs add a shutdown hook. In these cases, is it better that developers favor "kill" over "kill -9" as that might give the process a chance to do minimally required cleanup?]]> km 2007-02-07T22:10:57-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/km/archive/2006/12/should_packagei_1.html Names should be chosen carefully. This is especially true with public API.]]> Community: JDK km 2006-12-31T19:39:45-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/km/archive/2006/12/static_imports.html Well, we should use static imports sparingly. But why is the support in Java 5 and 6 not first class? Community: JDK km 2006-12-23T17:22:01-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/km/archive/2006/12/extended_enterp_1.html Application Platform SDK Update 2 was just released by Sun and it has got not only a suite of integrated software but also a much improved performance. One of the interesting things is the bundled Java SE 6 ... Community: Java Enterprise km 2006-12-15T23:02:47-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/km/archive/2006/11/a_first_blog_1.html Key to technology accessibility is simplicity of trying things out. Yes, I am talking about developer ease of use. Trying out the technology samples with Java EE vendors is not easy now-a-days. J2EE km 2006-11-04T16:53:34-08:00