Sun Microsystems Inc. is refashioning customer support options for Java Platform, Standard Edition (SE), extending support to 15 years under one paid plan and reducing it from six years to three years ...

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Integrating Excel and Word documents in Java applications has always been difficult. One option for reading and writing Word and Excel documents is to use an OLE 2 (Object Linking and Embedding) ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

Java Foundation Classes (JFC) offer a rich selection of components for building smart and interactive graphical user interfaces (GUIs). You can display tabular data using the javax.swing.JTable class.

In any substantial software engineering project, the build tool is one of the most important parts of the developer’s toolkit. Without a solid build tool, the process of compiling, packaging, and ...

In 2019, Oracle made a decision that shook up the Java community. The company changed their licensing model so that only those with a paid commercial subscription plan would receive updates to Java SE ...

The key to choosing an IDE is selecting one that makes you as productive as comfortably possible. Here’s a brief overview of three alternatives to the IBM, Borland/CodeGear and Sun NetBeans products ...