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You've probably read a bit about Open Sim, the BSD-licensed virtual world server, and recent news that IBM and Linden Lab are working to make Second Life and Open Sim interoperable. Besides that project, what's Open Sim about, who's working on it, what are they doing with it, and how do you get involved as a developer and participant? Here's a starter's guide, created with the help of Tish Shute, whose virtual world blog UgoTrade is an indispensable resource on the latest in Open Sim news.

C++0x concepts bring the full power of the Generic Programming paradigm to C++, making templates more expressive, easier to write, and easier to use. Spectacularly poor template error messages are a thing of the past!

Stripes Framework, the best Java MVC action based framework, 1.5 version available, thanks and congratulations for all the Stripes community

This tutorial will teach you how to build a beautiful login form with jQuery.

What would you do if you had an extra hour a day? This is a common barrier I run into when I write about making positive life changes: people don’t have time to pursue their dreams. People don’t have time to exercise. People don’t have time to get organized.

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Obie Fernandez shares his experience successfully selling consulting services for both Thoughtworks and Hashrocket to help you with the following questions: How do I figure out how to price my services? How do I figure out the kind of work I want to sell? How do I write contracts and statements of work? What about proposals? And RFPs? How do I close the deal?

Filters Assist is an online tool to compose Actionscript filters in an artist friendly way, and then obtain the sample code to use the achieved visual effect wherever you want.

Here's a JavaFX example that creates a nice menu bar.

This artcle describes why and when to use Strategy Pattern. It also describes the advantages of using Strategy Pattern and use of some design principles.

Java Web Start provides the power to launch full-featured applications with a single click; the link points to a JNLP file, which instructs Java Web Start to download, cache and run the application.

5 jQuery Questions...and Answers....

This article describes what should do become a good software test engineer.

New introductory article on S3 written by one of the members of the Ylastic team published by IBM Developerworks.

A write-up about a widely used (Java) pattern, which defines one exception to be created instead of numerous custom made alternatives.

Today, the news broke that the HTC Dream, the first handset to run Android (aka "the Google Phone") has been approved by the FCC. In the documents provided, it appears that we have now a release date for this highly anticipated phone: November 10th, 2008. So what will the HTC Dream offer? We take a look at some of the details and unknowns surrounding this device.

The iPhone has been all the rage lately, from complaints to praise it has all been heard. Whether you hate it or love it, the fact remains, as a developer you cannot ignore it. And here at DZone we could not ignore the chance to provide even more means by which you can access your development links. In this article I will share with you how we went about recreating DZone for the iPhone.

The debate continues. Here's a stack comparison diagram I found on the SOA Wiki so that neutral parties can get a perspective.

For the application I am currently developing I am trying to use OOP best practices. That means I tend to use many value objects for different things, e.g. names (first name, last name, salutation, etc), for addresses (street, city, etc) and for times (hour, minute - Ok, one could argue that a java.util.Date object should do the job, but that is far more than I need). Such objects are good for readable code but creating user interfaces gets cumbersome. The solution: custom PropertyEditors. This post shows you how to create conversion code that works transparently.

MyEclipse is now on Ganymede. This milestone release of MyEclipse 7.0 delivers full ALM capabilities for Eclipse 3.4, Ganymede, and provides enhanced reporting tools.