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Explanations of Common Java Exceptions

Huge thanks to Marc Chung for sending along this great reference. It’s a breakdown of all the JDK exceptions and textual descriptions of what they represent — so if you are designing your own API or just working on your own app and want to make sure your use of particular exceptions (e.g. IllegalArgumentException) is [...]

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Develop using the Play! Framework

Not too long ago I posted an article on the Play! framework. The framework has some promising features that really helps develop web applications in Java. To show how easy it is to use, I wanted to demonstrate with an example. Update #1: Since the article posting there have been a couple of suggestions for [...]

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The Play! Framework

In an endless search for efficiently building Web applications, one might stumble upon a new framework called Play! Using enterprise backed Java with a Rails-esque feel, the Play! framework seems to offer quite a bit over traditional web development tools with its straightforward development environment and ease of deploying. Taken from the website: The Play! framework makes [...]

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CSS Slicing Guide and XHTML/CSS Page Design Guide

When I first got into web development, the new layout craze for websites was “table layouts”. The idea that you could slide and organize everything in a grid (using <table> tags) was a godsend for designers. All you had to do was learn how to “slice” your Photoshop mockup into the appropriate squares and they [...]

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