How to Create a Timer in Java. The Java language libraries include a "swing timer," which lets you add a countdown timer on your Java forms. You set up the timer's properties such as the amount of ...

Identifying individual components When creating cloud-native Java applications, the software architect should be looking for ways to break down a traditionally built application into smaller, loosely ...

In TheServerSide’s ongoing coverage of developing secure Java software, I spoke recently with Tim Mackey, the IT evangelist for Black Duck Software. The conversation was interesting enough to pull ...

How to Draw Pixels in Java. Java's Graphics2D class provides methods to draw primitive shapes, such as lines, rectangles and ellipses. It lacks a method for drawing pixels. You can color a single ...

Creating tray icons in Java Lee Chuk-Munn shows you how to create tray icons which sit on the desktop computer's system tray. Written by Lee Chuk-Munn, Contributor June 29, 2006 at 7:35 p.m. PT ...

Embedding Java code into a Unix application developed in C or C++ can create problems related to GUIs or threads synchronization. In this article, Thierry Manfé implements a solution that relies ...

In this final article in the Creating DSLs in Java series, Venkat Subramaniam lets you see for yourself why JVM-compatible languages such as Scala, Groovy, and JRuby are better suited to creating ...