Compares C# to Java, describes features and design trade-offs, places C# in context of broader Microsoft .Net strategy. Text, tables, code samples, links. By Mark Johnson. First article of 2-part series. [JavaWorld]

The latest RMI framework, Jini Extensible Remote Invocation (JERI), introduced as part of the Jini 2.0 release, features a powerful, highly configurable RMI security mechanism. This article presents an extensible RMI overview and demonstrates JERI's c...

In this article, Brian Goetz looks at some of the commonly proposed fixes and shows how each of them fails to render the DCL idiom thread-safe under the Java Memory Model.

Explains how to fix the double-checked locking idiom by using thread-local variables and takes a look at its performance.

at JavaWorld by Gordon McComb. A quick reference guide that helps you find errors, even without the aid of a debugging utility.

Though many Java books and articles recommend double-checked locking, unfortunately, it is not guaranteed to work in Java.

By Jeff Hanson. Design an event-driven and service-oriented platform with Mule.

Learn to use servlet filters.

Series of 3 articles, with code samples, on how Aspect-Oriented Programming helps separate concerns and improves maintainability and flexibility. JavaWorld.

A JavaWorld comparative review of 7 intro-programming language books.