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Core Java
Java Concurrency Tutorial – CountDownLatch
Some concurrency utilities in Java naturally get more attention than others just because they serve general purpose problems instead of…
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Software Development
Don’t rewrite Your Application
When stuck with a legacy code base you’ll hear the claim “We’ll have to rewrite this from scratch in order…
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Core Java
Java Concurrency Tutorial – Blocking Queues
As discussed in Part 3, the thread pools introduced in Java 1.5 provided core support that was quickly a favourite…
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Desktop Java
Sometimes in Java, One Layout Manager Is Not Enough
Most often when developing Java Swing applications, we need to use several layout managers in several nested panels. This is…
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Core Java
Java Concurrency Tutorial – Callable, Future
One of the beautiful things about Java from its very first release was the ease with which we could write…
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DevOps
Getting to know the ‘hosts’ file
We had a lecture on DNS today in class and I thought I’d write something about the built-in domain name…
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Software Development
CPU vs. GPGPU
GPGPU is a new trend and it has triggered many new questions in the minds of young computer scientists. In…
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Core Java
Java Concurrency Tutorial – Thread Pools
One of the most generally useful concurrency enhancements delivered in Java 1.5 was the introduction of customizable thread pools. These…
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Core Java
Java Concurrency Tutorial – Reentrant Locks
Java’s synchronized keyword is a wonderful tool – it allows us a simple and reliable way to synchronize access to…
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