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Welcome to JavaDesktop, a gathering place for members of the Java™ platform's graphical user interface (GUI) community. Here you'll find news, discussions, technical articles, and open source projects that use the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE™) APIs to produce applications with rich client interfaces. (If you're looking for information on the Sun Java Desktop System, you can find it at sun.com.)

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String Searching Algorithms (Part III)
posted by potty on May 21, 2012
Boyer-Moore (BM) Overview
Preparing to Compute Using the Fork/Join Framework, Part 1
posted by editor on May 8, 2012
Multithread Programming Versus Parallel Programming; or, What's Wrong with Java Threads?
posted by editor on Apr 22, 2012
Easy-Cassandra 1.0.9: With annotations jpa and JPQL
posted by otaviojava on Apr 21, 2012
Release the newest version of the framework to persist objects in Apache Cassandra in easy way. Among improvement is the JPA annotations, also...
Java 7 Fork/Join Framework Initial Look, and Resources
posted by editor on Apr 16, 2012
 

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Migrating from Apache to Nginx with the Edison Build System
I’ve recently decided to take the plunge and move from Apache and Mod_WSGI to Nginx and FastCGI –...
Japanese Linguistics in Lucene and Solr -
This talk gives an introduction to searching Japanese text and an overview of the new Japanese...
Using Mustache.java Templates With Struts 2
A friend recently recommended I take a look at the Mustache templating engine. It’s clean, simple...
Maven Build Progress With TeamCity Service Messages
When you run a lengthy Maven build configuration in TeamCity it may be tricky to know what module...
This August, Linux Foundation will Launch CloudOpen Event
I’m a firm believer in the value that an open approach towards cloud computing can bring. Aside...