http://java.about.com/ Focus on Java http://java.about.com/b/2008/02/14/create-a-linkedlist.htm The Java Collections Framework is chock full of useful abstract classes, interfaces, and concrete classes that you can use to handle your collections of stuff. Some of... http://java.about.com/b/2008/02/14/create-a-linkedlist.htm 2008-02-14T07:30:57Z http://java.about.com/b/2008/02/12/java-acronyms-galore.htm Have you ever wondered what all of those acronyms stand for? You know the ones I'm talking about: API IDE RMI and so on. I have compiled a list of Java acronyms with their... http://java.about.com/b/2008/02/12/java-acronyms-galore.htm 2008-02-12T07:16:22Z http://java.about.com/b/2008/02/07/autoboxing-a-new-java-5-feature.htm I must admit that I do not like the term "autoboxing", but I love the way it works. Autoboxing is a new feature of Java 5. If you... http://java.about.com/b/2008/02/07/autoboxing-a-new-java-5-feature.htm 2008-02-07T07:30:48Z http://java.about.com/b/2008/02/05/sun-microsystems-to-celebrate-500000-certifications.htm Sun Microsystems is on the verge of hitting the half a million mark! Currently, there are approximately 480,000 Sun-certified professionals roaming the globe. Could you be the person... http://java.about.com/b/2008/02/05/sun-microsystems-to-celebrate-500000-certifications.htm 2008-02-05T09:30:52Z http://java.about.com/b/2008/01/31/sun-tech-days-turns-ten.htm Sun Tech Days is a travelling road-show that has been ongoing for the past ten years. The concept is to provide technical education in Java Technology and Solaris products.... http://java.about.com/b/2008/01/31/sun-tech-days-turns-ten.htm 2008-01-31T17:50:10Z http://java.about.com/b/2008/01/29/whats-a-primitive-wrapper-class.htm It may sound like a course on the basics of gift-wrapping, but a primitive wrapper class is altogether different. If you recall your primitive data types (I know you... http://java.about.com/b/2008/01/29/whats-a-primitive-wrapper-class.htm 2008-01-29T18:14:05Z http://java.about.com/b/2008/01/23/a-new-reserved-word-enum.htm So, I am happily coding along one day when I type in the following code: Enumeration enum = myShoppingList.elements(); enum.hasMoreElements();) // and so on and so forth I compile my code and I... http://java.about.com/b/2008/01/23/a-new-reserved-word-enum.htm 2008-01-23T07:30:59Z http://java.about.com/b/2008/01/21/java-array-or-vector-whats-the-difference.htm Arrays and Vectors in Java are quite similar. They both represent a collection of similar items. For example, a good usage of an array would be a variable... http://java.about.com/b/2008/01/21/java-array-or-vector-whats-the-difference.htm 2008-01-21T07:39:46Z http://java.about.com/b/2008/01/17/great-sites-for-the-java-newbie.htm If you have ever done a search for Java tutorials or introduction to Java, I have little doubt that your search was fruitless. In fact, there are thousands of... http://java.about.com/b/2008/01/17/great-sites-for-the-java-newbie.htm 2008-01-17T07:36:53Z http://java.about.com/b/2008/01/15/java-constants.htm There are two things in life that are constant.... death and taxes. In Java, unlike in life, you have control over what is constant and what is not. ... http://java.about.com/b/2008/01/15/java-constants.htm 2008-01-15T09:58:36Z