Programming related Podcasts (focus Java)      [To Top]

This article gives an overview of Java and JVM related podcasts. Currently the list is short but I hope to grow it over time.

DocBook with Eclipse - Tutorial      [To Top]

This article explains how to write DocBook files in Eclipse and how to convert these files into various output formats, e.g. to HTML and pdf. It also explains how to configure XInclude to divide the information into different source files.

This article uses Eclipse 3.5.

Google Technologies - Overview      [To Top]

This article servers as a point to capture information about Google technologies, e.g. Pagerank, Bigtable, Google Search, etc.

Apache Tomcat - Tutorial      [To Top]

This article describes the installation and usage of Apache Tomcat for Java web development. Tomcat version 6.x is used in this tutorial.

Unit testing with JUnit 4.x in Eclipse - Tutorial      [To Top]

This article explains unit testing with JUnit 4.x.

OpenSocial Gadgets - Tutorial      [To Top]

This article gives an overview about OpenSocial Gadgets and their integration into Eclipse E4.

XSLT with Eclipse XSL Tools - Tutorial      [To Top]

This articles explains how to do a simple XSLT transformation using the Eclipse XSL project.

Dependency Injection - Overview Tutorial      [To Top]

This article describes the general concept of dependency injection. It gives then pointer how dependency injection can be used in Java.

SQL - Tutorial      [To Top]

This article describes the most important SQL statements.

Apache Derby Database - Tutorial      [To Top]

This articles explains how to install the Apache Derby database, how to start the Derby server, how to connect via Java to Derby and how to use the Derby command line tool to issue SQL statements. The installation of Apache Derby as Windows Service is also explained.

MySQL - Tutorial      [To Top]

This article explains how to install MySQL and how to create and query a database.

This article uses Java 1.6 and MySQL 5.1.

MySQL and Java JDBC - Tutorial      [To Top]

This article describes how to use Java JDBC to connect to MySQL and perform SQL queries, database inserts and deletes.

Apache Ant - Tutorial      [To Top]

This article describes how to install, configure and use Apache Ant as a build tool to compile Java code, pack this code into an executable jar and how to create Javadoc. The usage of Ant is demonstrated within Eclipse and from the command line. This tutorial is based on Apache Ant 1.7.x.

Continuous Integration with Hudson - Tutorial      [To Top]

This article describes how to build a continuous integration cycle for Java development.

This article is currently in DRAFT.

Version control with Git - Tutorial      [To Top]

This article explains the usage of the distributed version control system Git via the command line.

The examples were done on Linux (Ubuntu).

Git with Eclipse (EGit) - Tutorial      [To Top]

This article describes the usage of EGit; a Eclipse plugin to use the distributed version control system Git.

Installation of subversion (svn) in Eclipse      [To Top]

The following describes the installation of Eclipse subversive and gives a short comparison of the different svn connectors.

Mercurial - Tutorial      [To Top]

This article describes the distributed version control system Mercurial.

KDE on Windows      [To Top]

This article describes the installation of KDE on Windows.

SAP - Important transaction codes      [To Top]

This article gives a summary of useful transaction codes for SAP systems.

Ubuntu Linux - Short command list      [To Top]

This articles contains some information about handling a Ubuntu system.

VMWare Player on Windows with Ubuntu 9.10      [To Top]

This articles gives a tiny description of using VMWare player on Windows to run Ubuntu 9.10 on it.

SAP ECATT - Automated testing for SAP Systems      [To Top]

ECATT allows to record transactions in SAP, to parameterize the recording and to replay them with different input data based on CSV files. The following is a tutorial how to use this.