Java Knowledge Update

My JavaWorld, Javalobby, SDN, … newsletters have been pilling for tool long. I went throught them today and read:

• javootoo.com, the Look and Feel Source for Java developers, because I am still worried about the work that has to be done to make Java UI look decent.
• J2SE 5.0 in a Nutshell, I still haven’t embraced Tiger.
• Url Rewrite Filter, a Java Web Filter for any J2EE compliant web application server, which allows you to rewrite URLs (like Apache’s mod_rewrite) before they get to your code. Good to know that there is now a solution to avoid having Apache in front of Tomcat/Resin.
• Snap Mobile, for Java multiplayer gaming communities… I am wondering if SNAP is still supported…
• JavaDesktop is gathering place for members of the Java platform’s graphical user interface (GUI) community.
• Understanding Rendering Hints, as I still miss some of the aspects of the control of rendering in Java2D.
• GUI Design patterns, how a certain part of your application needs to behave or how you should present things to the user.
• Changes in Working With ContentPane in JDK 5.0.
• Swing: System Tray Icons, to knwo that a solution exists…
• GUIdebook, Graphical User Interface Gallery
• Professional Swing: Creating Polished Apps and part 2. I really like the advice to uniquily use the GridBackLayout with Packer.
• My favorite Java 5 change, the enhanced for loop, combined with generics.
• Five Reasons to Move to the J2SE 5 Platform
• Go Fishing with the New MIDP 2.0 Game APIs, mobile phone game development could become more fun.
• Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) allows developers to take an existing application model and quickly create a rich graphical editor.
• XFlows, a cross-platform XML and XSLT manager.