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If you’d like to learn the new features in Java SE 5.0 and pass the Sun Certified Java Programmer Upgrade Exam (CX-310-056), then this book is for you. It covers all the Java SE 5.0 new features required in the exam. You don’t need to read about the existing features that you already know. 117 review questions and mock exam questions are included.

 

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If you are looking for some quick help in using a large character repertoire in HTML authoring, see the document Using national and special characters in HTML.

Several technical terms related to character sets (e.g. glyph, encoding) can be difficult to understand, due to various confusions and due to having different names in different languages and contexts. The EuroDicAutom online database can be useful: it contains translations and definitions for several technical terms used here.

 

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This is an EJB 3 tutorial to help you learn about EJB 3 differences and understand how it can be used. By reading this EJB tutorial you will learn the main concepts, work with EJB 3 source code examples. The EJB 3 videos and demonstrations make this EJB3 tutorial easy to follow. EJB source code is available to download.

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There is a new introductory article on Groovy and Grails, Groovy and Grails – A Getting Started Guide, which walks you through some nice Groovy and Grails example. The article discusses what it is, web development, Grails features, architecture, installation, how to go about developing a Grails app, the app structure, using the database, how Grails transparently uses The article discusses what it is, web development, Grails features, architecture, installation, how to go about developing a Grails app, the app structure, using the database, and a lot more.

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What is Groovy?

Groovy is a language that has a syntax that’s similar to, yet simpler than, Java. It’s often referred to as a scripting/agile/dynamic language, but I would prefer to stay away from these adjectives as I feel they only end up confusing things. If Java is a wise middle-aged man, Groovy is his teenage son. Groovy has many of the old man’s characteristics but is a lot wilder and a lot more fun. Both of them also work together very well.

Groovy has a lot fewer rules than Java. For example, in Java to get the standard “Hello World” output, you need to write a class, a main method with proper arguments, and more. But in Groovy, if you don’t wish to write all the boilerplate code, you can get rid of the class definition and the main method and just write the one line of code that actually prints “Hello World.”

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For those of you who were eagerly awaiting (who wasn’t?) EJB 3, here is a free book on the subject which can be downloaded from here. Hope you find it useful (at least is free!).This book is a tutorial on EJB 3.0.It’s about EJB concepts, methodology, and development. This book also contains a number of advanced EJB topics, giving you a practical and real-world understanding of the subject.