All the cool new programming languages, like Ruby, always have compilers/interpreters and tools for Linux, and the old UNIX standbys like Tcl/Tk are still around when you need them. Why, then, is Java ...

One of the most extended belief about web applications is that most of them are insecure. This opinion is supported by statistics published by SANS [1] which show that almost half the vulnerabilities ...

The Java Management Extensions (JMX) standard is gaining adoption within the J2EE community for the management of applications, as well as application servers and other infrastructure software. JMX ...

Using sessions is one of the most popular methods of authenticating users, whether it be forms authentication in ASP.NET and Java or $_SESSION based in PHP. If a user leaves their browser logged in on ...

When Java developers start talking about application servers, Tomcat is often thrown into the mix. After all, it’s one of the most popular options for lightweight development scenarios, and in many ...

Many software developers do not pay enough attention to the shutdown (also referred to as undeploy) of the applications they write. In fact, the most popular shutdown mechanism is to execute Ctl+C or ...