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Strategic Java consulting, objective commentary on Java-related technologies, mentoring, training and curriculum development, technical editing, and software architecture and development.

• See what's available in Java 7.
• Find Swing icons in the Java look and feel Graphics Repository.
• Learn about some collections changes in Java 6 with Spice up collections with generics and concurrency.
• Check out the review of Java 6 Platform Revealed at Sun's site.
• Read up on the features of Java 6 in Java 6 Platform Revealed from Apress.
• Learn about Groovy.
• Learn about the 5.0 release of the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) in the Taming Tiger installments at developerWorks.
• Got questions? Ask John for answers or try out the Java technology forums over at developerWorks.
• Explore JNLP and Java Web Start in Deploying Software with JNLP and Java Web Start: Moving on to Java Web Start 1.2, Deploying Software with JNLP and Java Web Start: Going Beyond the Java Plug-in, and Going Beyond Installation with JNLP.
• Read the Core Java Technologies Tech Tips archives. Many early tips were from John.
• Java 5.0 has been here for some time, but you can still read about J2SE 1.4 in the developerWorks Magic with Merlin series.
• If you're interested in the Java technology publishing arena, join the Order of the Java Technology Writers mailing list.

Book Reviews

• The Android Developer's Cookbook: Building Applications with the Android SDK [DZone]
• Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time [DZone]
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Facebook
• Digital Babylon [Technology & Society]
• Free as in Freedom [Technology & Society]
• Comparative Jabber Book Review [developerWorks]
• Information Warfare [Technology & Society]
• Building Web Services with Java [XML Journal]
• Professional Java Server Programming [developerWorks]
• Master Java with these introductory books [JavaWorld]

Tutorials

• Fundamentals of the JavaMail API
• Java Serves the Web: An Intro to JavaServer Pages
• Introduction to the Collections Framework

  Sample Chapters

• Java 6 Platform Revealed - Chapter 7: Web Services
• Java AWT Reference - Whole Book [PDF]
• Learn Java with JBuilder - Chapter 16: Delivering Programs
• Java Collections - Chapter 2: Arrays
• Java Collections - Chapter 9: Lists
• Definitive Guide to Swing for Java 2, 2nd Edition - Chapter 17: Tables
• Mastering Java 2 -- Chapter 16: Transferring Data
• Mastering Java 2 -- Chapter 17: Java Collections