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Two ways to work more effectively with Java exceptions

Dealing with exceptions is more than just a matter of writing a try/catch block. They must be handled in a way that makes sense to both the developer and user. Read more »

Becoming a Sun Certified Programmer for Java

Certification in a particular technology increases advancement opportunities at the workplace and asserts that the certified individual is qualified to do a certain level of tasks. Read more »

Speed PHP application development by using PEAR

By using PEAR, developers can deploy and enhance basic functions that are already written and focus on writing new functionality. See how Read more »

Working with events in Java

Java offers numerous approaches to event handling, such as anonymous classes and reflection. This article will show you three ways to get started with Java event handling. Read more »

Using asynchronous method calls in C#

Customers hate to wait and are turned off by poor performance. .NET addresses this issue with asynchronous communication support. Get started with C#. Read more »

Streamline .NET strings

Strings are integral to most app dev projects, so it is imperative that they don't impair performance. The .NET StringBuilder class streamlines string values processing. Read more »

Use method overloading in Java

Devising unique naming conventions can be a tedious chore, but reusing method names via overloading can make the task easier. Here's a look at how this technique works in Java. Read more »

Take a manageable approach to reading HTML page data

There are many reasons for scraping data from a Web site. You might need to download data from a published site to be analysed or determine whether a site is displaying the correct value each day without any errors. You may even be creating a Web service. Read more »

Carefully choose the location for your Web code

Technologies like CSS and scripting languages have put the days of basic HTML behind us. The HTML standard provides numerous methods for combining these technologies to build dynamic sites, and it's helpful to be familiar with each approach. Read more »

Discover Perl's File::Find module

To show how this works, Builder.com walks you through a sample script that employs the File::Find module. Read more »

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