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Eclipse IDE
Whether you're wielding the base platform, the Rational Development Platform, Workspace Studio, or other Eclipse-based products, our handbook of tips, tricks, and lessons-learned can help you take your productivity to the next level.
How to setup Log4j in a web app - fast
You've done this before anyway and you've got no time to dilly-dally. This procedure will get your Web app logging with log4j in six simple steps.
Java Reflection - Annotations![]()
This article illustrates how to create your very own Java annotations and then access the annotations at runtime! How cool is that?
Java Logging Standards and Guidelines
A summary of the BTG logging conventions used in Java code.
Java Naming Standards and Guidelines
A summary of the BTG naming conventions used in Java code.
Java Developer Tools
A collection of useful tools for Java developers.