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Tutorial Index

This is where we share our suite of tutorials on Java, XML, Swing, BlackBerry, Android, GWT, SOA, servlets, and web services technologies to help you create real-world applications, services, and user experiences. Our content is based on many years of experience in the software industry in general, and specifically from running our technology company, ScreamingToaster. All the source code provided on this site is distributed under the Apache Open Source License v2.0.

Android
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Android activity, service, widget lifecycle state management - Tutorial

Android Location Providers – gps, network, passive - Tutorial

Android Event Dispatch Thread or Main Thread - Tutorial

Android custom themed Dialog - Tutorial

Android custom skinned Button - Tutorial

Using JSON for mobile object exchange - Tutorial

Android Application Provisioning Strategies

Android WebView (WebKit) Tutorial

Android Service creation and consumption Tutorial

Android Animation Framework Tutorial

Android ListView and custom adapter Tutorial

Android LinearLayout Tutorial

Android UI Themes Tutorial

Android TableLayout Tutorial

Android Option and Context menu Tutorial

Android XML View inflation Tutorial

Android Activity and sub-Activity Tutorial

Android SDK and tools - Getting started

Android - How to build a service-enabled Android app - Part 3/3 Multithreading

Android - How to build a service-enabled Android App - Part 2/3 Networking

Android - How to build a service-enabled Android app - Part 1/3 UI

BlackBerry
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Working with BlackBerry list fields - Tutorial

Creating a BlackBerry HTTP Connection - Tutorial

BlackBerry field borders and backgrounds - Tutorial

Creating a BlackBerry custom field - Tutorial

Using the BlackBerry gauge field to display progress - Tutorial

Asking for BlackBerry application permissions upfront - Tutorial

Working with BlackBerry screens - Tutorial

Working with BlackBerry Layout Managers - Tutorial

Creating your first GUI BlackBerry App - Tutorial

Using JSON for mobile object exchange - Tutorial

Getting code signing keys from RIM, then using them - Tutorial

BlackBerry Development Tools - JDE (and IDEA)

BlackBerry Development Tools – Eclipse Plugin (in beta) - Tutorial

BlackBerry SDK and tools – Getting Started Tutorial

Design Patterns
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Creating asynchronous servlets with Tomcat 7 (Servlet 3.0 API)

Android Event Dispatch Thread or Main Thread - Tutorial

Hybrid Parser Architectural Pattern

Factory Pattern

Delegation Pattern

Adapter Pattern

Geocoding
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Geocoding tutorial - Accessing Google Static Maps from Java

Geocoding Tutorial - Getting physical address from IP address (using MaxMind)

Geocoding Tutorial - Getting physical address from IP address (using ippages)

Google+
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Google+ API in Java

Graphics
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Android Event Dispatch Thread or Main Thread - Tutorial

Android custom themed Dialog - Tutorial

Android custom skinned Button - Tutorial

Working with BlackBerry screens - Tutorial

Task API (3 of 5) - Monitoring HTTP POST operations

Task API (2 of 5) - Task API in-depth

Task API (1 of 5) - Quick Start Guide

SwingX Tutorial - Busy Label (JXBusyLabel)

SwingX Tutorial - Task Pane (JXTaskPane, Container)

SwingX Tutorial - Painters

SwingWorker details - canceling background tasks in flight

How to use the AnimatedTransition API (SwingX and Timingframework)

How to use glass pane for animation (SwingX and Timingframework)

Creating multi-threaded Swing apps that consume web services

GWT
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Using GWT History mechanism to create an RSS reader app Tutorial

Managing GWT History and Hyperlinks Tutorial

Deploying GWT Apps Tutorial

Using Servlet Sessions in GWT - Tutorial

Using and creating GWT modules Tutorial

Create GWT “Hello World” with IDEA Tutorial

Transport Objects over RPC – GWT Object Serialization - Tutorial

Building a GWT RPC Service - Tutorial

Anatomy of a GWT Project - Tutorial

Introduction to GWT - Tutorial

Misc
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Fedora Core configuration

JVM, URLs and Firewalls

Multithreading, Concurrency
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Android Event Dispatch Thread or Main Thread - Tutorial

Android XML View inflation Tutorial

Android - How to build a service-enabled Android app - Part 3/3 Multithreading

Task API (3 of 5) - Monitoring HTTP POST operations

Task API (2 of 5) - Task API in-depth

Task API (1 of 5) - Quick Start Guide

SwingWorker details - canceling background tasks in flight

Creating multi-threaded Swing apps that consume web services

Introduction to Java 5 java.util.concurrent API

Advanced Threads

Introduction to Threads

Network
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Creating asynchronous servlets with Tomcat 7 (Servlet 3.0 API)

Creating a BlackBerry HTTP Connection - Tutorial

Android - How to build a service-enabled Android App - Part 2/3 Networking

Lightweight Remote Object Access - RESTful Java

XML SQL gateway (socket based)

Source code for accessing weather.com XML data feed from Java

JVM, URLs and Firewalls

SOA
(View all 10 posts)

Creating asynchronous servlets with Tomcat 7 (Servlet 3.0 API)

Twitter API integration

Connecting to the LinkPoint staging server for payments integration

Geocoding tutorial - Accessing Google Static Maps from Java

Geocoding Tutorial - Getting physical address from IP address (using MaxMind)

Geocoding Tutorial - Getting physical address from IP address (using ippages)

Lightweight Remote Object Access - RESTful Java

Creating multi-threaded Swing apps that consume web services

Source code for accessing weather.com XML data feed from Java

XML
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Using GWT History mechanism to create an RSS reader app Tutorial

What is XML? An introduction.

XML SQL gateway (socket based)

Hybrid Parser Architectural Pattern

Source code for accessing weather.com XML data feed from Java

XML, Java, databases and the Web

Java XML Application Categories

Benefits of using XML

Introduction to DOM

Should I use SAX or DOM?

XML and Java Tutorial, Part II-Servlets

XML and Java Tutorial, Part II-Swing

XML and Java Tutorial, Part 1