The Art of Complex Problem Solving

An Exceptionally created Art that explains each and every aspect of Complex problem solving and skills required.. Fantastic Art Work.. A must See.. Enjoy !!!

How to create Production Quality GUI using Netbeans GUI

I was always big fan of Visual Basic and event-driven programming. Inspite of its limitations no one can deny the fact that it makes Powerful GUI development a lot easier.
An year ago i was working on Java and slighty touched Swing. After knowing the flexiblity and customizations that JAVA/Swing provided, i always wondered and actually awaited to see a good GUI builder for developing swing applications. After much research and anticipation came along one of the best GUI builders for Java. It ws Netbeans' Matisse GUI Builder from version 5.0. With it came along a new layout "Free Design" which i much similar to VB's editor but with much more features.

Some features include:
Navigator (on the left) -> which tells you which component is in which panel and helps to easily move components without disturbing the look of the User Interface.
Palette (on the right) -> thats lists all te available components that are drag-and-drop enabled.


Form -> The actual form also suggests where to put a particular control, aligns components etc.

"When a GridBag Layout is selected a special option "Customize this layout" will appear. This is really kool.. It lets you do cell padding, cell spacing (for the Grid) to create production quality GUI.

Read full review at codewatch. Here you can also download a fully functional and working example of the same with screenshots

Happy Programming !!!

Turn on PC instantly with LinuxBIOS

Forget Live CDs! Check of Linux Bios. When you start your PC, you have an OS running. You might have seen a Bios that's aware of your mouse. That's nothing. You can run Firefox from the Bios. Software to flash your Bios at this page. Instant On is here today.

SSH tricks

The article describes in a human language some of the powerful, yet very useful (even for total newbies) capabilities of OpenSSH, such as passwordless login, automatic execution of commands on a remote system or even mounting a remote folder using SSH.

HOWTO: Windows XP running under Xen 3.0 on Ubuntu Dapper Drake

Very Nicely written tutorial .. includes screenshots..

Prepping Ubuntu for Everyday Use

Ubuntu 6.06 is here! Get started with over 25 tips to tweak, personalize and otherwise polish the diamond that is Dapper Drake. Tips include installing multimedia codecs, adding extra repositories, adding a Windows-like "Start" button, and much more!

HOWTO: Secure Firefox and IM with PuTTY

There are times when you want to connect to the Internet through unknown and/or insecure networks such as the local Panera or other WiFi hotspot. If you aren’t careful, you might make it all too easy for someone to sniff your connection using Ettercap.

One of the best ways to secure your connection is to use a VPN, but that isn’t always practical. So here’s a way to securely connect to the net using only an SSH client and a remote box that you control/trust.

How To Set Up A Loadbalanced High-Availability Apache Cluster

This tutorial shows how to set up a two-node Apache web server cluster that provides high-availability. In front of the Apache cluster we create a load balancer that splits up incoming requests between the two Apache nodes.