Greetings

I'm creating this Blog as a result of frustration on always finding examples of Java solutions and Open Source tools that show how to accomplish the most basic task but that never explore the truly complicated route. There are literally 100s of starter books for Java programmers and Java related Open Source tools but I have yet to find a good site or good book that truly explores the more complicated aspects of the language as well as the more complicated aspects of Open Source tools.

Often times I find myself downloading the source code to Open Source technologies and debugging my way down to the 10th degree in order to understand how I might further leverage the technology because the example went no further then the infamous "Hello World!" tutorial. This site will be a hodge-podge of examples and code bits that will only share in common the Java umbrella and the various Open Source tools I use on a daily basis.

I'm sure there will be times when my examples do not necessarily represent the best approach, but often times the best approach is time consuming and costly in software development and my to-do list to go back and enhance a process is always growing. :) I hope to have some examples up here soon!