As technologies have matured and APIs for Java and other languages have taken more of the burden of low-level coding off your hands (JMS, EJB, and XML are just a few recent examples), business logic ...

The best way to teach the concept of Java user input to new software developers is to show them how to use the highly visual and user-friendly JOptionPane class from the Swing package. With one simple ...

So I'm just starting to learn Java, I'm fumbling my way through my first program that isn't some version of Hello World. The program is actually working, there are a few other sections, but in this ...

The bad news is that input validation is difficult. White listing, or identifying all possible strings accepted as input, is nearly impossible for all but the simplest of applications. Black listing, ...

Most web frameworks I've seen handle form validation using exceptions; if the form fields or the whole form don't meet the requirements, an exception is thrown and dealt with (redirect back to the ...

Indian organizations employ several security practices at each stages of the software development lifecycle (SDLC). This includes the use of server hardening, security guidelines and automated tools ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Standard security practices are the baseline for any product, and even the most junior software ...

So Java property files, too, are not suitable for large validation rules. Finally, I briefly explained using XML to store validation constraints. XML Schema was addressed specifically, as it already ...