Articles by Tim Boudreau

NetBeans: It's Not Just for Java Anymore

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Java developers have had a nice ride the last few years. With ferocious competition in the Java tools space, the tools they use have been getting better and better. Where one tool innovates, such as with quick fixes, the competitors quickly duplicate and expand on that innovation. This has led to a fertile field of tools for Java developers to choose from.

Walking the Java Heap with NetBeans 6.0 Profiler

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:00:00 EST

NetBeans 6.0 brings a host of new features to Java and Ruby developers, including a totally rewritten editor, support for local file history, a new graphical file comparison utility, and support for the new Swing desktop framework. One area of particular emphasis is its profiler, which has improves support for detecting and fixing memory leaks, the focus of this article.