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• News
  Recent releases and information
  
  
• About Alex Chaffee
  Our founder
  
  
• Contact
  How to contact Purple Technology and Alex Chaffee
  
  

• Purple Code
  a large library of Java utility code, free for your use
  
  
• Purple Chat Server
  a multi-threaded Chat server, as seen in this talk
  
  
• XPath Explorer
  XPath is a syntax for navigating inside XML documents, in order to extract specific little pieces of content. XPath Explorer is a GUI application that lets you interactively experiment with XPath.
  
  
• Bootstrap / Polonius
  We're sponsoring an XP study group. In the SF Bay area? Come join the fun!
  
  
• JiffyPoll (Instant Runoff)
  Instant Runoff Voting is a more democratic alternative to traditional plurality politics. With JiffyPoll, you can easily install an IRV poll on your own site. Full source code is available.
  
  
• JUnit Patch
  making assertEquals(String, String) a little more legible
  
  
• JSPXML source code
  Source code to JSP/XML article (published in JavaWorld)
  
  
• Download This Site
  This web site was dynamically generated using Java Servlets, JavaServer Pages (JSP) and eXtensible Markup Language (XML). It is served by Jakarta Tomcat 4.0 . You are welcome to download the full source code . (View Source, eat your heart out.)
  
  
• License
  the open-source license under which the code on this site is published
  
  

• Talks & Presentations
  Alex has been speaking on Java and Internet technologies for many years. In the spirit of open source, you can download and view full versions of his slides and source code. Permission is granted to view for personal use only; if you want to display these materials for any business-related purpose (like using them to teach a Java class), please contact Purple Technology for licensing information. Most talks have only PowerPoint versions. HTML versions may be forthcoming.
  
  
• Articles
  Alex's writings, in print and online
  
  
• Maxims
  words of platform-independent wisdom
  
  
• Glossary
  A short Java and Internet glossary
  
  
• XP Links and Info
  Extreme Programming (XP) is fun
  
  
• Servlet Resource List
  a large list of servlet-related links; a useful appendix to jGuru Servlet FAQ
  
  

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jGuru.com
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jGuru Servlets FAQ
Servlets FAQ, managed by yours truly

jGuru Tomcat FAQ
Tomcat FAQ, managed by yours truly

jGuru Threads FAQ
Threads FAQ, managed by yours truly

Stinky.com
art and other indulgences

JDOM
a clean, easy API for using XML from Java

XMLC
An architecture for dynamic web applications. The architecture seems so much cleaner than JSP or XSLT.

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