Get clued in to lesser known open source Java projects that can save you time and money -- starting this month with Bernhard Pauler's balloontip project for Swing GUI development.

As soon as the Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) Java UI API was released, developers as wondered if a Swing implementation could be written. A number of efforts have come and gone but the new ...

In this installment in the Open Source Java Projects series, I’ll introduce you to the SwingLabs PDF Renderer. After you’ve downloaded the project source and run a short demo, we’ll explore ...