The Java Extension Mechanism

Article by Thomas Kunneth, 4 pages, 15 minutes.
This article was about something completely different than I thought it would be. What it is about is a way to drop jars in a directory of the JRE and have them be used by for all apps on that JRE. Given that I've been forced to use the lib/endorsed directory for quite some time now, this wasn't really news to me.
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Prototype: Easing AJAX's Pain

Article by Bruce Perry, 7 pages, 20 minutes.
A small, simple introduction to some of the functionality in the prototype library. It's not the most readable I've even seen and it only touches the surface of what's in prototype, but it was a quick read so worth the time.
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