Open source licenses Each of the Java projects covered in this series is subject to an open source license, which you should understand before integrating the project with your own projects.

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.

Maven crash course for beginners The Apache Maven Java build tool stands entrenched as the preeminent project to use when you need to compile, test and package enterprise software.