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This is the second part of my UI lessons from the real world article. It has more funny examples of what (not) to do with your UIs.

Learn UI concepts from real world pictures. Signs can teach valuable lessons in this regard and you should pay attention to them.

Learn a trick to shrink images using the Java2D API, which creates high-quality image icons for your applications.

In this article jQuery is tested with different selectors in order to find specific elements in the DOM tree. The delay of each selector is precisely calculated and the idea is to find out which one is the fastest for the given goal.

Introdução básica à especificação Service Component Architecture, a qual define regras para a criação de software baseado em componentes.

Learn how to combine JGoodies with other backend frameworks in your desktop application. The main problem is the need to create objects that extend the Model class while other frameworks might consider this a problem, either because they require POJOs or provide other specific rules.

This article explains the advantages of the Presentation Model pattern over the Model-View-Controller and Model-View-Presenter. This will improve your decisions about GUI implementations for desktop.

Podemos compreender os motivos que nos levam a utilizar componentes observando a sociedade e a natureza. Lições trazidas por espiões ou cientistas como Charles Darwin são valiosas nesses sentido.

A maioria das empresas ainda não compreende o verdadeiro significado de componente e isso acaba impedindo melhorias nos seus processos de desenvolvimento de software.

Aprenda como os objetos do mundo real podem influenciar positivamente na interação e na usabilidade do seu sistema.