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The Java Power Tools is almost finished!: The Java Power Tools book is now being reviewed, and has undergone some big changes since the start of the project. Check out the latest table of contents!
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Rainbow 1.1 - SVG browser for remote SVN repositories: The new version of Rainbow SVG browser is available. Now you can browse remote SVN repositories with regular and compressed SVG content.
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Closer To Fine: Open governance updates from NetBeans and OpenJDK... also:
Java Today: OpenJDK governance board minutes, NetBeans governance board election results, and JSR-310 and Java 7 language changes
Spotlight: Java Mobile & Embedded Developer Days Conference
Weblogs: Synchronized security updates, Japex 1.1.4, and dynamic scalable clustering
Forum Posts: ME conference call for papers, JNDI references in GlassFish, and permanent apps with Web Start
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World's Smallest Duke: A collection piece for Java Geeks!
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Java ME on Windows Mobile: Couple words about getting Java ME on Windows Mobile
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October 07 2007

New widget library for jMaki: I just made a few more widgets available for the jMaki framework.
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The complexity of large software: an AT&T; example: I purchased an iPhone yesterday and tried to activate it. Foolish, I know, but I'm crazy like that. Activating my iPhone today (starting last night, really) proved to be a multi-hour ordeal involving Googling, and spending over an hour on…
Posted by joshy at (09:39 PST) | Permalink | Discuss (3)

October 06 2007

Dynamic Scalable Clustering: In today's information technology world, fault tolerance has become an expected system characteristic, as demands on such systems, not only requires the availability of data, but also the efficiency of such systems.
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A quick question about the "Customer JRE"...: ... or whatever they will call it.
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Metro Tooling - Netbeans, Eclipse, Ant, Maven...: Metro comes with various tooling options. Here I provide the details details about the tooling options available for Metro.
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October 05 2007

JustJava 2007 Goes Mobile: I have posted my highlights from JustJava 2007 in São Paulo, Brazil. A lot of nice Java stuff and a ME track this year! Good news!
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New Scripting Resource Center on SDN: Sun Developer Network just launched a one-stop site of scripting resources.
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What's New in Japex 1.1.4?: More users usually translates into more requests for features. A few more developers have picked up Japex in the last month, and a couple have asked me to provide additional features for their benchmarks. I'll use this blog to introduce a couple of new features in Japex version 1.1.4.
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Sun's new syncrhonized security updates policy: Beginning with 1.4.2_16 + 1.5.0u13 + 1.6.0u3, Sun is moving to a new policy of releasing synchronized security updates of all supported versions of Java SE.
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Finally something to show: The moment has come. Now I have at least a screenshot of a working app, not a demo, that show the actual state of my work: a resume of my past code base from mCube work and something new that emerged in last couple of years.
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More Adventurous: From the lowest-level language to one of the highest... also:
Feature Article: Launch Java Applications from Assembly Language Programs
Weblogs: GlassFish hidden properties, JavaBeans' FeatureDescriptors, and clearing OpenJDK encumbrances
java.net Poll:Have you tried out the Java SE 6.0 Update N (aka, "Consumer JRE") Early Access?
Forum Posts: QuickStarter prefetching details, QuickStarter source availability, and localizing JFileChooser
Java Today: NetBeans Portal Pack 2.0 beta, JavaTools newsletter 141, and NetBeans OpenLaszlo Support plugin
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Screencast #Web 9: JRuby-on-Rails standalone and shared WARs in GlassFish: Are you an existing GlassFish V2 user and interested in using Rails applications ? - JRuby module is now available on the Update Center. This module allows you to create standalone or shared WAR of a Rails application that…
Posted by arungupta at (06:11 PST) | Permalink | Discuss (0)

October 04 2007

OpenJDK Encumbrances being cleared: The OpenJDK project is about 95% of a complete Java implementation. That last 5% or so is what we've called 'encumbrances', code which we weren't able to open source. The last two weeks has seen a lot of interesting movement…
Posted by robogeek at (15:16 PST) | Permalink | Discuss (2)

WYLIWYT - where you look is where you type in NetBeans: In my latest blog I wrote about the TrackIR device and my Java binding JTrackIR. Now what to do with it? What about controlling the IDE with the head?
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Customizing GlassFish v2 with 23 unpublished properties.: Grizzly in GlassFish v2 has 23 unpublished properties that can be used to improve performance, switch the thread pool, configure the tcp stack, etc. Why hiding them?
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Does He Love You?: Slashdot founder reveals why he hates Java... also:
Java Today: Grizzly 1.6.1, 3GPP for Fault Management RI, and Roman Strobl demos NetBeans Ruby debugger
Weblogs: Web services in 6.0uN, more jMaki tips, and audience feedback from midwest Java Tech Days
Forum Posts: Metro connection pools, 6.0uN QuickStarter not for Vista, and memory settings for graphics-intensive Java apps
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JavaBeans: feature attributes: Let's talk about the FeatureDescriptor class, the superclass for all other descriptors. It enables to add extra metadata to describe the beans. The builder tool could use such metadata to provide enhanced functionality.
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Screencast #WS7: Secure and Reliable Web service using Metro/GlassFish and NetBeans IDE 6: The Web services support in NetBeans 6 is further simplified from NetBeans 5.5.1. There are two main points I like: Integral support for Security, Reliability and Transactions on an endpoint. This means there is no need to download any additional…
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Java SNMP now available in OpenDMK: The OpenDMK project now includes the SNMP API from Sun's Java DMK product. Kudos to Daniel Fuchs who put in the considerable work to make this happen!
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October 03 2007

The Human Side of Security and Performance: It's not about hard skills, it's not about Java Security or Performance tools or API...is about how the people works.
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JAX-WS 2.1 in Java SE 6 Update N: Along with new features and enhancements, Java SE 6 Update N (formerly known as the "Consumer JRE") has high performance Web Services support with JAX-WS 2.1.
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From A to Web...: Are you a Java developer/architect interested in Rich Internet Applications? Curious about JavaFX? Do you use AJAX? Interested in some comparison with Adobe's Flex?
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javascript remote diff/merge tool: Update of the open source project JSBlend tool now handles remote diff and merges
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JustJava 2007 is open: Ola Pessoal/Hello Everybody! pt: Estamos aqui em São Paulo, Brasil, no JustJava 2007 (http://www.sucesusp.org.br/eventos2007/justjava07/), evento do SouJava. A foto acima mostra o Mauricio Leal (http://weblogs.java.net/blog/maltron/) fazendo a abertura do evento. Hoje a tarde o Neto Marin (http://weblogs.java.net/blog/netomarin) vai apresentar um tutorial…
Posted by lucastorri at (13:53 PST) | Permalink | Discuss (0)

Mid-West Java Tech Days Trip Report: I presented the Metro web services stack at Mid-West Java Tech Days in Columbus, Ohio and Indianapolis, Indiana last week. This blog entry shows questions asked and answers given.
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Project Grizzly 1.6.1 released: We are still growing our community, with the great effect of having to release more often. Plus, This release is also targeted to be used by both GlassFish v3, Sailfin Project and many more...
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It's A Hit: Early word is good on the Consumer JRE... also:
Forum Posts: 6.0uN QuickStarter impressions, WSIT truststores, and modifying zipped SVG source
Java Today: Danny Coward on 6.0uN, NetBeans Newsletter #311, and declarative UIs with JavaFX script
Weblogs: Anticipating the "JavaOne for ME" conference, OpenJDK Mercurial transition update, and thoughts about BGJUG First Meeting
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TOTD #10: Consuming JSON and XML representations generated by a Jersey endpoint in a jMaki Table widget: A jMaki widget expects data in JSON format as defined by the standard data models. There are three possible ways to generate the JSON data from a Jersey endpoint that can be consumed by a jMaki widget: Return JSON representation of…
Posted by arungupta at (05:59 PST) | Permalink | Discuss (0)

October 02 2007

Thank you Netbeans team for the great Ruby support in Netbeans 6: Netbeans 6 provides excellent support for Ruby development using either Ruby or JRuby. After trying out practically every other Ruby IDE out there, including RadRails, IntelliJ Ruby plugin, I must hand it to the Netbeans team for the wonderful support in Netbeans 6. With the Beta 1 release of Netbeans 6, quality had improved over past Milestones and is actually very usable.
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Third Session of Free Ajax Programming Online Course: Sun technology evangelist Sang Shin will kick off another session on October 15.
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How Java M&E; Developer Days came about...: Well THIS is exciting - after spearheading a "what do you think about this" email discussion among some M&E; luminaries, Roger Brinkley has officially announced the call for papers for "Java Mobile & Embedded Developer Days". It's on! Given the buzz among the experts who were included during the formation of this event, it's not one to be missed...
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OpenJDK Mercurial Transition Update 4: Update 4 We tried very hard to split out corba, jaxp, and jaxws in Build 21 but didn't make it, however they just now got integrated into Build 22. This splits out an additional 6,000 files or so from the primary j2se workspace. This…
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LinAlg API: Stable release available for Download: LinAlg API stable release is available for download from linalg.dev.java.net
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Nimbus Bugs: Recently, the Nimbus L&F; became available with the early access builds of Java 6 update 5. We have some folks try it out, but not know where to file bugs. Ok. So this is going to be a boring blog, but I wanted to get the word out on how to help us debug Nimbus.
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JBoss ESB 4.2 - New Editors: This post covers some new features in JBoss ESB 4.2
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Close Call: Bringing mobile Java developers together... also:
Java Today: Java Mobile & Embedded Developer Conference announced, JavaTools Newsletter #140, and "will Java 7 be Beautiful?"
Forum Posts: Wonderland's Voicebridge open-sourced, Registry hacks and JDK 6.0uN, and seeking Firefox 64-bit JRE plugin for Linux
Weblogs: Highlights of JDK 6.0uN, dinging the "update N" name, and more Hudson plugins
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Gooey Table Model: We present a generic table model with a list of "model beans" and simplistic "beans binding" facilitated by java.beans.PropertyDescriptor.
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Announcing: Java Mobile & Embedded Developer Days, January 22-24, 2008: Have you been missing a dedicated conference for mobile and embedded Java? A place to get together with peers, community members, and industry experts to deep-dive on all things Java mobile & embedded? A conference that is driven by…
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Thoughts about BGJUG First Meeting: Here are my impressions about the first meeting of the Bulgarian Java User Group.
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Three NetBeans Days in a week: After being present at three NetBeans Days in a week (Rome, Milan, Cagliari) my admiration for NetBeans evangelists has increased.
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October 01 2007

Creating Extensible Applications: Extensible applications allow you or end users to add functionality or services without modifying your base application's core source code.
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