Java Posse #074 - Newscast for August 8th 2006

Newscast for August 8th 2006 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com 10 Things Java should steal from Ruby http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss? thread_id=41622 Netbeans 5.5 Beta 2 with App server 9 bundle released http://www.netbeans.org/community/news/index.html#897 Huge performance speedups becoming available with JSR 199 http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/kchung? entry=speed_up_jsp_compilations_with And a new beta of Sun's Java Studio Enterprise 8.1 (based on the Netbeans 5.0 platform) is now available http://weblogs.java.net/blog/marinasum/archive/ 2006/08/sun_java_studio_3.html More on google code hosting: http://www.channelweb.com/sections/allnews/article.jhtml? articleId=191601487&cid=ChannelWebNews The jFlubber project - http://code.google.com/p/jflubber/ MyEclipse 5.0 has been released Eclipse SWT_AWT bug #145890 New and noteworthy: http://www.myeclipseide.com/ ContentExpress-display-ceid-86.html http://www.myeclipseide.com/index.php Rick Ross over at Java Lobby installed Mustang on the new Vista beta and thinks it is faster than running Java on XP http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t77240.html NEO Office 2.0 Beta now available for Mac http://www.neooffice.org/ An introduction to using Java to extend Star Office and Open Office (and adaptable to NEO Office) http://cld.blog-city.com/ using_java_to_extend_staroffice_or_openoffice.htm Applet of the week has been replaced by cool AJAX web app for this week, Gpokr is a new AJAXified browser based poker game implemented in GWT http://www.gpokr.com/ Ryan's blog - http://www.rdews.com/ Quick News Items Tapestry 4.1 has been released http://weblogs.java.net/blog/zixle/archive/ 2006/07/beanshell_2d_in.html Swingweb 1.0 has been released http://swingweb.sourceforge.net/swingweb/ Crystal Reports 1.0 for Eclipse has been released http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss? thread_id=41650 "Meet Josh Marinacci" interview http://java.sun.com/developer/Meet-Eng/marinacci/ Ethan Nicholas hints at a java browser edition in his latest blog entry http://weblogs.java.net/blog/enicholas/archive/ 2006/08/welcome_to_the.html Oracle led JSR 301 - portlet bridge specification for JSF, has passed JSR review http://today.java.net/pub/n/4748 http://www.cafeaulait.org/#August_1_2006_33633 Ed Burns has a video demo of the blueprint JSF ajax components and how then can be used in Java Studio Creator 2 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/edburns/bpcatalog-intro.html? feed=RSS Fun - classic handheld games implemented in Flash and Java: http://www.handheld.remakes.org/online.php Thanks Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth Brice Ruth and Webprojkt.com - http://webprojkt.com - for our archives site - http://archives.javaposse.com Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect Kirsty Doherty for Java Posse artwork Nick Trefz, the voice of TopCoder, for the voiceovers Brian Ehmann - the Java Posse intern Theme Music: Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI), written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney. Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad. Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://www.loosebrucekerr.com Closing - A track written by Dick in Apple's Garageband To contact us: Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com Or send us email - [email protected]