Java Posse #092 - Newscast for November 7th 2006

Newscast for November 7th 2006 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Netbeans 5.5 final released http://netbeans.org/ http://cld.blog-city.com/ netbeans_ide_55__a_visual_glance.htm http://www.eweek.com/article2/ 0,1895,2047273,00.asp http://www.theinquirer.net/ default.aspx?article=35492 http://cld.blog-city.com/netbeans_mobility_pack_ surprises_developers__support_for_svg.htm http://www.netbeans.org/kb/55/ vwp-helloweb.html http://blogs.sun.com/tor/entry/ using_jdk_5_language_features http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/ new_netbeans_5_5_plugin https://ajax.dev.java.net/ http://www.netbeans.org/community/ contribute/dreamteam.html GWT 1.2 release candidate- with a Mac version! http://googlewebtoolkit.blogspot.com/2006/ 10/gwt-12-release-candidate-with-mac-os-x.html Novell and Microsoft partner - what will this mean for mono, and what will that mean for Java? http://blogs.zdnet.com/service-oriented/?p=747 http://www.it-director.com/content.php?cid=8950 http://blogs.zdnet.com/carroll/index.php?p=1615 Mobile app of the week is an easy one this week - GMail for mobile devices http://gmail.com/app http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=3970 http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/ mail_mobileclient.html http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/ 11/06/how-to-run-gmail-locally-on-a-pocket-pc/ Quick News Items Eclipse 3.3 M3 released http://www.eclipse.org http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/ drops/S-3.3M3-200611021715/eclipse-news-M3.html JSR Roundup - a lot of activity in the JCP this week http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=272 http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=263 http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=258 http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=257 http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=247 http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=232 http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=154 http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=245 http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=270 http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=283 http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=252 http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=199 http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=926 http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=243 There are many good Java related FAQs out there on the internet, but the Java IAQ might get your attention http://www.norvig.com/java-iaq.html Romain Guy - it's all about Java http://jroller.com/page/gfx? entry=it_s_all_about_java Heat up those word processors - the JavaOne 2007 call for papers is coming soon http://weblogs.java.net/blog/amvernon/ archive/2006/11/2007_javaone_ca.html Stanley Ho has blogged more information on the JSR 277 (Java Module System) blowup. http://weblogs.java.net/blog/stanleyh/archive/ 2006/11/more_jsr277_ear.html Tarantula Consulting has released JSFToolbox 1.2, a suite of JSF design and coding extensions for Dreamweaver http://www.jsftoolbox.com/ Apple has released version 2.4.1 of XCode, their free development environment for the Mac http://developer.apple.com/tools/ xcode/update.html The eclipse project has released version 1.5.2 of WTP (web tools platform) http://www.eclipse.org/webtools/ http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/ downloads/drops/R1.5/R-1.5.2-200610261841/ whatisfixed/buglog.html 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 Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse Or send us email - [email protected]