Java Posse #136 - Newscast for August 4th 2007

Newscast for August 4th 2007 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com How much is your code worth? http://cysquatch.net/blog/?p=43 http://www.theserverside.com/news/ thread.tss?thread_id=46356 http://www.yafla.com/dennisforbes/ Internal-Code-Reuse-Considered-Dangerous/ Internal-Code-Reuse-Considered-Dangerous.html The new firefox 4 javascript VM, which will be based on Tamarin (the engine donated to the project by Adobe), will run not only JavaScript, but also Ruby and Python http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roadmap/ archives/2007/07/new_projects.html JavaFX properties support http://jfx.wikia.com/wiki/Properties http://jfx.wikia.com/wiki/Unified_ Member_Declaration_and_Definition NetBeans to get first class Groovy support? http://jameswilliams.be/blog/index.php? itemid=24 http://blogs.sun.com/roumen/entry/ netbeans_podcast_episode_32_interview http://www.netbeans.org/community/ news/index.html#1088 http://www.developer.com/db/article.php/3691716 Google has released a free tool - the Google Singleton Detector http://code.google.com/p/ google-singleton-detector/ http://code.google.com/p/ google-singleton-detector/wiki/Usage And for another fun discussion, when should you use finalizers? http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jfalkner/ archive/2007/07/blarg27_dont_us.html Applet of the week - Zombie Infection http://zombies.kalleboo.com/ Applet of the week - bonus - Bitlet http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8943/BitLet+ Lets+You+Download+Torrents+Without+a+Client http://www.bitlet.org/ Quick News Items San Shin's JavaPassion.com website now has a hands on lab for creating web applications using Sun's woodstock JSF components which have just been open sourced by Sun http://www.javapassion.com/ handsonlabs/jsfwoodstock/ Yahoo has release YSlow, a performance tool which helps you to determine why a site is slow http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow An updated version of the JavaFX plugin is now available for NetBeans http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ NewsItemView?newsItemID=1084 JSR roundup: JSR 317 (Java Persistence API 2.0) and 318 (Enterprise Java Beans 3.1) have been accepted by the JCP http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/ entry/jpa_2_0_and_ejb JSR 286 - The Java Portlet Specification 2.0, has been posted as a public review draft by Sun http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/ edr/jsr286/index2.html JSR 315 - Servlet 3.0 - has also been approved by the JCP http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=315 Daniel Boekhoff has a new tutorial up at NetBeans.org that walks you through creating a Ruby on Rails application in NetBeans http://wiki.netbeans.org/wiki/view/ AShortRubyOnRailsTutorialForNetbeans6 What ever happened to the Apache TCK open letter and blowup? http://www.infoq.com/news/2007/07/apachejck http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t99039.html JBoss has released Drools 4.0 http://www.theserverside.com/news/ thread.tss?thread_id=46334 Lifehacker has information about an OpenOffice extension that lets you write macros in Groovy http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-download/ record-macros-in-openoffice-with-groovy-280472.php Oliver Widder JavaPosse World Tour Poster http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/ 2007/07/the-java-posse-.html http://www.geekandpoke.com/cartoons/ jproundup-08.jpg Chet Haase appears in the latest SDN tv episode talking about the new book Filthy Rich Clients http://java.sun.com/developer/media/ The San Diego JUG has a special appearance by James Gosling on August 8th http://www.sdjug.com/ http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SDJUG/ database?method=reportRows&tbl=8 If you have ever been interested in getting your own JSR through the JCP, you might be interested in a new series on the JCP site that explains each part of the process in detail. Part 3 in the series has just been published, which explains the draft review process http://jcp.org/en/resources/speclead_life_p3 Atlassian software have bought Cenqua http://www.theserverside.com/news/ thread.tss?thread_id=46427 An eclipse RCP training world tour? Well, the USA and Europe anyway http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/ 20070731_RCPtraining.php Registration is now open for the eclipse summit Europe http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/ 20070719_ESEregopen.php A new JSF user group has been formed in Zürich, Switzerland and Ed Burns was the first presenter http://weblogs.java.net/blog/edburns/ archive/2007/08/swiss_jsf_user.html MyTreo.net reports that Palm has very quietly released an update to the Websphere Everyplace Java ME environment for Palm OS http://mytreo.net/archives/2007/07/ palm-os-java-micro-environmnet-updated.html Beelucid software has announced a limited release of a free beta test version and unlimited release of a free trial version of VBeeJava http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/ thread.tss?thread_id=46449 BEA has released a suite of WebLogic server tools for Eclipse Europa (3.3) to help develop, deploy and debug weblogic based applications from the new version of Eclipse http://www.eclipsezone.com/eclipse/ forums/t98865.rhtml Marc Fleury, former CEO of JBoss, has a short but interesting interview up at news.com http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9753687-7.html? part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5 Apache MyFaces has released version 1.2.0 of it's core JSF 1.2 compliant JSF components http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss? thread_id=46244 If you are interested in building web services with ReST, Brian Leonard has a blog entry about how to do it easily using NetBeans http://weblogs.java.net/blog/bleonard/archive/ 2007/07/an_introduction_1.html Dozer 4.0, the new version of the Dozer bean mapping framework, makes it easy to map properties from one bean to another for recursive copying and other related uses http://www.theserverside.com/news/ thread.tss?thread_id=46338 The GPS tracker site allows you to track a cell phone using a J2ME program running on that phone, and google maps to display the location http://gpsmapper.sourceforge.net/ 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, Oliver Widder and Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork Brian Ehmann - the Java Posse intern Craig Muth for maintaining the Java Posse Memorizable site - http://memorizable.org/Java_Posse 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://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1) 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]