Java Posse #145 - Newscast for Oct 4th 2007

Newscast for October 4th 2007 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com We will be at the Silicon Valley Codecamp which runs Oct 27th to 28th at Foothills College, Los Altos, CA http://siliconvalley-codecamp.com/ First class support for properties in Java http://groups.google.com/group/ javaposse/msg/d754d0038d6a1c3c http://blogs.sun.com/joe/entry/ java_properties_and_events https://bean-properties.dev.java.net/ https://beansbinding.dev.java.net/servlets/ SummarizeList?listName=users http://weblogs.java.net/blog/forax/archive/ 2007/06/beansbinding_go.html http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/visualbasic/dotnet/ archives/creating-delegates-in-java-3167 Rails, is the honeymoon over? http://www.oreillynet.com/ruby/blog/2007/ 09/7_reasons_i_switched_back_to_p_1.html http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl? sid=07/09/23/1249235&from=rss Spring on Rails 1.0 has now been released http://www.theserverside.com/news/ thread.tss?thread_id=47079 And! Brian Leonard has been experimenting with JRuby and Rails, but using JPA (Java Persistence API) instead of ActiveRecord http://weblogs.java.net/blog/bleonard/ archive/2007/09/rails_and_jpa_i.html The first early access release of the consumer JRE is now out for testing https://jdk6.dev.java.net/6uNea.html http://download.java.net/jdk6/ And, Richard Bair is asking people to report any bugs or issues with Nimbus, and describes how on his blog http://weblogs.java.net/blog/rbair/archive/ 2007/10/nimbus_bugs.html Could it finally be? The Java OS is here? http://www.jnode.org/ Java Library of the Week - Enunciate 1.4 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/stoicflame/archive/ 2007/09/enunciate_14_yo_1.html http://enunciate.codehaus.org/getting_started.html http://enunciate.codehaus.org/index.html Java Application of the Week: OpenProj http://openproj.org/openproj http://openproj.org/pod Quick News Items The final 1.0 version of Apache Tuscany is now out http://www.theserverside.com/news/ thread.tss?thread_id=47021 Apple has pulled down the link to Java 6 b88 for Mac OS X 10.4 http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa? threadID=1156309&tstart=0 Luc Maisonobe has released Mantissa 7.1 http://www.spaceroots.org/software/ mantissa/index.html#Downloads Eric LaFortune has released version 4.0 of ProGuard 4.0 which is an open source class file shrinker, optimizer and obfuscator for Java http://proguard.sourceforge.net/ Developer.com has started taking nominations for the 2008 product of the year http://www.developer.com/java/ web/article.php/3702601 The JCP (Java Community Process) Executive Committee elections are currently taking place http://www.jcpelection2007.org/jcp/overview jMaki 1.0 is out https://ajax.dev.java.net/ https://ajax.dev.java.net/download.html https://ajax.dev.java.net/about.html http://javaposse.com/index.php? post_id=92034 Tor has a nemesis: Osvaldo Pinali Doederlein blogs "No Tabs? Are you Nuts?" http://weblogs.java.net/blog/opinali/archive/ 2007/09/no_tabs_yes_you.html Matt Raible has released version 2.0 of AppFuse https://appfuse.dev.java.net/ Sean Sheedy blogs about what he is dubbing "JavaOne ME". Actually the upcoming Java Mobile and Embedded Developer Days will take place at Sun's Santa Clara office http://weblogs.java.net/blog/sean_sheedy/ archive/2007/10/javaone_me_anno.html https://developerdays.dev.java.net/ JSR Roundup: JSR 242 - Digital Set Top Box Profile, has been released as a completed specification by Cox communications http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=242 Sun has published the second maintenance release of JSR 154 - the Java Servlet 2.5 specification http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=154 Roberto Chinicci has an update on JSR 316 - Java EE 6, on his blog. It's a condensed version of the information that has been shared with the members of registered observers of the expert group http://weblogs.java.net/blog/robc/archive/ 2007/09/java_ee_6_platf.html http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=316 Nokia has published the finished spec for JSR 264 - Order Management API http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=264 Gavin King has a sneak peek at JSR 299 - Web Beans, which is based on his Seam framework http://www.theserverside.com/news/ thread.tss?thread_id=46994 http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=299 Sun has made available the OpenJDK TCK (Technology Compatibility Kit) under a new open source license, GPLv2. http://www.itvidya.com/ciol/aug07/204 YourKit LLC has released a new version 7.0 of the YourKit Java Profiler http://www.eclipsezone.com/eclipse/ forums/t101970.rhtml Glassfish roundup - the recently release version 2 of the open source Java application server Glassfish continues to get attention in the headlines Paul Sandoz blogs about deploying Scala resource classes, including deploying them to Glassfish http://blogs.sun.com/sandoz/entry/ deploying_scala_resource_classes JBuilder has added support for Glassfish in its latest release http://blogs.codegear.com/davidi/ 2007/09/24/38821/ http://www.codegear.com/products/jbuilder And Gartner weighs in with some praise as well http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument? doc_cd=152044&ref=g_rss Kaffe version 1.1.8 has been released http://www.kaffe.org/ Sun has released a new version of Solaris Express Developer Edition http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/NewsItemView? newsItemID=1113 Apache ServiceMix has graduated to a full Apache project. ServiceMix is an Extensible Message Bus for service integration, mediation and composition (for Service Oriented Architectures) http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss? thread_id=46958 http://incubator.apache.org/servicemix/home.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, 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]