Java Posse #158 - Newscast for Jan 9th 2008

Java Posse Episode 158 - January 9th 2008 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com T-shirt is available -- http://www.zazzle.com/javaposse Roundup - only days left for the early bird price - sign up before January 15th or it goes up from $600 to $750 http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/JavaPosseRoundup/ Bruce Eckel: should we simply stop adding new features to Java? http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=221903 Apple has released an updated developer preview version of Java 6 http://developer.apple.com/java/ http://developer.apple.com/java/overview.html http://weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici/ archive/2007/12/java_6_mac_os_x.html Two Professors from NYU have slammed Java as a teaching language http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/CrossTalk/2008/01/ 0801DewarSchonberg.html Scala Roundup: Jorge Ortiz has been solving maths puzzles from project Euler using Scala http://scala-blogs.org/2007/12/project-euler-fun-in-scala.html Meanwhile, Scala now runs on Android http://www.scala-lang.org/downloads/targets/android.html The scala plugins for NetBeans are also moving along http://blogtrader.org/page/dcaoyuan/entry/ scala_support_for_netbeans_screenshot Library of the week - PDF Renderer http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editors/archives/ 2007/12/little_favours.html What other file formats would we like to see supported in Java libraries? http://www.java.net/pub/pq/188 Up and coming Project of the Week - Mighty Box http://www.eyalw.com/drupal/node/20 http://www.eyalw.com/drupal/image/tid/2 Quick News Items JSR 271 - The Mobile Information Device Profile 3 (better known as MIDP 3) http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=271 Chris Adamson has issued a call for comments on how java.net might be improved in 2008 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editors/archives/ 2008/01/time_breaks_dow.html Is Rails a Ghetto? http://www.theserverside.com/news/ thread.tss?thread_id=48013 http://www.zedshaw.com/rants/rails_is_a_ghetto.html Motorola has released a new version of the ROKR music playing phone http://www.mobilesworld.ca/mobiles-news/2008/01/07/ motorola-rokr-e8-with-touch-screen-user-interface/ Apache Wicket 1.3 has been released http://wicket.apache.org/ JSR 286 - the Java Portlet Specification 2.0 http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/pfd/jsr286/index.html JSR 255 - JMX (the Java Management Extensions) version 2.0 http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=255 http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/ edr/jsr255/index.html JSR 279 - Service Connection API for Java ME http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/edr/jsr279/index.html JSR 235 - Service Data Objects - has been stalled for about 3 years http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=235 Apache Jakarta have released a new version Commons configuration http://commons.apache.org/configuration/ There is a new preview version of Oracle JDeveloper 11g available http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev/11/index.html Using Erlang (a functional language) and Java together http://www.theserverside.com/tt/articles/article.tss ?l=IntegratingJavaandErlang Pearson Education held a four day GWT conference in San Francisco http://googlewebtoolkit.blogspot.com/2008/01/ videos-presentations-from-pearsons-gwt.html http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=24044DF77EB53015 http://voicesthatmatter.com/gwt2007/presentations/ The NetBeans source code is being moved to Mercurial http://blogs.sun.com/octav/entry/netbeans_moving_to_mercurial Django is getting very close to running on top of Jython http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=47992 NetBeans has once again kicked off it's world tour http://www.netbeans.org/community/news/calendar.html#156 The Java 2 Fifth Edition Complete Reference is now available for free as a PDF download http://ecyclopedia.blogspot.com/2008/01/ java-programming-ebook-java-2-complete.html Groovy 1.5.1 has been released http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GROOVY/2007/ 12/21/Groovy+1.5.1+bug+fix+release The JDIC project have updated their netbeans plugin for NetBeans 6 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/richunger/archive/ 2008/01/jdic_netbeans_i.html Infoworld reckons that Sun Microsystems is back in the game http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/28/ 52FE-underreported-sun_1.html http://blogs.smugmug.com/don/2007/12/13/ companies-that-listen-sun/ Nominations for the 2008 Eclipse Community Awards are now being accepted http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/20071214_awards.php Jason LaPier has put together a NetBeans cheat sheet for Ruby and Rails development http://offtheline.net/2007/12/11/netbeans-6-0-cheat-sheet Grizzly 1.7 is out http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jfarcand/archive/ 2007/12/hohohoho_grizzl_1.html On a related note, Glassfish v2 update release 1 is also now available http://wiki.glassfish.java.net/Wiki.jsp?page= GlassFishV2UR1WhatsNew Metro versions 1.0.1 and 1.1 have been released https://metro.dev.java.net/discover/ http://weblogs.java.net/blog/arungupta/archive/ 2007/12/metro_101_and_1.html A new version of Excelsior JET is now available http://www.excelsior-usa.com/jet.html http://www.excelsior-usa.com/jetlatest.html JRuby 1.1RC1 released http://docs.codehaus.org/display/JRUBY/2008/01/08/ The+JRuby+community+is+pleased+to+announce+ the+release+of+JRuby+1.1+RC+1 Bonus End Story BluRay Wins? 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(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 Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465 4626 Or send us email - [email protected]