Java Posse #201 - Newscast for Aug 15th 2008

Newscast for August 15th, 2008 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com A preview of JavaFX has been released. http://javafx.com/ http://www.prweb.com/releases/javafx/ preview/prweb1165664.htm http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/ 2008/07/31/sun-releases-javafx-preview http://www.javafx.com/htdocs/downloadpage.html http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/ea/ 6u10/6u10rcDownload.jsp#6u10JDKs http://blogs.sun.com/javafx/entry/this_ain_t_your_dad http://www.kodewerk.com/javafx_are_we_there_yet.htm http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joshy/archive/ 2008/08/javafx_bleg.html BGGA closures implementation is now feature complete http://gafter.blogspot.com/2008/08/ java-closures-prototype-feature.html http://www.javac.info/closures.tar.gz http://today.java.net/pub/pq/220 IntelliJ IDEA 8.0 Beta (codenamed Diana) has been released by JetBrains http://www.artima.com/forums/flat.jsp? forum=270&thread=235969 http://www.cafeaulait.org/#July_31_2008_75240 NetBeans 6.5 Beta (also known as Milestone 2) is available http://wiki.netbeans.org/NewAndNoteWorthyMilestone2NB65# section-NewAndNoteWorthyMilestone2NB65- NetBeansIDE6.5NewAndNoteworthyInMilestone2 http://www.netbeans.org/community/releases/65/ The Anti-Java professor is speaking up again http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/columns/ article.php/3763651/The+TIOBE+List+Director+ vs.+the+Anti-Java+Professor.htm http://catsonkeyboards.blogspot.com/2008/08/ anti-java-professor-still-off-base.html Applet of the week - Search engine optimization (SEO) advice in a mindmap http://merseyinternet.com/seoliverpool.htm http://merseyinternet.com/serendipity/archives/ 3-Put-your-thoughts-in-order-with-an-SEO-Mind-Map.html Quick News Sun has released its Q4 financial results http://www.cafeaulait.org/#August_6_2008_22184 JSR 296 - Swing Application Framework update http://weblogs.java.net/blog/alexfromsun/ archive/2008/08/swing_applicati.html Microsoft have joined the Apache Software Foundation as a platinum member http://apache.slashdot.org/article.pl? sid=08/07/25/2135202&from=rss JSR 255 JMX (Java Management Extensions) 2.0 API http://weblogs.java.net/blog/emcmanus/ archive/2008/08/playing_with_th.html The latest Tiobe programming language report once again places Java on top http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3- 10009669-16.html?tag=bl Oracle has released WebLogic Server 10g release 3 http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss? thread_id=50305 IBM has submitted JSR 326 - Post Mortem JVM Diagnostics API, to the JCP http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=326 A quick reminder about the upcoming JSF One conference in Vienna, VA http://www.jsfone.com/show_topics.jsp?showId=166 The JavaGit project has just released a Java API for accessing Git repositories http://javagit.sourceforge.net/ JavaLobby has a podcast interview with Peter Muir about Seam 2.1 http://java.dzone.com/articles/whats-new-seam-21-an-interview The Apache Jakarta project has release version 6.0.18 of Tomcat http://www.cafeaulait.org/#August_5_2008_24610 Demo from JUG Genova of a Wii remote being used to control NASA's world wind http://weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici/ archive/2008/08/nasa_world_wind.html Java 6 Update 10 release will patch existing JREs in-place https://jdk6.dev.java.net/6u10ea.html The Ubuntu project has promoted OpenJDK 6 to main http://weblog.loadfoo.web.id/2008/07/31/ ubuntu-810-turns-to-openjdk-6/ http://weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici/archive/ 2008/08/the_openjdk_mis.html HermesJMS has just reached version 1.13 http://hermesjms.com/confluence/display/HJMS/Home IBM has released WebSphere Application Server, community edition v2.1 http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss? thread_id=50185 Glossitope revived for JavaFX under the name WidgetFX http://code.google.com/p/widgetfx/ FormDev software has released JFormDesigner 4.0 http://www.formdev.com/download/ http://eclipse.dzone.com/announcements/ jformdesigner-40-released-with-0 Sun has shipped OpenDS Standard Edition 1.0 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/marinasum/archive/ 2008/07/opends_standard.html JavaLobby opines that JavaFX will succeed because it works on Linux http://java.dzone.com/articles/javafxs-killer-feature The gdata-scala-client project on Google code hosting is the start of a Google Data API library for Scala http://code.google.com/p/gdata-scala-client/ The EasyMock project has released version 2.4 of EasyMock http://www.easymock.org/ InfoQ has a video interview with Neal Gafter from QCon London 2008 http://www.infoq.com/interviews/gafter-closures-language- features-optional-typing;jsessionid= 36BEECA9F21B74DE17FED1AC3DA256B1 The openJDK project has approved two new projects http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editors/archives/ 2008/08/dont_want_to_kn.html The next Mobile and Embedded Developer Days conference has been announced for November 12-13th 2008 at the Santa Clara auditorium http://weblogs.java.net/blog/brinkley/archive/ 2008/08/mobile_media_an_1.html A draft spec of the JSR 277 (Java Module System) OSGi support is currently under discussion in the JSR 277 expert group http://weblogs.java.net/blog/mandychung/archive/ 2008/07/osgi_repository.html A roundup of Grails news http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/ jndi_data_sources_in_grails http://www.manning.com/gsmith/ JSR 289 - SIP servlet v1.1 is now final http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=289 http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/jsr_289_sip_servlet_v1 New Maven plugin for creating Apple Mac OS X applications is now available http://mojo.codehaus.org/osxappbundle-maven-plugin/ http://simplericity.org/macify/ Java.net has released the latest JavaOne community podcast with a special guest - James Gosling http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2008/ 07/25/j1-2k8-mtW10.html Listener Feedback JBoss/Hibernate Lawsuit http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/12/ 1746240&from=rss Dallas rules Group http://rulesfestregistration.dallasrulesgroup.org/ 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. 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