Java Posse #360 - Newscast for August 4th 2011

Java Posse Episode 360 - August 4th 2011 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Scala training http://www.artima.com/shop/stairway_to_scala JavaZone and Devoxx https://oracleus.wingateweb.com/scheduler/eventcatalog/eventCatalogJavaOne.do http://blogs.oracle.com/theaquarium/entry/javaone_2011_content_revealed JDK 7 out now, but some bugs http://www.lucidimagination.com/blog/2011/07/28/dont-use-java-7-for-anything/ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/javaposse/mXm2gPuiiz0 http://www.ctoedge.com/content/java-resurgence http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2011/07/25/java-7-polls-ultimate-impact-results-and-when-youll-use-it-just-started http://netbeans.org/community/news/show/1531.html OSCON 2011 http://hillert.blogspot.com/2011/07/oscon-2011-mission-accomplished.html http://www.oscon.com/oscon2011 http://www.oscon.com/oscon2011/public/content/java http://www.java.net/blogs/haroldcarr/ http://javafx.steveonjava.com/oscon-java-makes-a-difference/ Java Magazine, first issue out http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javamagazine/index.html Quick News JSR-349, Bean Validation 1.1, has passed review ballot. http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=349 JetBrains, creators of IntelliJ IDEA, have thrown their hat into the language ring with the announcement of Kotlin. http://confluence.jetbrains.net/display/Kotlin/Welcome NetBeans 7.0.1 has arrived with full support for Java 7 final (and runs on JDK 7), and also supports the new GlassFish 3.1.1. http://blogs.oracle.com/theaquarium/entry/netbeans_7_0_1_is Meanwhile, the NetBeans team has announce that NetBeans now has over 1 million active users (note, active users, not downloads). http://netbeans.org/community/news/show/1530.html EclipseCon 2012 is moving to Reston, VA. http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/20110718_ECon2012Announce.php Couchbase has release CouchDB 2.0. http://gigaom.com/cloud/couchbase-2-0-unql-sql-nosql/ And staying with NoSQL news, the DataNucleus AccessPlatform version 3.0 us out. http://www.datanucleus.org/products/accessplatform_3_0/ ScalaWags Scala is now available on .NET, again. http://www.scala-lang.org/node/10299 http://agile.dzone.com/dose/daily-dose-miguel-garcia-talks Dr. Dobbs Journal has an interview with Martin Odersky where he talks about what Scala got right, what needs improvement, and what's next. http://drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/231001802 Zegoggl.es has a guide to pre-installing the Scala libraries into the Android runtime. http://zegoggl.es/2011/07/how-to-preinstall-scala-on-your-android-phone.html Android Continuing Oracle/Google/Android soap opera. http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-07-2011/110712-judge-possible-google-knew-of-java-violation.html http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Google-Emails-Come-Back-to-Bite-in-Java-Patent-Case-over-Android-193035/ http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/07/judge-is-seriously-contemplating.html Apple has won a preliminary patent ruling against HTC. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jul/18/apple-htc-android-patent-infringement http://androidandme.com/2011/07/news/eric-schmidt-our-competitors-are-responding-with-lawsuits-because-they-can-not-compete-with-us/ http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/441/when-patents-attack The Logitech Revue has received a price drop from $249 to $99. http://www.androidguys.com/2011/07/28/logitech-revue-slashed-99-ceo-departs http://www.slashgear.com/logitech-revue-gets-unofficial-honeycomb-android-update-02168915/ Groovy, Baby! Groovy++ is a statically typed extension of the Groovy language. http://groovy.dzone.com/articles/groovy-survey http://code.google.com/p/groovypptest/wiki/Welcome Thanks Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork 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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg 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 Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626 Or send us email - [email protected] The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall