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January 2008
Grails Is Growing : Cool Commercial Sites (Presentation), Leveraging AJAX
Thursday, 31 January 2008 2:55 P GMT-08
I bumped into two great examples of developers in the Grails community that are propelling the platform forward. It is pretty clear that Grails is taking off.
JavaFX Script Tutorial : Creating Rich Internet Apps With Compiled JavaFX Script
Thursday, 31 January 2008 1:34 P GMT-08
Great tutorial on using the JavaFX Script compiler with your apps. More...
The Register Developer Review : NetBeans As An Eclipse Beater ?
Thursday, 31 January 2008 1:22 P GMT-08
Nice new review from The Register Developer on the Ruby side of NetBeans 6.
NetBeans 6.1 M1 Available and Shows Off Groovy/Grails Support, Tutorial
Thursday, 31 January 2008 1:07 P GMT-08
NetBeans 6.1 M1 is available. It has some support for Groovy/Grails. Check out the nice tutorial for building a simple Grails app.
JavaFX Script : Populating Table From A Database, InfiniteProgressPanel
Friday, 25 January 2008 9:23 P GMT-08
Check out the two nice code samples on how to use JavaFX Script to create an InfiniteProgressPanel or use it in conjunction with JavaDB or MySQL.
Bits : Sun Rising, Great NetBeans 6 Review in DDJ, PictureExplorer Plugin & More
Friday, 25 January 2008 11:48 A GMT-08
Lots of very cool bits. Two interesting plugins for NetBeans, a thorough review of NetBeans 6 and a nice result for Sun.
Developer.com Awards : NetBeans IDE Wins Developer Tool and Java Tool of 2008
Wednesday, 16 January 2008 12:51 P GMT-08
What can I say NetBeans rocks!
Bits : Sun Acquires MySQL AB, MySQL + NetBeans Tutorials
Wednesday, 16 January 2008 11:25 A GMT-08
Very cool. If you are following - Sun just acquired MySQL AB. Here are some nice tutorials showing how to use NetBeans with MySQL. More....
New Podcasts : NetBeans, Java Posse Available for Listening
Saturday, 12 January 2008 1:28 P GMT-08
Two new podcasts are available for your listening covering NetBeans and Java. More.....
Bits : Enterprise Battle - Sun T2 vs IBM Power6, Update 4 of Java SE 6 Released
Saturday, 12 January 2008 11:31 A GMT-08
Java SE 6 Update 4 has been released and in a completely different topic there is the new T2 and Power6 systems are battling. The battlefield this time is Siebel CRM 8.0 PSPP. Check out the result. More....
Java #4 and #6 on Apple's Download Center's Top 10 Apple Downloads
Friday, 11 January 2008 4:55 P GMT-08
I wounder if Steve Jobs ever reads what Apple software his users are downloading ? If so it is ironic that Java is #4 and #6 in the top 10 Apple software list. More...
A Rails Developer Moves To Grails, Grails Developers Make The Case
Thursday, 10 January 2008 5:08 P GMT-08
Very interesting reasons given why one Rails developer moved to Grails and he provides 10 reasons to do so. Others are chiming in on this. More....
New Tutorial : Using the SceneGraph API
Tuesday, 8 January 2008 11:00 P GMT-08
There is a nice little tutorial on using the SceneGraph API. More...
New Tutorial : Building A Flickr-Based Web App Quickly
Tuesday, 8 January 2008 11:32 A GMT-08
A nice tutorial on how to use Flickr in your web applications. More...
New Plugin : DDL/SQL Visualizer
Monday, 7 January 2008 11:59 P GMT-08
Ran into this interesting NetBeans project which seeks to create a DDL visualizer (SQL). More...
Bits : JavaFX Script Syntax Changes, James Gosling Interview, Kindle
Friday, 4 January 2008 3:10 P GMT-08
Some bits. There is a nice interview with James Gosling where he discusses JavaFX and a number of issues. JavaFX Script's syntax is solidifying and there is an update. Finally there is an interesting series of articles on the Kindle.
Solaris 10 Bits : Book on App Programming, Solaris and Linux Comparison Chart
Thursday, 3 January 2008 12:27 P GMT-08
Two interesting Solaris bits. There is a new book on app programming with lots of details on application programming. Second - there is a new chart comparing Linux and Solaris. More...
JavaFX Script and a New Key Animation Framework
Thursday, 3 January 2008 10:41 A GMT-08
JavaFX Script is getting a more comprehensive Key Animation framework. More....