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October 2006

Excellent NetBeans Resource on SOA, BPEL and XML Schema Tools (Flash demos, tutorials, etc)

Tuesday, 31 October 2006 8:40 P GMT-08

Excellent, Excellent blog site for learning more about SOA, BPEL and XML Schema tools. There are 21 99 second flash demos, 1 eight minute video and tons of tutorials on building composite applications, BPEL and XML Schema. Really great site.

Interview : Roman Strobl, NetBeans Evangelist Speaks About NetBeans 5.5

Tuesday, 31 October 2006 4:27 P GMT-08

There is a new interview with NetBeans evangelist, Roman Strobl on InfoQ. The interview discusses what features and technologies NetBeans 5.5 contains.

Interview : Pavel Buzek, NetBeans Architect Talks About NetBeans 5.5

Tuesday, 31 October 2006 11:32 A GMT-08

There is a new interview with a senior NetBeans architect, Pavel Buzek. He covers a lot of territory. Good interview with lots of topics.

Java Studio Creator 2 Tip : How To Create A Collapsible Group Table

Tuesday, 31 October 2006 1:49 A GMT-08

There is a nice Sun Java Studio Creator 2 tip on How To Create A Collapsible Group Table. The Sun Java Studio Creator Table component, which many users might not be aware of, has the ability to collapse the Table Row Group.

Two New Plugins : NB 6.0 in Fullscreen, WhichElement Plugins

Tuesday, 31 October 2006 1:09 A GMT-08

Two new plugins - one puts NB 6.0 Development version into fullscreen mode and the other is a WhichElement plugin which gives you info on the Elment under the caret. Check it out.

[Updated] NetBeans 6.0 Milestone 4 Now Available

Monday, 30 October 2006 7:05 P GMT-08

etBeans 6.0 Milestone 4 has been released. The good news is that Java EE 5 and the new Editor features are available in this release. More info....

jMaki AJAX Project : New Screencast, NetBeans IDE plugin, Version 0.5 Available

Monday, 30 October 2006 12:10 P GMT-08

Check out the new screencast, jMaki With NetBeans IDE 5.5 Screencast - very cool NetBeans IDE 5.5 demo. A new Java plugin and version 0.5 of jMaki is available.

NetBeans IDE 5.5 Released : Profiler, Enterprise, Visual Web, Mobile, C/C++ Native Add-Ons Also

Sunday, 29 October 2006 2:25 P GMT-08

With a mere download of 44.1 MB (e.g. Windows) you get full Java EE 5, a rich client platform, a full GUI builder and great software. The add-ons are ready- Profiler, Visual Web Pack, Enterprise Pack, Mobile Pack, etc. NetBeans 5.5 is here.

Swing Components : A Visual List

Sunday, 29 October 2006 11:07 A GMT-08

There are a ton of Swing components out there, both commercial and open-source. Check out this visual list of Swing components from a number of companies and projects.

Sun's Open-Sourcing of Java System Portal Server : Game On!

Saturday, 28 October 2006 6:10 P GMT-08

At JavaOne 2006 Sun announced that it would initiate the open- sourcing of the Sun Java System Portal Server. There are two articles on the topic and multiple java.net projects to look at including a portlet repository.

New Tutorial : Connecting To An EJB 3.0 on GlassFish From A Servlet On Tomcat

Saturday, 28 October 2006 3:43 A GMT-08

A tutorial, Connecting to an EJB 3.0 SessionBean From Tomcat, describes how to connect to a Remote SessionBean running on the Glassfish server from a servlet or JSF managed bean running in Tomcat.

Swing Ecosystem : JSR 296, Swing/SWT Job Battle, Swing to NetBeans RCP, SwingLabs, etc.

Friday, 27 October 2006 7:43 A GMT-08

There is a ton of things happening in the Swing world. I was going to do small blog entries for them - but decided to batch them. What are they - Hans Muller was interviewed on JSR 296, the job market looks good for Swing (versus SWT) and more.

Interview : Jean Elliott, Sun's Director of Product Marketing for the Java SE Platform

Friday, 27 October 2006 5:42 A GMT-08

Here is the latest roadmap for Java SE releases. You can find out more in this interview with Sun's Director of Product Marketing, Jean Elliott.

Popularity of Programming Languages on Sourceforge

Thursday, 26 October 2006 8:22 P GMT-08

I ran into this nice graph by Francois Labelle who used sourceforge.org statistics show the popularity of computer languages. As can be seen on sourceforge, Java moved past C and C++ as the language of choice.

Information Visualization : The Perfuse Toolkit

Thursday, 26 October 2006 6:24 P GMT-08

There is an interesting interactive information visualization toolkit, the Prefuse Visualization toolkit, supports a rich set of features for data modeling, visualization, and interaction. Check it out.

New Tutorial : Groovy and Grails

Thursday, 26 October 2006 4:23 A GMT-08

Groovy has been gaining popularity. There is a new tutorial that covers the basics of Groovy and Grails.

Participate in Ask-The-Expert : NetBeans Enterprise Pack (+ Enterprise Pack Presentation)

Wednesday, 25 October 2006 3:24 P GMT-08

Participate in the latest Ask-The-Expert on the current topic - NetBeans Enterprise Pack which will be open for questions on October 30th. Key technical engineers of the Java Studio Enterprise will answer your questions. Also watch the presentation.

Ask-The-Expert Transcript : Swing

Wednesday, 25 October 2006 3:07 P GMT-08

The transcript from Ask-The-Expert on the topic of Swing is available. Lots of good questions and lots of good answers. Check it out.

jRuby 0.9.1 (JSR-223-based engine) Available

Wednesday, 25 October 2006 6:10 A GMT-08

new version of the JRuby JSR-223 -based engine is available in the form of JRuby 0.9.1. The new release is much faster (50-60%), has improved Rails support, a new syntax to access Java and much more.

NetBeans IDE 5.5 XML Schema Tools Resources (Tutorials & Flash Demo)

Wednesday, 25 October 2006 12:44 A GMT-08

NetBeans IDE 5.5 Enterprise Pack has a lot of good XML schema tools. An overview of the XML Schema and WSDL Editor can be found in an excellent flash demo. In addition, there are 8 tutorials showing how to use the tools. Check it out.

NetBeans 6.0 Milestone 4 Available

Tuesday, 24 October 2006 3:58 P GMT-08

Here we are on the verge of all the buzz around the release of NetBeans IDE 5.5 and here is big news on another major release - NetBeans IDE 6.0 Milestone 4. Check it out.

Articles : NetBeans in Buenos Aires and NetBeans IDE 5.5 On The Cusp of Release

Monday, 23 October 2006 6:53 P GMT-08

The press is really taking notice of NetBeans. Two articles covering NetBeans. One on NetBeans Day in Buenos Aires and the other about the upcoming NetBeans IDE/Platform 5.5.

NetBeans Platform : Leveraging the Swing Ecosystem, Network App Management and Tons of Components and Services

Monday, 23 October 2006 6:01 P GMT-08

A question often comes up - when should I use a Rich Client Platform (RCP) or Platform generally ? Here are few high level answers and a I throw in a nice chart showing that the Swing ecosystem absolutely dominates SWT RCP apps. Check it out...

Interview : Tim Cramer, Executive Director of Tools at Sun

Monday, 23 October 2006 11:02 A GMT-08

Tim Cramer, Executive Director of Tools at Sun was interviewed by Java Developer Journal. You can find the interview here. The interview covers a lot of territory - where NetBeans has come from and where it is going.

Excellent Flash Demo : Part 2 - Why NetBeans ? (Features in 5.5 and Beyond)

Monday, 23 October 2006 10:34 A GMT-08

I encourage every Java developer, especially Eclipse developers, to check out Roman Strobl's excellent demo of the upcoming NetBeans IDE 5.5 and Platform. Roman Strobl has just released part 2 of his Why NetBeans flash demos. Wow! Impressive.

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