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December 2006
Craig McClanahan Talks About Visual Web Pack : Webinar (Replay)
Friday, 15 December 2006 3:20 P GMT-08
Craig McClanahan, Architect for Sun Java Studio Creator and Visual Web Pack (not to mention Struts and JSF) hosted a webinar on NetBeans Visual Web Pack.
Java EE 5 SDK and Java EE 5 Application Platform SDK Update 2 Now Available
Friday, 15 December 2006 12:13 P GMT-08
Java EE 5 SDK Update 2 and the Java EE 5 Application Platform SDK Update 2 is now available. More ...
Java SE 6.0 Benchmarks : Looking Good
Friday, 15 December 2006 9:33 A GMT-08
There are some interesting benchmarkes out comparing Java SE 6.0 versus 5.0. Some very happy news.
Java-centric Groovy and Grails Moving Forward
Friday, 15 December 2006 8:57 A GMT-08
There are lots of things happening with Groovy and Grails. New books, new flash demos, new projects and more. Check it out.
NetBeans C/C++ Native Pack : New Tutorial on Using JNI
Thursday, 14 December 2006 2:26 P GMT-08
For those that are using Java and want to use a native C/C++ library there is a new whitepaper, Beginning JNI with NetBeans C/C++ Pack - Part 1. Check it out.
22 New Jini Examples and a Great Jini Wiki
Wednesday, 13 December 2006 4:46 P GMT-08
Check out the 22 new Jini examples and the new Jini wiki which has lots of good information.
NetBeans Visual Web Pack Tutorial : Using the AJAX Progress Bar Component
Wednesday, 13 December 2006 4:04 P GMT-08
There is a new tutorial on how to use the Java BluePrints AJAX Progress Bar component. Check it out.
New NetBeans Project : JasperReport Visual Designer for NetBeans
Wednesday, 13 December 2006 1:54 P GMT-08
JasperReport Visual Designer for NetBeans is going to be open-sourced. Already, Tony Epple has created a java.net project, jarvis. The new project will make available the JasperReport features in NetBeans. Check it out.
Java SE 6.0 Available With Lots Of New Features; Glimpses of Java SE 7.0 [Update #2]
Monday, 11 December 2006 7:59 A GMT-08
Java SE 6.0 is now available. Lots of great new features. [Updated] Also check out the new info on 6.0 and 7.0.
Discussion : Swing Ecosystem and Beyond
Friday, 8 December 2006 8:36 A GMT-08
The Swing ecosystem is huge - it dwarfs other Java GUI toolkits in terms of sheer developer adoption and usage. [Chart] There is a nice and lively discussion that is asking developers what else they need from Swing. Check it out and offer ideas.
Article : Project DynamicFaces
Thursday, 7 December 2006 10:47 P GMT-08
A new article describes one of several projects that are extensions of JavaServer Faces technologies. Project Dynamic Faces is a project that provides a way to add Ajax functionality to a JavaServer Faces technology-based application. More...
NetBeans Spring IDE
Thursday, 7 December 2006 12:20 P GMT-08
Diro's blog announces the NetBeans Spring IDE and it is very visual and looks very cool. This looks like a really nice IDE for doing Spring work. More....
Sun's Grid : @ Sinai-Cedars Medical Center, NetBeans Compute Server Plugin
Thursday, 7 December 2006 11:34 A GMT-08
This is very cool. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is deploying a Sun Compute Grid for use in uncovering new ways to treat diseases. They are now using a Sun Grid Rack system made up of 400 SunFire x64 servers ...
Groovy Scripting Powers Next Version of FreeMind
Thursday, 7 December 2006 2:49 A GMT-08
Speaking of Groovy. Look where it has turned up. I have started to use FreeMind, a free Java-based mind- mapping application. If you haven't seen it - you should take a look at it. Groovy will be used for scripting nodes in the map. More...
Groovy 1.0 RC, New Grails Book also
Wednesday, 6 December 2006 7:46 P GMT-08
Check out Groovy 1.0 RC and the new Grails book.
NetBeans Expands Its Borders : Two Packs Go Final - Visual Web Pack and C/C++
Wednesday, 6 December 2006 12:52 P GMT-08
The rapid addition of innovative features into NetBeans continues unabated. NetBeans has unleashed two packs for NetBeans IDE 5.5 - C/C++ Development Pack 5.5 and Visual Web Pack 5.5.
Article : NetBeans Free-Form Projects as Library Wrappers
Tuesday, 5 December 2006 4:28 P GMT-08
New article on sharing libraries between workspaces.
New Flash Demo : NetBeans 6.0 Editing Features
Tuesday, 5 December 2006 11:48 A GMT-08
Check out the latest NetBeans 6.0 flash demo from Vincent Brabant who shows some of the new editing features in NetBeans 6.0 development builds.
Hands-On Labs : Java EE 5 Basics, Building Sample App Using Multiple Technologies
Monday, 4 December 2006 8:23 P GMT-08
There are two new hands-on labs. One is on Java EE 5 basics which look at Web Services, EJB 3.0, Java Persistence API and JSF. The other one shows how to build the bookstore app using a number of different technologies.
NetBeans 5.5 - C/C++ Development Pack RC2 Available
Monday, 4 December 2006 2:25 P GMT-08
Lots of good improvements with the release of NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack RC2 - more...
Jini : New Book and Tutorials
Monday, 4 December 2006 12:24 P GMT-08
There is a new book available on Jini and if you missed JavaPosse's interview with Van Simmons (on Jini and ComputeCycles) - check it out. More...
New Plugin : Plethora - Looking Glass Designer
Saturday, 2 December 2006 2:05 P GMT-08
Very cool new NetBeans module/plugin suite, Plethora, complements Looking Glass software development and allows 3D application developers to create 3D interfaces. Plethora provides a drag-n-drop enabled Designer, automatic code generation,and more.
Differences Between NetBeans Visual Web Pack and Java Studio Creator 2
Saturday, 2 December 2006 12:27 P GMT-08
A nice blog entry explains some of the differences that exists between NetBeans 5.5 Visual Web Pack and Sun Java Studio Creator 2.