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December 2007
Resource : JavaPolis JavaFX Session (PDF)
Sunday, 30 December 2007 12:13 P GMT-08
James Weaver has made his Javapolis session (PDF) available. More...
Flash Security Vulnerabilities : Adobe Fixes for Some, FireFox FlashBlock Extension, etc.
Saturday, 29 December 2007 4:59 P GMT-08
Adobe has released some fixes - but according to the Register article not the serious one they detailed. Also found a nice extension - FlashBlock Firefox estension. More....
Five Predictions for 2008
Saturday, 29 December 2007 7:16 A GMT-08
Here are my five predictions for 2008.
Major Adobe Flash Security Vulnerability Reported
Monday, 24 December 2007 2:09 A GMT-08
Ouch! This one looks very nasty and has some nasty implications. Flash has a serious security issue. More....
Troubleshooting on Steroids : DTrace (video) Google Tech Talk
Thursday, 20 December 2007 11:29 P GMT-08
Bryan Cantrell gave a great DTrace talk which you can see. This is part of the Google Tech Talks. Check it out.
Java Posse Interview : Landon Fuller (SoyLatte) and Java SE 6 on MacOS X
Wednesday, 19 December 2007 8:51 P GMT-08
Great Java Posse interview with Landon Fuller on his SoyLatte Project which has brought 32 and 64 bit Java SE 6 to Tiger and Leopard systems. More....
Bits : SoyLatte Offers Open Java SE 6 on MacOS X; Apple Kind of Supports Java SE 6
Wednesday, 19 December 2007 7:43 P GMT-08
Apple threw a small bone to Java developers today with a Leopard-only preview 8 of Java SE 6. Meanwhile, check out what's happening with the SoyLatte project. More...
NetBeans 6 Editor : Editing Enhancement in 6.0 (screencasts) and a Ruby-On-Rails Cheat Sheet
Monday, 17 December 2007 2:56 P GMT-08
There are two great screencasts showing a number of great new enhancements in the completely updated NetBeans 6.0 Editor. Also check out the Ruby-on-Rails cheat sheet. More.
Profiler Screencast and Hands-On-Lab : Eliminating Memory Leaks
Sunday, 16 December 2007 11:28 P GMT-08
Check out the new screencast and hands-on-labs that will help you ferret out memory leaks and will allow you to monitor your apps. More...
An Introduction to Profiling Your Application
Sunday, 16 December 2007 11:25 A GMT-08
NetBeans 6.0 includes a great profiler as part of its core features. This tutorial provides an introdcution which shows you how to profile your applications. More...
Java SE 6 for MacOS X (Leopard or Tiger) Not Yet Released [Updated]
Friday, 14 December 2007 11:27 A GMT-08
Release 6 it turns out is NOT Java SE 6 - it is a mere update to Java SE 5. More...
Killer Screencast : NetBeans 6 Database Driven Matisse Demonstration
Friday, 14 December 2007 9:38 A GMT-08
There is no question in my mind that the new version of NetBeans 6 GUI Builder is the killer Swing application - couple that with great Swing classes - and you get easy app development including easy db connectivity, dynamic maps and more....
Open Sourcing Friday - Sun's PDF Library, PDF Renderer/Viewer and jVoiceBridge
Friday, 14 December 2007 9:08 A GMT-08
Check out two new projects. The first is a new PDF Viewing library which includes a Java PDF Renderer/Viewer. The second is a voice bridge, jVoiceBridge.
Java SE 6 : Five Troubleshooting and Tuning Resources
Thursday, 13 December 2007 11:28 P GMT-08
I've been looking into an issue at a customer site and have collected a set of updated resources on Java SE 6. More...
Bits : JavaFX Script Video (Blog), JasperSoft Releases iReport on NetBeans
Wednesday, 12 December 2007 11:10 P GMT-08
Two cool bits. First, there is a nice video blog covering JavaFX Script and second, JasperSoft has released iReport on NetBeans. More....
Glassfish Article : Clustering With The Shoal Framework
Wednesday, 12 December 2007 11:43 A GMT-08
There is a new article on how to use Shoal for clustering. More...
NetBeans : PHP Available
Wednesday, 12 December 2007 11:10 A GMT-08
PHP is now available in the NetBeans 6.1 builds. More...
Project SceneGraph Unveiled (Presentation) - Updated
Tuesday, 11 December 2007 1:52 P GMT-08
A new project that enables scene graphs in JavaFX Script and Java (more generally) is now available. Check out the presentation. More....
The Eclipse to NetBeans Hop Made Easier : Familiar Keyboard Key Bindings
Monday, 10 December 2007 11:51 A GMT-08
For those moving to NetBeans from Eclipse or using both - keyboard familiarity is important. More...
Five New NetBeans Ruby Screencasts (and Some New Resources)
Sunday, 9 December 2007 9:12 P GMT-08
Tor Norbye and Roman Strobl provided five new screencasts showing how to take advantage of NetBeans excellent new Ruby development features. More....
Groovy On A Roll : Groovy 1.5 Is Available
Sunday, 9 December 2007 12:42 P GMT-08
It's true - Groovy 1.5 is here. Wasn't that long ago we were wishing for 1.0 - now we are already at 1.5. Lots of great new features.... More....
Building Composite Apps : Videos Introducing Tools and Walking Through a Demo
Sunday, 9 December 2007 1:53 A GMT-08
Two great videos that will bring you up to speed quickly on how easily to build composite apps. Prakash Narayan walks you through a great demo of the tools and Ron Pinkerton introduces you to the toolset. More...
Java & Virtualization : Some Nice Whitepapers and a Video
Thursday, 6 December 2007 10:56 A GMT-08
I've been spending more time learning more about virtulization in Solaris. There are all sorts of useful aspects as relates to enterprise Java. There is an overview video which discusses virtualization technologies (except for t
Multi-Thread Coding : Parallelization, Performance Analysis, Thread Analysis
Thursday, 6 December 2007 8:55 A GMT-08
Darryl Gove from the Compiler Performance Engineering Group at Sun, discusses the use of multiple threads and compares OpenMP and pthreads. He shows how easy it is with Sun Studio 12.
GlassFish Podcast : Interview with Ludovic Champenois on Tooling
Wednesday, 5 December 2007 11:54 A GMT-08
If you don't know about the GlassFish podcasts - they are pretty interesting and cover a lot of territory. In the latest podcast they interview Ludovic Champenois and he talks about GlassFish tooling. More...