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February 2008
VirtualBox - Install of OpenSolaris,NetBeans & Java SE 6 on a Mac (Images)
Friday, 29 February 2008 12:38 P GMT-08
Sun recently acquired Innotek and their virtualization software, VirtualBox. I installed it on a MacBook (also for Linux, Windows & Solaris also). Very clean install. Solaris has many developer tools including NetBeans. Here are some pics. More....
Swing Pointers Updated
Wednesday, 20 February 2008 11:15 A GMT-08
Swing Pointers have been updated. The Swing Pointers are simply a collection of Swing-related events, tutorials, latest new, presentations, blog entries and articles that have transpired in the last few months. More...
An Exploration of Features in the NetBeans Ruby IDE
Tuesday, 19 February 2008 10:52 A GMT-08
The third of a three part series of articles on NetBeans as a Ruby IDE is available. Excellent series. More....
OpenSolaris' Indiana Preview 2 + NetBeans + Groovy + Grails
Monday, 18 February 2008 5:55 P GMT-08
Playing with Project Indiana over the weekend. Seems to be coming along. More....
OpenSolaris : Project Indiana Preview 2 Available
Wednesday, 13 February 2008 1:18 A GMT-08
From the open source community that brought you the most advanced operating system on the planet - the second preview of Project Indiana is now available. More...
Videos : Deep-Dive on Blu-Ray Disc Java, Open ESB
Thursday, 7 February 2008 9:13 P GMT-08
There are two new videos you may want to catch. One is a deep-dive on Blu-Ray Disc Java and the other is an interview with Sang Shin on Open ESB. More...
Report Generation Platform (Videos) : iReport for NetBeans Videos & Resources
Thursday, 7 February 2008 9:09 P GMT-08
Now this is very cool news. iReport for NetBeans is the a new version of iReport based on the NetBeans 6.0 platform technology and it will transform NetBeans into a premier development tool for report generation. More....
Animation : Deconstructing iPhone, Constructing jPhone
Thursday, 7 February 2008 11:30 A GMT-08
Chet Haase has a nice JNLP demo of a mythical jPhone interface which shows of how to do animation nicely in a GUI. More...
Happy Lunar New Year! We Are Now in the Year of the Rat
Wednesday, 6 February 2008 8:51 P GMT-08
Wishing Java developers everywhere the best in the Year of the Rat ! Happy Lunar New Year.
Grails 1.0 Now Available
Tuesday, 5 February 2008 6:05 A GMT-08
Grails 1.0 is available. Great news for the Grails community. More....
The OpenJDK Da Vinci Project Aims Support Of More Languages
Monday, 4 February 2008 9:32 P GMT-08
The OpenJDK Da Vinci Project is seeing more exposure. The project aims at creating a less-Java-centric VM aimed at a wide range of languages. More...
Grails : Free PDF of Getting Started with Grails & Series for PHP Developers
Monday, 4 February 2008 1:28 A GMT-08
Two new Grails resources. The first one is a series on Grails for PHP Developers and the second one is a free PDF of the book Getting Started with Grails. More...
NetBeans 6 : Using NetBeans To Create Databases
Sunday, 3 February 2008 7:52 P GMT-08
Thee is a nice new short tutorial which shows you how to easily use NetBeans to create databases. More....
Looking At Java, C# and Ruby Popularity and Jobs
Sunday, 3 February 2008 4:51 P GMT-08
Looking at the popularity of three language ecosystems yields some interesting results. Looking at Java, C# and Ruby provides an idea where these three sit in popularity. More...
New Article : Using Subversion, NetBeans and Sun Web Server with Java ME
Saturday, 2 February 2008 8:49 A GMT-08
Interesting new article leveraging a number of technologies to eventually perform Over-The-Air installation (OTA) to a Java ME device. More....
NetBeans 6 : Memory Monitor in Five Minutes
Friday, 1 February 2008 6:07 P GMT-08
Now this is useful. In 5 minutes you can create a cool memory monitor that sits within a property panel within NetBeans. Geertjan shows how to easily reuse code within NetBeans. More...