If you have telescoped your view to Java and Java only, you may have missed the popularity of PHP. PHP has come a long way in the NetBeans IDE and increasingly has caputured the attention of PHP developers. More...
There is an excellent new book which covers a lot of Java EE version 5 territory. I needed a book that covered all the various aspects of Java EE 5 and had good examples - I found one. Review follows.
If you are interested in Java databases - you may be interested in a new tutorial that is available which shows how to work with Java DB (Derby). In addition, there is a plethora of new Java databases that available in open source form.
If you use VirtualBox or desktop or server virtualization technologies in your Java development - you may be interested in the latest VirtualBox. More....
If you like to know what your application is doing all the way through the stack and into the innards of the system it is running on- then DTrace is extremely useful to you - NetBeans Dtrace GUI plugin further helps know what is going on. More...
