What's brewing in the world of Java? (Dec 22nd 2010)
By Jacob Lehrbaum on Dec 21, 2010
The nights are getting darker, the email traffic seems to be getting lighter and the holiday season feels like its right around the corner - but the world of Java is still as active as ever and shows no signs of taking a break! Let's take a look at everything that has been brewing over the past couple of weeks:
Product Updates and Resources
- JCP Approves JSRs for Java SE 7, Java SE 8, Project Coin and Lambda (read more)
- Java SE Update 23 Released, delivers improved performance and enhanced support for right-left languages. (read more or download)
- New Tutorial: JDK 7 Support in NetBeans IDE 7.0
- Java EE 6 and Glassfish 3.0 have celebrated their respective one year
anniversaries! (read
more) So naturally, it's time to start talking about Java EE 7 (read more)
- On Demand: Developing Rich Clients for the Enterprise with the JavaFX Composer, Part 1
- Coming soon: Smarter Devices with Oracle's Embedded Java Solutions
- Java Spotlight Podcast Episode 7: Interview with Adam Messinger, Vice President of Java Development on Java One Brazil, Java SE Development, OpenJDK, JavaFX 2.0 and more!
- The NetBeans team released Episode
53 of the NetBeans Podcast series on December 3rd marking the first episode in nearly 12 months. Sign of things to come?
- JavaOne was held for the first time in Brazil this year, and by all accounts it was a great success! Read more about this exciting first in the following posts from Tori Wieldt (JavaOne Latin America Underway) and Janice Heiss (JavaOne in Brazil)
- JavaOne was also held in Bejing for the first time last week and was also a huge success. Will try to include coverage of this event in the near future
- An update on JavaServer Faces with Oracle's Ed Burns (read more)
- Interview with Java Champion Matjaz B. Juric on Cloud Computing, SOA, and Java EE 6 (read more)
- The 2010 JavaOne Java EE 6 Panel: Where We Are and Where We're Going (read more)
The latest issue of Oracle Magazine is up and in what will hopefully be a sign of the future, it includes a number of columns and articles on Java. First is an editorial from Editor-in-Chief Tom Haunert who shares some insight into the long-standing relationship that Oracle has had with Java. Next up is a Oracle Technology Network Chief Justin Kestelyn's Community Bulletin entitled: Java Evolves. And finally, Java Champion Adam Bien's feature on Java EE 6: Simplicity by Design
Enjoy!
Posted by Adrian on December 23, 2010 at 04:59 AM PST #
Posted by Jacob Lehrbaum on December 23, 2010 at 07:34 PM PST #