Java Posse #092 - Newscast for November 7th 2006

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Newscast for November 7th 2006

• Netbeans 5.5 final released
  
  • http://netbeans.org/
  • http://cld.blog-city.com/
    netbeans_ide_55__a_visual_glance.htm
  • http://www.eweek.com/article2/
    0,1895,2047273,00.asp
  • http://www.theinquirer.net/
    default.aspx?article=35492
  • http://cld.blog-city.com/netbeans_mobility_pack_
    surprises_developers__support_for_svg.htm
  • http://www.netbeans.org/kb/55/
    vwp-helloweb.html
  • http://blogs.sun.com/tor/entry/
    using_jdk_5_language_features
  • http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/
    new_netbeans_5_5_plugin
  • https://ajax.dev.java.net/
  • http://www.netbeans.org/community/
    contribute/dreamteam.html

• GWT 1.2 release candidate- with a Mac version!
  • http://googlewebtoolkit.blogspot.com/2006/
    10/gwt-12-release-candidate-with-mac-os-x.html

• Novell and Microsoft partner - what will this mean for mono, and what will that mean for Java?
  • http://blogs.zdnet.com/service-oriented/?p=747
  • http://www.it-director.com/content.php?cid=8950
  • http://blogs.zdnet.com/carroll/index.php?p=1615

• Mobile app of the week is an easy one this week - GMail for mobile devices

• http://gmail.com/app
• http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=3970
• http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/
  mail_mobileclient.html
• http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/
  11/06/how-to-run-gmail-locally-on-a-pocket-pc/

Quick News Items

• Eclipse 3.3 M3 released
  • http://www.eclipse.org
  • http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/
    drops/S-3.3M3-200611021715/eclipse-news-M3.html

• JSR Roundup - a lot of activity in the JCP this week
  • http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=272
  • http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=263
  • http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=258
  • http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=257
  • http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=247
  • http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=232
  • http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=154
  • http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=245
  • http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=270
  • http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=283
  • http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=252
  • http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=199
  • http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=926
  • http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=243

• There are many good Java related FAQs out there on the internet, but the Java IAQ might get your attention
  
  • http://www.norvig.com/java-iaq.html

• Romain Guy - it's all about Java
  • http://jroller.com/page/gfx?
    entry=it_s_all_about_java

• Heat up those word processors - the JavaOne 2007 call for papers is coming soon
  • http://weblogs.java.net/blog/amvernon/
    archive/2006/11/2007_javaone_ca.html

• Stanley Ho has blogged more information on the JSR 277 (Java Module System) blowup.
  • http://weblogs.java.net/blog/stanleyh/archive/
    2006/11/more_jsr277_ear.html

• Tarantula Consulting has released JSFToolbox 1.2, a suite of JSF design and coding extensions for Dreamweaver

  • http://www.jsftoolbox.com/

• Apple has released version 2.4.1 of XCode, their free development environment for the Mac
  • http://developer.apple.com/tools/
    xcode/update.html

• The eclipse project has released version 1.5.2 of WTP (web tools platform)
  • http://www.eclipse.org/webtools/
  • http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/
    downloads/drops/R1.5/R-1.5.2-200610261841/
    whatisfixed/buglog.html

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• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Brice Ruth and Webprojkt.com - http://webprojkt.com - for our archives site - http://archives.javaposse.com
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• Kirsty Doherty for Java Posse artwork
• Nick Trefz, the voice of TopCoder, for the voiceovers
• Brian Ehmann - the Java Posse intern
  
• Theme Music:
  • Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI), written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney. Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad. Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://www.loosebrucekerr.com
  • Closing - A track written by Dick in Apple's Garageband
    

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