The Java language has seen a few big additions likeGenericsbut also a number of small changes.These changes are less glamorous but they continuously improve...
The Java language has seen a few big additions likeGenericsbut also a number of small changes.These changes are less glamorous but they continuously improve the"fit and finish" of the languageand I'm happy to see today's announcement by Joe on the newOpenJDK Project Cointargeted to JDK 7.To get the full background check Joe's description ofWhat's Neededto add a new Java language feature (spec changes, implementation, tests...);his announcement ofsmall changes in JDK 7;and...
The Java language has seen a few big additions likeGenericsbut also a number of small changes.These changes are less glamorous but they continuously improve the"fit and finish" of the languageand...
Although I already mentioned theNews on FridayI think it deserves its own entry with a more noticeable title.WebBeans is no more;the specification created by...
Although I already mentioned theNews on FridayI think it deserves its own entry with a more noticeable title.WebBeans is no more;the specification created by theJSR 299Expert Group (under Gavin King) has been revised substantiallyand has been renamed to Java Context and Dependenty Injection.Perhaps a less catchy name but, as Gavin indicates, this has been done......to better reflect the fact that the focus of 299 is the definition of services that apply to all EE component...
Although I already mentioned theNews on FridayI think it deserves its own entry with a more noticeable title.WebBeans is no more;the specification created by theJSR 299Expert Group (under Gavin...
This comment inCay's Recent Postcalled my attention:... the JCP has become increasingly irrelevant... ... most of us have simply moved on to open source Java...
This comment inCay's Recent Postcalled my attention:... the JCP has become increasingly irrelevant... ... most of us have simply moved on to open source Java technologiesI disagree with the implication that the JCP and Open Source are mutually exclusive.Although the JCP can improve - and Open Source can help thereas shown by how theJSR 311 EG develops JAX-RS -I believe users benefit the most from the combination of a strong standards body and open source.Many of the GlassFish...
This comment inCay's Recent Postcalled my attention:... the JCP has become increasingly irrelevant... ... most of us have simply moved on to open source Java technologiesI disagree with the...
In the last few months Sun has expanded significantly our online outreach efforts and wecurrently have (at least :-)) three Webinar series that cover...
In the last few months Sun has expanded significantly our online outreach efforts and wecurrently have (at least :-)) three Webinar series that cover theGlassFish products.Going through them:TheMySQLwebinars are polished presentations that are broadcasted in high-quality and targetedat specific busines needs.Future presentations includeBinodon MySQL and SailFinand Arun onJRuby, NetBeans and GlassFish.These presentations are also available forReplay.A very similar series is...
In the last few months Sun has expanded significantly our online outreach efforts and wecurrently have (at least :-)) three Webinar series that cover theGlassFish products.Going...
There is aNew VisualVM 1.1 Release(Screencast).The Release Notesdescribe the new featuresbut also notice the expanded Plugin API,the integration with Eclipse...
There is aNew VisualVM 1.1 Release(Screencast).The Release Notesdescribe the new featuresbut also notice the expanded Plugin API,the integration with Eclipse and IntelliJ, the support for IBM's JVM (via JMX),thesenew CLI commands,and its use of NB 6.5 RCP.VisualVM has been part of Sun's JDK since JDK 6 Update 7;together with the above changes, this makes it a good platformfor writing performance analysis tools(e.g. seenews).Thanks to Danny for thetip;also see other entries at...
There is aNew VisualVM 1.1 Release(Screencast).The Release Notesdescribe the new featuresbut also notice the expanded Plugin API,the integration with Eclipse and IntelliJ, the support for IBM's JVM...
While not as much as in the spotlight as other future Java EE 6 technologies, JSR 322 "Java EE Connector Architecture 1.6" is also part of this forthcoming...
While not as much as in the spotlight as other future Java EE 6 technologies, JSR 322 "Java EE Connector Architecture 1.6" is also part of this forthcoming release and has been making substantial progress lately.The Connector 1.6 PR (Public Review) spec was published a couple of weeks ago and specification lead Sivakumar discusses Ease of Development (annotations, better defaults, etc.), JSR 303 (Bean Validation) integration, distribution of WorkManagers across VM boundaries,...
While not as much as in the spotlight as other future Java EE 6 technologies, JSR 322 "Java EE Connector Architecture 1.6" is also part of this forthcoming release and has been making...
Our next webinar is scheduled for Thursday, Dec 18th, 11:00 am PT.The topic isJava EE 6 and Servlet 3.0and the speakers are the leads for the respective Expert...
Our next webinar is scheduled for Thursday, Dec 18th, 11:00 am PT.The topic isJava EE 6 and Servlet 3.0and the speakers are the leads for the respective Expert Groups:Roberto Chinnici and Rajiv Mordani.The Public Review Draft forJavaEE 6 has not yet been published but those for most other specs have,including that of Servlet 3.0(see announcement).If you have any questions ahead of the presentation,please add them as comments to theWiki Page.You can also ask them during the...
Our next webinar is scheduled for Thursday, Dec 18th, 11:00 am PT.The topic isJava EE 6 and Servlet 3.0and the speakers are the leads for the respective Expert Groups:Roberto Chinnici and...
One last call for your help with theReader's Choice Poll,which has been extended until Dec 31st.Our projects have been doing very well and we hada 2x factor...
One last call for your help with theReader's Choice Poll,which has been extended until Dec 31st.Our projects have been doing very well and we hada 2x factor margin shown early on (see Aug 31st report).We maintained that margin until early this week whenall the IBM projects showed a huge jump in votes.I see we have started closing the gap again but we are still behind in several categories.Please considervoting for your favorite project(s),and help us spread the word around...
One last call for your help with theReader's Choice Poll,which has been extended until Dec 31st.Our projects have been doing very well and we hada 2x factor margin shown early on (see Aug...
Our next webinar is scheduled for Thursday, Dec 11th, 11:00 am PT,onOpenSolaris(speaker list is still shimmering).We plan to provide overviews of the key...
Our next webinar is scheduled for Thursday, Dec 11th, 11:00 am PT,onOpenSolaris(speaker list is still shimmering).We plan to provide overviews of the key features andhelp get people started using the releases.We will use OpenSolaris 2008.11 as it should release on Dec 10th(see What's NewandJim's Announcement).We will follow-up with one or two other WebSets early in 2009focused on how to exploit the features in GlassFish, WebStack and/or Hudson deployments.Details of the...
Our next webinar is scheduled for Thursday, Dec 11th, 11:00 am PT,onOpenSolaris(speaker list is still shimmering).We plan to provide overviews of the key features andhelp get people started using the...
