Java Posse #095 - Newscast for November 28th 2006

Newscast for November 28th 2006 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Sign up for the Java Posse Roundup 2007 in Crested Butte, CO March 6th-9th 2007 http://mindview.net/Conferences/JavaPosseRoundup And if you like this podcast, please Digg It!

• Java One 2007 - Call for Papers
• http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/
• https://www28.cplan.com/cfp_prod/CFPLogin.jsp?wId=58LE17
• http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/glassfish_day_at_javaone_2007
• http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/tracks.jsp
• http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t84658.html
• http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/rockstar_awards.jsp

• RatJava - a Makeover for the Java Language
• http://cafe.elharo.com/java/ratjava/
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editors/archives/2006/11/lets_go_crazy.html

• F3 - JVM scripting with a penchant for UI creation
• http://blogs.sun.com/chrisoliver/resource/f3.html
• http://blogs.sun.com/chrisoliver/

• Mikael Grev has a Christmas Wishlist for Java:
• http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t84854.html

• Josh Marinacci: "projects going free to a good home"
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joshy/archive/2006/11/posting_from_30.html
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joshy/

• Borland has released JBuilder 2007
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=43174
• http://www.borland.com/us/products/jbuilder/index.html

• Application of the week - jlGui
• http://www.javazoom.net/jlgui/documents.html
• http://www.javazoom.net/jlgui/run.html

• Applet of the week - TouchGraph GoogleBrowser
• http://www.touchgraph.com/TGGoogleBrowser.html

Quick News

• Junit 4.2 has been released by Kent Beck and David Saff
• http://www.cafeaulait.org/#November_18_2006_28264

• Former application of the week - blogbridge - has reached release 4.0
• http://www.blogbridge.com/

• Sun has released the final draft of JSR 208 - Java Business Integration (JBI)
• http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=208

• Sun also has posted an early draft review of JSR 246 - the Device Management API
• http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=246

• The source code from the 2006 Extreme GUI makeover has been released
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/zixle/archive/2006/11/extreme_gui_mak.html

• JBoss has released the first beta of JBoss 5.0
• http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t84693.html
• http://labs.jboss.com/portal/jbossas/download

• The new NetBeans magazine is a free magazine released as a PDF
• http://www.netbeans.org/community/news/index.html#964

• The AbaGUIBuilder from the Abacus OpenSource Software Foundation
• http://www.openabacus.org/products.abaguibuilder.html

• Oracle has posted a new statement of direction
• http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev/collateral/papers/10131/jdeveloper_adf_sod.pdf

• David Van Couvering blogs that Zimbra now supports offline working using Derby
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/davidvc/archive/2006/11/zimbra_uses_der.html

• Tibco GI (General Interface) has reached version 3.2
• http://www.artima.com/forums/flat.jsp?forum=276&thread=185124

• New preview version of Firebug for Firefox
• http://www.getfirebug.com/

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• 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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