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NetBeans

NetBeans 4.1 branch created: Trung Duc Tran blogs that the NetBeans 4.1 branch created and that "We are now in the so called high resistance mode [..] Do no harm, no new last minute features."»Read more
(April 5, 2005 4:41AM PT)

JXTA

MyJXTA adds voice: The JXTA community's James Todd blogs that Voice over JXTA is being opened up for broader testing in the MyJXTA application.»Read more
(April 5, 2005 4:40AM PT)

Community Weblogs »

New projects in the Global Education and Learning Community for April 5th, 2005:

We have another crop of new projects. This week we have learning with orangutans, a study group using Java, the implementation of a belief-system algorithm, and a system for managing a volunteer organization. Take a look at these great projects and lend a hand to help them start.
Orangutan - Game for learning by helping orangutan survive in the Bornean forest.

Fuja - Projects, articles and sample code produced by a Brazilian study group

Dempster-Schaffer - Measuring belief and plausibility to make a decision based on multiple inputs.

DonorManagementSystem
A system for managing people and resources for volunteer Organizations.

turbogeek from Community (April 05, 2005 04:00:10 PM PDT)

How to save time deploying Java apps: You have your new Linux box, what should you do next?
calvinaustin from linux.java.net (April 05, 2005 02:08:49 PM PDT)

Exceptional Debugging: Exception breakpoints are an underused feature in Java debuggers. Here are some tips on using them effectively.
tball from Java Tools (April 04, 2005 03:36:34 PM PDT)

Also This Week

Jini

The Neon Project: The Jini community's Neon project provides an agent framework for deploying classes that need to use Jini services, without having to write infrastructure code like Discovery for each and every class that needs to utilise Jini services. » Read more

JavaDesktop

J2SE Startup and Footprint Performance Survey: The Java Desktop community asks you to take the J2SE Startup and Footprint Performance Survey which is designed to help the J2SE development engineering team determine what to focus on for Mustang (J2SE 6.0). » Read more

General Projects

Duke opensourced under JRL: Sun has announced that Duke has been open-sourced under the Java Research License. This is not considered to be a free and open license for mascots according to the FSAF (Free Stuffed Animal Foundation). » Read more

Java Specification Requests

Solaris required for JCP members: Now that Write Once Run Anywhere is a reality, the JCP is simplifying compatibility between working groups with the new Write on Solaris Run Anywhere initiative. All JCP members are required to do all of their coding on a Solaris box. » Read more

Portlet

Appear on the Portlet homepage: The Portlet community invites you to contact them if you are working on JSR 168 or WSRP and interested in being featured in the Company Spotlight on the community homepage. » Read more

Java Tools

The Paint Helper project: The Java Tools community's Paint Helper project will provide a tool for prototyping graphics which are going to be changed programatically or simply shown static. » Read more

Jini

Jini Porter Starter Kit Available: The Jini community has released the Jini Starter Kit v 2.1 beta under the Apache License, Version 2.0. The kit gets "you started developing with Jini technology, as well as assist your advanced development and deployment of Jini technology-enabled solutions." » Read more

Java Enterprise

Survey Tool: The Java Enterprise community project Survey Tool illustrates "how to use the various J2EE 1.4 web technologies together (JSF, JSTL, JSP and Servlet) to deliver powerful results", by offering an survey web application with a reporting tool that produces PDF output. » Read more

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Online Communities Resources: Helen Chen, java.net Site Manager, has started a JavaPedia page About Online Communities. She has seeded the page with an impressive list of Papers and Articles, Books, Journals, and Lists, and Organizations, websites, and related online communities. She notes that the list is preliminary and invites you to add your favorite resources. Below the line at the bottom of the page feel free to discuss any related issues.

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Community Events »

Silicon Valley Web Developer JUG: The Spring Container
April 6, 2005
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
VeriSign
Mountain View, CA

Kwarup do DFJUG - 2005
April 9, 2005
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Faculdade de Tecnologia da UnB
Brasilia, DF, Brasil

javaBin features Anders Hejlsberg on C# versus Java
May 20-20, 2005
6:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Oslo
Oslo

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