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JDK Community

Mustang Blog Carnival: Roger Brinkley's Mustang Blog Carnival One Delight After Another rounds up 19 blogs that have been posted by JDK engineers talking about new features and improvements in Java SE 6, which just went beta. Topics include core Java, Desktop, XML, Tools, and Quality.»Read more
(February 17, 2006 3:52AM PT)

JXTA

JXTA Interviews: Daniel Brookshier has recently posted two JXTA-related interviews to his blog: one with Joan Esteve Riasol entitled Juxta-CAT: A JXTA project in Spain at Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, and another with Edward Ribeiro titled An Interview with a P2P/JXTA Brazlillian.»Read more
(February 17, 2006 3:51AM PT)

Community Weblogs »

Using OpenSource projects as classroom material: Learning J2EE Patterns can be facilitated through an Open Source project. Cejug-Classifieds was designed to help students and teachers to understand the contents of the J2EE Core Patterns book.
felipegaucho from Global Education and Learning Community (February 19, 2006 09:32:15 AM PST)

Roundup of desktop java improvements in Mustang:
robogeek from JDK (February 19, 2006 09:29:30 AM PST)

Aligning menu items in Swing applications - welcome to the real world: Real world applications run in localized environment. Choose a wrong look-and-feel and your RTL-oriented users will not be happy...
kirillcool from JavaDesktop (February 18, 2006 12:53:44 PM PST)

Also This Week

Embedded Java

Java ME Announcements: In the article New version of Java for mobile expected this year, InfoWorld reports on Sun's announcements at the 3GSM World Congress, saying that JCP work on a new version of Java ME should be completed by mid-year and that handsets with applications built on the new version should arrive late this year or early next. » Read more

Java User Groups

JUG Profile: AJUG: The latest JUG Community Profile features the Atlanta Java User's Group. In JUG Profile: Atlanta Java Users Group, Eitan Suez interviews AJUG President Burr Sutter about his JUG's meetings, memberships and events, and the regional economics that support a large community of developers, authors, and open-source committers. » Read more

Mac Java Community

Quaqua Look and Feel: A recent addition to the Mac Java Community, the Quaqua Look and Feel is "a user interface library for Java applications which wish to closely adhere to the Apple Human Interface Guidelines for Mac OS X." It offers a nearly native user experience, adjusting its look to suit the version of Mac OS X (Tiger, Panther, or Jaguar) being run. » Read more

JDK Community

Java SE 6 Beta: After more than a year of snapshot releases from the Mustang project, the first Java SE 6 Beta is available. This is the first feature-complete version of Java SE 6, highlighted by integrated web services, new security and management features, an improved desktop user experience, and more. The final release is expected in Fall of 2006. » Read more

JavaDesktop

Mustang Swing GTK L&F; Screenshots: The JavaDesktop Community page notes that the Ensode.net article JDK 1.6 (AKA Mustang) Swing GTK Look And Feel Screenshots "got lots of diggs over the weekend." Ensode is pleased with the L&F;, noting "as can be seen in the screenshots, Mustang picks up the GNOME theme and renders Swing components appropriately." » Read more

Java Tools

Hudson 1.0.14: Kohsuke Kawaguchi's blog entry Hudson 1.0.14 introduces and explains the Hudson project, which monitors executions of repeated jobs, such as software builds. cron jobs, etc. "Since I'm a lowly engineer and don't have a secretary, I made one by myself some time ago. It's called Hudson, and it handles some of the work I used to do myself." » Read more

Robotics

Robotics BOF's at JavaOne: The Robotics Community home page has announced two robotics-oriented birds-of-a-feather sessions have been accepted for JavaOne 2006: BOF-0503 ("Java Technology in An Intelligent Swarm of Heterogeneous Lego Robots") and BOF-0509 ("Hacking Vex Robotics by Adding a Smart Java Technology Brain"). Both are represented by java.net projects. » Read more

Java Enterprise

Self Management Framework in GlassFish: Tuning an application server, one that typically has dozens of components and hundreds of parameters, can be a difficult task. In Self Management Framework in GlassFish, Sankara Rao looks at GlassFish's solution to this problem: "GlassFish has a built-in framework to incorporate self management intelligence into the appserver." » Read more

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Mustang Regressions Challenge: Sun is seeking regression reports in the Mustang Regressions Challenge. Every verified regression submitted before March 31 wins a t-shirt, and the best five (as judged by Sun engineering and QA) win a new Ultra 20 workstation. There's more information in the FAQ, a forum for discussing the challenge, and a blog about its goals in Announcing the Mustang regressions challenge.

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Community Events »

JUG Roma
February 21, 2006
Rome, Italy

Greater Wisconsin Software Symposium
February 24-26, 2006
Marriott Milwaukee West
Waukesha, WI

JCO JUG Meeting
March 11, 2006
Seoul, South Korea

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