Newscast for Feb 25th 2010 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Please join us for the Java Posse Roundup 2010 in beautiful Crested Butte, CO. for an unconference of fantastic geek proportions. To find out more: http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/JavaPosseRoundup/ To sign up: http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/JavaPosseRoundup/register.php And if you do sign up, please give us a little more information about yourself (like your T-shirt size - hint hint) at: http://tinyurl.com/jproundup2010

• Details begin to emerge about Oracle/Sun merging the JRockit and Sun Hotspot JVMs.
  • https://channelsun.sun.com/media/show/15028
  • http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/oracle-set-merge-java-virtual-machines-935
  • http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jrockit/missioncontrol/index.html

•  NetBeans 6.9 Milestone 1
  • http://wiki.netbeans.org/NewAndNoteworthy69m1
  • http://wiki.netbeans.org/FitnessViaPostMortem

• JavaOne call for papers is now open
  • http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/javaone_2010_call_for_papers
  • http://java.dzone.com/announcements/javaone-call-papers

• Application of the week - CrashPlan
  • http://crashplan.com

Quick News

• JavaFX is seeing active duty in the Winter Olympics
  • http://terrencebarr.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/javafx-powers-vancouver-winter-olympics/

ScalaWags

• With the approaching release of Scala 2.8, Lift is being updated as well.
  • http://www.scala-lang.org/node/5236
  • http://blog.lostlake.org/index.php?/archives/98-Back-in-the-Goat-Saddle.html

Listener Feedback

• Java based multiplayer game server open sourced
  • Community site: www.cubeia.org
  • Corporate site: www.cubeia.com
  • More about Firebase: http://www.cubeia.com/index.php/products/firebase
  • Backgammon on Firebase: http://www.jadestone.se/index.php?page=backgammon
  • Mahjong on Firebase: http://www.mahjongexpress.com/

• BioGroovy
  • http://biogroovy.open-bio.org

• The TempoPosse
  • http://tempoposse.herod.net

• Online backup suggestions:
  • http://www.backblaze.com/
  • http://www.crashplan.com/

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Newscast for Feb 11th 2010 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Please join us for the Java Posse Roundup 2010 in beautiful Crested Butte, CO. for an unconference of fantastic geek proportions. To find out more: http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/JavaPosseRoundup/

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• Correction about Kenai going away - the kenai.com site is being closed, but the technology will be used on Java.net instead.
  • http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2010/02/08/
    kenaicom-infrastructure-will-be-coming-javanet

• Oracle/Sun, more technical details on the Java product lines
  • http://oracle.com.edgesuite.net/ivt/4000/8104/9236/12627/
    lobby_external_flash_clean_480x360/default.htm
  • http://blogs.sun.com/jag/entry/so_long_old_friend
  • http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/summary_of_post_oracle_changes

• Amazon are releasing a development SDK for Kindle applications, starting with a limited Beta next month.
  • http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?ie=UTF8&docId=1000476231
  • http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-01/21/
    amazon-kindle-to-get-apps-and-games.aspx

• Online/cloud storage
  • http://hunch.com/online-backup-services/

• Google Buzz
  • http://www.google.com/buzz

Quick News

• Developer.com has a guide to the new features in the recently released Spring 3.0.
  • http://www.developer.com/java/web/article.php/3861826/article.htm

• Felipe Gaucho has a wrap-up from the recent JFokus in Stockholm, Sweden.
  • http://www.java.net/blog/felipegaucho/archive/2010/01/30/jfokus-2010-wrap

• The Gnu compiler collection (gcc) steering committee has announced that it will support Google go from version 4.5 of gcc forwards.
  • http://java.dzone.com/dose/dzone-daily-dose-129

• EclipseCon 2010.
  • http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/20100121_eclipsecon.php

• Jazoon 2010.
  • http://weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici/archive/2010/02/08/
    young-speakers-remember-jazoon-deadline-apr-4

• Myriad claims that they have a higher performance Dalvik engine for Android devices.
  • http://www.myriadgroup.com/

• Oracle has announced a large number of Oracle+Sun welcome event days to take place around the world in March and April of this year.
  • http://www.oracle.com/events/welcomesun/index.html#northamerica

• Apache Ant 1.8 has been released.
  • http://ant.apache.org/

• Apache Jackrabbit 2.0 has also been released.
  • http://www.apache.org/dist/jackrabbit/2.0.0/RELEASE-NOTES.txt

• Flexycore's iSpectrum promises Java app development for the iPhone.
  • http://www.flexycore.com/en/products.html

• Project Darkstar.
  • http://www.projectdarkstar.com/forum/?topic=1540.msg10397#msg10397
  • http://www.projectdarkstar.com/
  • http://github.com/Cyberqat/Red-Dwarf

ScalaWags

• The first Scala 2.8 Beta is out.
  • http://www.scala-lang.org/node/4587
  • http://java.dzone.com/news/scala-28-improves-scala-ide

Groovy, Baby

• DZone has an article about the best groovy modules you may not know about.
  • http://groovy.dzone.com/articles/best-groovy-projects-you-might

 

Listener Feedback

• Android based competition
  • http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/
    michael-dell-pulls-mini-5-android-tablet-from-his-parka-offers/
  • http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/94697/msi-ready-launch-ipad-alternative

Thanks

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    • Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
  • Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
    

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Devoxx Interview with Stephen Colebourne Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com This interview is also available in video form at the new Parleys.com. http://parleys.com/d/1845, Mark Reinhold's talk about adding closures to Java is also available at Parleys: http://parleys.com/d/1568 Please join us for the Java Posse Roundup 2010 in beautiful Crested Butte, CO. for an unconference of fantastic geek proportions. To find out more: http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/JavaPosseRoundup/ To sign up: http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/JavaPosseRoundup/register.php And if you do sign up, please give us a little more information about yourself (like your T-shirt size - hint hint) at: http://tinyurl.com/jproundup2010

• Stephen's Blog
  • http://www.jroller.com/scolebourne/
• Mark Reinhold on Closures for Java
  • http://blogs.sun.com/mr/entry/closures

• FCM Proposal
  • http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddhp95vd_0f7mcns
  • http://tinyurl.com/devoxx2009fcm
• Neal Gafter's Closures for Java proposal 0.6a
  • http://www.javac.info/closures-v06a.html
• Joda time
  • http://joda-time.sourceforge.net/
• Joda Money
  • http://joda-money.sourceforge.net/

Thanks

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    • 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://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
  • Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
    

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Oracle/Sun and Apple announcements - 28th Jan 2009 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Java Posse Roundup - use your spring JavaOne budget! - last few days of the early bird pricing. Also be sure to sort out accommodation, etc.
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Only two news items for this one - the Sun/Oracle announcements, and the Apple iPad (not much Java in this part, so skip if you don't care).

• JavaOne 2010
  • http://java.dzone.com/news/javaone-lives
• The deal has closed
  • http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20000019-264.html
  • http://www.oracle.com/technology/community/sun-oracle-community-continuity.html
  • http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/01/27/
    urnidgns852573C400693880002576B900002824.DTL

• Apple iPad
  • http://www.apple.com/ipad/

Thanks

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    • 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://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
  • Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
    

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Newscast for January 21st 2010
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Please, join us for the Java Posse Roundup, March 16th to 19th in Crested Butte, CO, with a free JVM languages day on the 15th.
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• Android roundup
• http://lifehacker.com/5443156/android-21s-best-features-in-screenshots
• http://developer.android.com/index.html
• http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9143027/
  Demand_for_Android_phones_makes_monstrous_250_jump
• http://gizmodo.com/5427938/how-carriers-and-phone-makers-are-
  strangling-android-and-how-google-could-save-it?skyline=true&s=x
• http://java.dzone.com/dose/dzone-daily-dose-119

• The JavaFX Composer has been released
• http://wiki.netbeans.org/JavaFXComposer
• http://www.adam-bien.com/roller/abien/entry/java_fx_composer_designer_for1

• Machinarium - flash game
• http://machinarium.net

• The EU looks close to approving the Oracle acquisition of Sun
• http://java.dzone.com/dose/dzone-daily-dose-116
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Widenius
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2010/01/01/
  poll-result-oracle-acquisition-sun-most-significant-2009
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2009/12/23/
  speculations-2010-part-1-oracle-and-sun
• http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/043821

• Is Maven the last choice?
• http://kent.spillner.org/blog/work/2009/11/14/java-build-tools.html

• Codemash
• http://www.codemash.org/

Groovy, Baby

• Groovy, Grails and Gaelyk
• Groovy 1.7
• http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GROOVY/Groovy+1.7+release+notes
• Grails 1.2
• http://www.grails.org/blog/admin/Grails+1.2+Released
• Gaelyk
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=59101

Quick News

• Metro 2.0 has been released
• https://metro.dev.java.net/

• RedHat has released HornetQ 2.0.0 GA
• http://jboss.org/hornetq/

• Sun has released Java 6 SE U18
• http://www.developer.com/java/other/article.php/3858751/article.htm

• DataNucleus has released version 2.0 of AccessPlatform
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=59201
• http://www.datanucleus.org/project/download.html

• SpringSource has now released version 3.0 GA of Spring
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=58985
• http://javaposse.com/index.php?post_id=449043

• SpringSource has also released version 1.0.0 GA of Spring Roo
• http://www.springsource.org/roo

• Google has released the final 1.0 version of the Google Collections Library
• http://code.google.com/p/google-collections/

Listener Feedback

• London Scala Users Group
• http://www.meetup.com/london-scala/

• Stock Exchanges Running Scala
• http://www.cinnober.com/whom
• http://www.cinnober.com/files/A_Cinnober_whitepaper_on_latency_Oct2009_0.pdf

• GeeCON - Java conference in Poland
• http://www.geecon.org
• Last year's: http://2009.geecon.org

• ESDC Conference
• http://www.go-esdc.com/

• Atlanta DevNexus 2010 Conference - AJUG
• http://www.devnexus.com/

Thanks

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• 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://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
• Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
  

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Codemash 2010 Panel
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A panel session recorded at Codemash 2010, with Barry Hawkins moderating, Joe, Carl and Dick participating for the Java Posse, and Bill Wagner and Chris Smith joining us for a perspective from the .NET world.

Please, join us for the next Java Posse Roundup, March 16th to 19th in Crested Butte, CO, with a free JVM languages day on the 15th.
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• Codemash 2.0.1.0
• http://www.codemash.org/
• Barry Hawkins (The Moderator):
• http://www.yepthatsme.com/
• Chris Smith - F# Guru
• http://blogs.msdn.com/chrsmith/
• Bill Wagner
• http://srtsolutions.com/blogs/billwagner/
• Dianne Marsh
• http://srtsolutions.com/blogs/diannemarsh/
• Us :-)
• http://javaposse.com
  

Thanks

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• 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://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
• Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
  

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Automated Testing and Refactoring
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Recorded at the Java Posse Roundup 2009 in Crested Butte, CO. A Discussion about the automated generation of tests, and code refactoring.
Please, join us for the next Java Posse Roundup, March 16th to 19th in Crested Butte, CO, with a free JVM languages day on the 15th.
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• XUnit/JUnit
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XUnit
• http://www.junit.org/
• Integration testing
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integration_testing
• Code coverage
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_coverage
• Static analysis, Findbugs, PMD, etc.
• http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/
• http://pmd.sourceforge.net/
• Clover 2 tag clouds, etc.
• http://www.atlassian.com/software/clover/tour/
• Hudson/Maven
• https://hudson.dev.java.net/
• http://maven.apache.org/
• Artifactory
• http://www.jfrog.org/products.php
• Classes being loaded (from PermGen)
• http://www.brokenbuild.com/blog/2006/08/04/java-jvm-gc-permgen-and-memory-options/
• NetBeans Profiler
• http://profiler.netbeans.org/
• Mock objects
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mock_object
• http://www.jmock.org/
• http://easymock.org/
• JMeter
• http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/
• Concurrency testing
• http://www.theserverside.com/tt/knowledgecenter/knowledgecenter.tss?l=ConcurrencyTestingJavaApps
• Azul - Debug JVM with extra thread checks
• http://www.azulsystems.com/e2e/
• Selenium
• http://seleniumhq.org/
• Silk
• http://www.borland.com/us/products/silk/silktest/index.html
• TestRunner (now called Testopia)
• https://wiki.mozilla.org/Testopia
• IMVU multi-user chat
• http://imvu.com/
• SLF4J - Simple Logging for Java
• http://www.slf4j.org/

Thanks

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• Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork
• 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://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
• Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
  

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Holiday Special 2009/2010
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Java Posse Roundup 2010 - Crested Butte, CO from March 16th to 19th with programming languages day on the 15th. The topic this year is "Best Practices". http://tinyurl.com/jproundup2010 

• Groovy 1.7 released
• http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GROOVY/Groovy+1.7+release+notes
• And Grails 1.2 release too
• http://grails.org/blog/admin/Grails+1.2+Released

• Scala hoodie, from the Scala shop
• http://www.scala-lang.org/shop
• Headphones and amp
• Total Bithead - http://www.headphone.com/headphone-amps/amplifiers/headroom-total-bithead.php
• Grado SR80i - http://www.headphone.com/headphones/grado-sr-80i.php
• Latest Stephen King book - under the dome
• http://www.amazon.com/Under-Dome-Novel-Stephen-King/dp/1439148503/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262482377&sr=8-1
• Kindle for iPhone - http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000301301
• Barnes and Noble Nook - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/features/
• Macbook Pro
• http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/
• New Apple remote
• http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC377LL/A
• Magic Mouse
• http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB829?mco=MTY0MjUwNjQ
• The Greatest Show on Earth (Richard Dawkins)
• http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Show-Earth-Evidence-Evolution/dp/1416594787/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262483707&sr=1-1
• Rock Crawler R/C
• http://www.rcrockcrawling.com/
• Assassin's Creed II
• http://assassinscreed.us.ubi.com/assassins-creed-2/
• NetHack
• http://www.nethack.org/
• Ratchet & Clank
• http://www.ratchetandclank.com/
• Stieg Larsson's last book
• http://www.stieglarsson.com/Millennium-series
• Blu-rays: Up and StarTrek
• http://www.amazon.com/Disc-Combo-Pack-Digital-Blu-ray/dp/B001KVZ6G6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1262484022&sr=8-3
• http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Three-Disc-Blu-ray-Chris/dp/B001AVCFK6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1262484046&sr=1-3
• Uncharted 2
• http://www.unchartedthegame.com/U2AT/

• Codemash coming up!
• http://www.codemash.org/

• A completely open source Android/Apps stack?
• http://code.google.com/p/open-android-alliance/
• Netbooks and chrome OS
• http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os
• Will NetBeans survive the Oracle transition?
• http://netbeans.org/
• Will Apple tablet (iSlate) will give Netbooks and and Kindle a serious run for their money?
• http://gizmodo.com/5434566/the-exhaustive-guide-to-apple-tablet-rumors

Thanks

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork
• 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://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
• Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
  

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Code Generation: Good, Bad or Ugly?
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A discussion about code generation and where it might be useful, or whether it should be avoided. Recorded at the Java Posse Roundup 2009 in Crested Butte, CO.

• Early vs. late binding
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/367411/
  early-binding-vs-late-binding-what-are-the-comparative-benefits-and-disadvantag
• Matisse
• http://wiki.netbeans.org/NBDemoGUIBuilder
• EJB 2.1 vs EJB 3.0
• http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/
  techjournal/0602_ejba/0602_ejba.html
• Bytecode generation at runtime
• http://cglib.sourceforge.net/
• ASM
• http://asm.ow2.org/
• Thrift
• http://incubator.apache.org/thrift/
• Protocol buffers
• http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/
• Comparison
• http://www.eishay.com/2008/11/serialization-protobuf-vs-thrift-vs.html
• QtJambi
• http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-08-2007/jw-08-qtjambi.html
• Scala
• http://www.scala-lang.org/
• Dynamic proxies
• http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/reflection/proxy.html
• Interface injection
• http://blogs.sun.com/jrose/entry/interface_injection_in_the_vm
• WSDL - Web Services
• http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl
• IDL - Interface Definition Language
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface_description_language
• Annotations
• http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/language/annotations.html
• Working around limitations of Java?
• http://www.cis.njit.edu/~cis456/javacourse/Java_Limitations/outline.html
• Database persistence, JPA
• http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/J2EE/jpa/
• Traits/Mixins
• http://www.scala-lang.org/node/126
• DSL - Domain Specific Language
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_language
• MDA - Model Driven Architecture
• http://www.omg.org/mda/
• OptimalJ
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OptimalJ
• UML
• http://www.uml.org/
• NoMagic
• http://www.nomagic.com/dispatcher.php
• POJOs
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_Old_Java_Object
• Dynamic Languages
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_programming_language
• Schema migrations
• http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/SchemaEvolution
• Autopatch
• http://autopatch.sourceforge.net/
• JavaFX production suite
• http://javafx.com/docs/gettingstarted/production_suite/

Thanks

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork
• 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://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
• Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
  

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Newscast for December 11th 2009
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• Inclusion of closures in Java 7
• http://blogs.sun.com/mr/entry/closures_qa
• http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/announce/2009-December/000087.html
• http://www.javac.info/closures-v06a.html
• http://www.java.net/poll/what-do-you-think-about-closures-jdk-7
• http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mr/lambda/straw-man/

• GWT 2.0 released
• http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/
• http://www.infoq.com/news/2009/12/Speed-Tracer-GWT-2
• http://css.dzone.com/news/gwt-20-adds-bunch-new-tools

• JSR 316 - Java EE 6 - has been approved by the JCP
• http://jcp.org/en/jsr/results?id=5025
• http://sacha.labourey.com/2009/12/03/ee6-has-been-approved-yet/
• http://java.dzone.com/videos/gavin-king-jsr299
• https://glassfish.dev.java.net/
• http://in.relation.to/Bloggers/IntroducingJBossAS600M1
• http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2009-12/sunflash.20091210.2.xml
• http://www.developer.com/java/ent/article.php/3852641/article.htm
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/binod/archive/2009/12/10/v3-java-ee-6-and-sip-servlets

• NetBeans 6.8 released
• http://wiki.netbeans.org/NewAndNoteworthyNB68
• http://www.netbeans.org/community/news/show/1448.html
• http://netbeans.org/community/releases/68/
• http://netbeans.org/features/javafx/index.html
• NetBeans Platform on the move
• http://platform.netbeans.org/screenshots.html
• http://platform.netbeans.org/whatsnew/67.html
• http://platform.netbeans.org/whatsnew/68.html
  
• http://platform.netbeans.org/articles/diff-nb-eclipse.html

Quick News

• IntelliJ IDEA 9.0 final has been released
• http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/whatsnew/index.html

• Jazoon 2010 will be held in Zurich, Switzerland from June 1st to 3rd and has issued a call for papers, open immediately
• http://jazoon.com/Contribute

• Apple has released a pair of Java updates for Mac OS X
• http://www.roboxpress.com/technology/iphone-technology/apple-issues-java-update-mac-os-105-106/

• Chromium OS Diet includes Java but is missing the graphics support
• http://www.cynosurex.com/Forums/DisplayComments.php?file=Java/Chromium_OS_Crippled_Java.

• Google Chrome for Mac and Linux (beta) released this week
• http://www.google.com/chrome

• Eclipse Marketplace has now gone live
• http://marketplace.eclipse.org/

• EclipseCon has issued a call for papers for the EclipseCon 2010 conference to be held in Santa Clara, CA from March 22nd to 25th
• http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/20091104_eclipseconcfp.php

• JProfiler 6.0 has been released
• http://www.ej-technologies.com/products/jprofiler/whatsnew6.html

ScalaWags

• Scala Days 2010 has been announced, to take place at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland on April 15th and 16th 2010
• http://www.scala-lang.org/node/4155
• http://www.scala-lang.org/days2010

• Andre is trying to set up a Scala users group in Dublin, Ireland
• http://scala-dub.blogspot.com/
• http://groups.google.com/group/scala-dub/browse_thread/thread/bf59b1b603546f7a

JavaFX Fix!

• A Silicon Valley JavaFX user group has been founded and has held its first meeting
• http://www.svjugfx.org/

Thanks

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• Kirsty Doherty and Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork
• 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://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
• Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)

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The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall

Roundup 09 - API Design
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Recorded at the Java Posse Roundup 2009 in Crested Butte, CO.

• Assembly Language libraries
• http://homepage.mac.com/randyhyde/webster.cs.ucr.edu/HighLevelAsm/HLADoc/HLAStdlib_info.html
• C libraries
• http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/webmonkeys/book/c_guide/
• Python libraries
• http://docs.python.org/library/
• Principle of least astonishment
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_astonishment
• Bean Managed Persistence vs JPA
• http://java.sun.com/j2ee/tutorial/1_3-fcs/doc/BMP2.html#62907
• http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/J2EE/jpa/
• Standard Java libraries
• http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/
• Java 5 collections
• http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/package-frame.html
• Pythonic
• http://faassen.n--tree.net/blog/view/weblog/2005/08/06/0
• Groovy
• http://groovy.codehaus.org/
• Levels of abstraction
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstraction_(computer_science)
• Test/Contract driven API design
• http://www.agiledata.org/essays/tdd.html
• http://www.artima.com/intv/contest.html
• Builder Pattern
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Builder_pattern
• Breaking changes in APIs
• http://wiki.eclipse.org/Evolving_Java-based_APIs_2
• EJB 2.x & EJB 3.x
• http://help.eclipse.org/ganymede/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.jst.ejb.doc.user/topics/cearch.html
• http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-08-2006/jw-0814-ejb.html
• CORBA
• http://www.corba.org/
• Design by committee
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_by_committee
• Abstract Syntax Tree (AST)
• http://c2.com/cgi-bin/wiki?AbstractSyntaxTree
• NetBeans Modules
• http://netbeans.org/kb/trails/platform.html
• OSGi
• http://www.osgi.org/Main/HomePage
• Classloader
• http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-10-1996/jw-10-indepth.html
• Annotations
• http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/apt/
• Ski symbols
• http://skiing.about.com/od/safetyforskiers/a/skitrailratings.htm
• Wordstar
• http://www.wordstar.org/
• Javadoc
• http://java.sun.com/j2se/javadoc/
• @Deprecated
• http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Deprecated.html
• Annotation parameters
• http://www.developer.com/article.php/3556176

Thanks

• 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
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• Kirsty Doherty, Oliver Widder and Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork
• Brian Ehmann - the Java Posse intern
• Craig Muth for maintaining the Java Posse Memorizable site - http://memorizable.org/Java_Posse
• 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://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
  • Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
    

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The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall

Live from Devoxx 2009
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Thanks again to Atlassian for the beerhttp://www.atlassian.com
This session is available from Parleys v3.0 at http://beta.parleys.com/
The direct link to the video is: http://beta.parleys.com/#st=5&id=1490&sl=1

• Roundup 2010 - Crested Butte, CO in Early March - Geek and Ski - Theme: Best Practices
• Closures in JDK 7
• http://blogs.sun.com/mr/entry/closures
• http://www.jroller.com/scolebourne/entry/closures_in_jdk_7
• http://www.javac.info/closures-v06a.html
• Fork/Join in JDK 7 (+ other JDK 7 features)
• http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jtp11137.html
• http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7/features/
• Java 7 date slipped
• Milestone releases (in June-ish)
• http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7/milestones/
• Java EE 6 release date - Dec 10th
• http://java.sun.com/javaee/technologies/javaee6.jsp
• Bad code credits?
• http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001312.html
• Adobe AIR 2.0 beta
• http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/AIR_2:Release_Notes
• New JavaFX 1.3 components
• http://fxexperience.com/
• Bomber game
• http://fxexperience.com/2009/11/come-see-cool-stuff-at-gaming-javafx-devoxx/
• Java FX RAD tool
• http://nbguru.blogspot.com/2009/11/devoxx-2009-day-2.html
• Java FX Designer Tool
• http://blogs.sun.com/tor/entry/finally_over
• Adobe catalyst designer tool
• http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashcatalyst/
• Parleys 3.0
• http://beta.parleys.com/

ScalaWags

• Oracle - Scala/Lift in the keynote
• http://old.nabble.com/Devoxx-2009-td26457133.html

Thanks

• 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
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• Kirsty Doherty, Oliver Widder and Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork
• Brian Ehmann - the Java Posse intern
• Craig Muth for maintaining the Java Posse Memorizable site - http://memorizable.org/Java_Posse
• 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://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
  • Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
    

• To contact us:
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The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall