Newscast for August 4th 2007

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• How much is your code worth?
• http://cysquatch.net/blog/?p=43
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/
  thread.tss?thread_id=46356
• http://www.yafla.com/dennisforbes/
  Internal-Code-Reuse-Considered-Dangerous/
  Internal-Code-Reuse-Considered-Dangerous.html

• The new firefox 4 javascript VM, which will be based on Tamarin (the engine donated to the project by Adobe), will run not only JavaScript, but also Ruby and Python
• http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roadmap/
  archives/2007/07/new_projects.html

• JavaFX properties support
• http://jfx.wikia.com/wiki/Properties
• http://jfx.wikia.com/wiki/Unified_
  Member_Declaration_and_Definition

• NetBeans to get first class Groovy support?
• http://jameswilliams.be/blog/index.php?
  itemid=24
• http://blogs.sun.com/roumen/entry/
  netbeans_podcast_episode_32_interview

• http://www.netbeans.org/community/
  news/index.html#1088
• http://www.developer.com/db/article.php/3691716

• Google has released a free tool - the Google Singleton Detector
• http://code.google.com/p/
  google-singleton-detector/
• http://code.google.com/p/
  google-singleton-detector/wiki/Usage

• And for another fun discussion, when should you use finalizers?
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jfalkner/
  archive/2007/07/blarg27_dont_us.html

• Applet of the week - Zombie Infection
• http://zombies.kalleboo.com/

• Applet of the week - bonus - Bitlet
• http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8943/BitLet+
  Lets+You+Download+Torrents+Without+a+Client
• http://www.bitlet.org/

Quick News Items

• San Shin's JavaPassion.com website now has a hands on lab for creating web applications using Sun's woodstock JSF components which have just been open sourced by Sun
• http://www.javapassion.com/
  handsonlabs/jsfwoodstock/

• Yahoo has release YSlow, a performance tool which helps you to determine why a site is slow
• http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow

• An updated version of the JavaFX plugin is now available for NetBeans
• http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/
  NewsItemView?newsItemID=1084

• JSR roundup:
• JSR 317 (Java Persistence API 2.0) and 318 (Enterprise Java Beans 3.1) have been accepted by the JCP
• http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/
  entry/jpa_2_0_and_ejb
• JSR 286 - The Java Portlet Specification 2.0, has been posted as a public review draft by Sun
• http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/
  edr/jsr286/index2.html
• JSR 315 - Servlet 3.0 - has also been approved by the JCP
• http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=315

• Daniel Boekhoff has a new tutorial up at NetBeans.org that walks you through creating a Ruby on Rails application in NetBeans
• http://wiki.netbeans.org/wiki/view/
  AShortRubyOnRailsTutorialForNetbeans6

• What ever happened to the Apache TCK open letter and blowup? 
• http://www.infoq.com/news/2007/07/apachejck
• http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t99039.html

• JBoss has released Drools 4.0
  
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/
  thread.tss?thread_id=46334

• Lifehacker has information about an OpenOffice extension that lets you write macros in Groovy
  
• http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-download/
  record-macros-in-openoffice-with-groovy-280472.php

• Oliver Widder JavaPosse World Tour Poster
• http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/
  2007/07/the-java-posse-.html
• http://www.geekandpoke.com/cartoons/
  jproundup-08.jpg

• Chet Haase appears in the latest SDN tv episode talking about the new book Filthy Rich Clients
• http://java.sun.com/developer/media/

• The San Diego JUG has a special appearance by James Gosling on August 8th
• http://www.sdjug.com/
• http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SDJUG/
  database?method=reportRows&tbl=8

• If you have ever been interested in getting your own JSR through the JCP, you might be interested in a new series on the JCP site that explains each part of the process in detail. Part 3 in the series has just been published, which explains the draft review process
• http://jcp.org/en/resources/speclead_life_p3

• Atlassian software have bought Cenqua
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/
  thread.tss?thread_id=46427

• An eclipse RCP training world tour? Well, the USA and Europe anyway
• http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/
  20070731_RCPtraining.php

• Registration is now open for the eclipse summit Europe
• http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/
  20070719_ESEregopen.php

• A new JSF user group has been formed in Zürich, Switzerland and Ed Burns was the first presenter
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/edburns/
  archive/2007/08/swiss_jsf_user.html

• MyTreo.net reports that Palm has very quietly released an update to the Websphere Everyplace Java ME environment for Palm OS
  
• http://mytreo.net/archives/2007/07/
  palm-os-java-micro-environmnet-updated.html

• Beelucid software has announced a limited release of a free beta test version and unlimited release of a free trial version of VBeeJava
• http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/
  thread.tss?thread_id=46449

• BEA has released a suite of WebLogic server tools for Eclipse Europa (3.3) to help develop, deploy and debug weblogic based applications from the new version of Eclipse
• http://www.eclipsezone.com/eclipse/
  forums/t98865.rhtml

• Marc Fleury, former CEO of JBoss, has a short but interesting interview up at news.com
• http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9753687-7.html?
  part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5

• Apache MyFaces has released version 1.2.0 of it's core JSF 1.2 compliant JSF components
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?
  thread_id=46244

• If you are interested in building web services with ReST, Brian Leonard has a blog entry about how to do it easily using NetBeans
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/bleonard/archive/
  2007/07/an_introduction_1.html

• Dozer 4.0, the new version of the Dozer bean mapping framework, makes it easy to map properties from one bean to another for recursive copying and other related uses
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/
  thread.tss?thread_id=46338

• The GPS tracker site allows you to track a cell phone using a J2ME program running on that phone, and google maps to display the location
• http://gpsmapper.sourceforge.net/

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  • Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
    

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