Newscast for October 4th 2007

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We will be at the Silicon Valley Codecamp which runs Oct 27th to 28th at Foothills College, Los Altos, CA
http://siliconvalley-codecamp.com/

• First class support for properties in Java
• http://groups.google.com/group/
  javaposse/msg/d754d0038d6a1c3c
• http://blogs.sun.com/joe/entry/
  java_properties_and_events
• https://bean-properties.dev.java.net/
• https://beansbinding.dev.java.net/servlets/
  SummarizeList?listName=users
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/forax/archive/
  2007/06/beansbinding_go.html
• http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/visualbasic/dotnet/
  archives/creating-delegates-in-java-3167

• Rails, is the honeymoon over?
• http://www.oreillynet.com/ruby/blog/2007/
  09/7_reasons_i_switched_back_to_p_1.html
• http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?
  sid=07/09/23/1249235&from=rss
• Spring on Rails 1.0 has now been released
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/
  thread.tss?thread_id=47079
• And! Brian Leonard has been experimenting with JRuby and Rails, but using JPA (Java Persistence API) instead of ActiveRecord
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/bleonard/
  archive/2007/09/rails_and_jpa_i.html

• The first early access release of the consumer JRE is now out for testing
• https://jdk6.dev.java.net/6uNea.html
• http://download.java.net/jdk6/
• And, Richard Bair is asking people to report any bugs or issues with Nimbus, and describes how on his blog
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/rbair/archive/
  2007/10/nimbus_bugs.html

• Could it finally be? The Java OS is here?
• http://www.jnode.org/

• Java Library of the Week - Enunciate 1.4
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/stoicflame/archive/
  2007/09/enunciate_14_yo_1.html
• http://enunciate.codehaus.org/getting_started.html
• http://enunciate.codehaus.org/index.html

• Java Application of the Week: OpenProj
• http://openproj.org/openproj
• http://openproj.org/pod

Quick News Items

• The final 1.0 version of Apache Tuscany is now out
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/
  thread.tss?thread_id=47021

• Apple has pulled down the link to Java 6 b88 for Mac OS X 10.4
• http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?
  threadID=1156309&tstart=0

• Luc Maisonobe has released Mantissa 7.1
• http://www.spaceroots.org/software/
  mantissa/index.html#Downloads

• Eric LaFortune has released version 4.0 of ProGuard 4.0 which is an open source class file shrinker, optimizer and obfuscator for Java
  
• http://proguard.sourceforge.net/

• Developer.com has started taking nominations for the 2008 product of the year
• http://www.developer.com/java/
  web/article.php/3702601

• The JCP (Java Community Process) Executive Committee elections are currently taking place
• http://www.jcpelection2007.org/jcp/overview

• jMaki 1.0 is out
  
• https://ajax.dev.java.net/
• https://ajax.dev.java.net/download.html
• https://ajax.dev.java.net/about.html
• http://javaposse.com/index.php?
  post_id=92034

• Tor has a nemesis: Osvaldo Pinali Doederlein blogs "No Tabs? Are you Nuts?" 
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/opinali/archive/
  2007/09/no_tabs_yes_you.html

• Matt Raible has released version 2.0 of AppFuse
  
• https://appfuse.dev.java.net/

• Sean Sheedy blogs about what he is dubbing "JavaOne ME". Actually the upcoming Java Mobile and Embedded Developer Days will take place at Sun's Santa Clara office
  
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/sean_sheedy/
  archive/2007/10/javaone_me_anno.html
• https://developerdays.dev.java.net/

• JSR Roundup:
• JSR 242 - Digital Set Top Box Profile, has been released as a completed specification by Cox communications
  
• http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=242
• Sun has published the second maintenance release of JSR 154 - the Java Servlet 2.5 specification
• http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=154
• Roberto Chinicci has an update on JSR 316 - Java EE 6, on his blog. It's a condensed version of the information that has been shared with the members of registered observers of the expert group
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/robc/archive/
  2007/09/java_ee_6_platf.html
• http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=316
• Nokia has published the finished spec for JSR 264 - Order Management API
• http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=264
• Gavin King has a sneak peek at JSR 299 - Web Beans, which is based on his Seam framework
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/
  thread.tss?thread_id=46994
• http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=299

• Sun has made available the OpenJDK TCK (Technology Compatibility Kit) under a new open source license, GPLv2.
• http://www.itvidya.com/ciol/aug07/204

• YourKit LLC has released a new version 7.0 of the YourKit Java Profiler
• http://www.eclipsezone.com/eclipse/
  forums/t101970.rhtml

• Glassfish roundup - the recently release version 2 of the open source Java application server Glassfish continues to get attention in the headlines
• Paul Sandoz blogs about deploying Scala resource classes, including deploying them to Glassfish
• http://blogs.sun.com/sandoz/entry/
  deploying_scala_resource_classes
• JBuilder has added support for Glassfish in its latest release
  
• http://blogs.codegear.com/davidi/
  2007/09/24/38821/
• http://www.codegear.com/products/jbuilder
• And Gartner weighs in with some praise as well
• http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?
  doc_cd=152044&ref=g_rss

• Kaffe version 1.1.8 has been released
• http://www.kaffe.org/

• Sun has released a new version of Solaris Express Developer Edition
• http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/NewsItemView?
  newsItemID=1113

• Apache ServiceMix has graduated to a full Apache project. ServiceMix is an Extensible Message Bus for service integration, mediation and composition (for Service Oriented Architectures)
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?
  thread_id=46958
• http://incubator.apache.org/servicemix/home.html

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

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