Java Posse Episode 272 - Newscast for July 30th 2009

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• People who followed the link for the SD Times story about Mono outpacing Java on Linux may have been confused that the article linked to and the one we talked about seemed to be different, they changed the story.
• http://adterrasperaspera.com/blog/2009/07/09/java-development-outpaces-c-development-on-all-platforms
• http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/mono_outpaces_java_in_linux_desktop_development.html
• http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/07/09/2131245/Mono-Outpaces-Java-In-Linux-Desktop-Development?art_pos=1

• NetBeans 6.7.1 has been released, with JavaFX 1.2 support.
• http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/NewsItemView?newsItemID=1407
• Maven support voted most important.
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editors/archives/2009/07/poll_result_nat.html
• http://devdivision.blogspot.com/2009/07/maven-and-netbeans-67.html
• Technical Sessions and Hands On Labs from JavaOne 2009.
• http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/NewsItemView?newsItemID=1408
• http://developers.sun.com/learning/javaoneonline/
• http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/NewsItemView?newsItemID=1405
• Early access mobile version of JavaFX 1.2
  
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/terrencebarr/archive/2009/07/just_released_j.html

• Sun's JRuby team jumps ship to Engine yard.
• http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135958/Sun_s_JRuby_team_jumps_ship_to_Engine_Yard
• http://developers.slashdot.org/story/09/07/28/2215211/Suns-JRuby-Team-Jumps-Ship-To-Engine-Yard?from=rss
• http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/jruby_and_engineyard

• Mobile Application of the Week: MobileXa Crossword
• http://www.mobidhoom.com/mobilexa-crossword-v10-java-mobiles/

• Mobile Application of the Week take 2: Google Voice for Android
• http://lifehacker.com/5324808/google-voice-for-android-adds-notification-and-call-options

ScalaWags

• David Pollak, creator of the Lift web framework for Scala, is working on a new project called Goat Rodeo.
• http://blog.lostlake.org/index.php?/archives/94-Lift,-Goat-Rodeo-and-Such.html

• DZone has a roundup of some of the more valuable hidden treasures in Eclipse 3.5.
• http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/eclipse-35-hidden-treasures

• AJDT - the Aspect J Development Tools, has reached version 2.0.
  
• http://www.eclipse.org/ajdt/whatsnew200/

• Obba 1.8 has been released. 
• http://www.obba.info/

• DZone now has the recording of an Equinox OSGi webinar that they held a few weeks ago available for everyone to watch.
• http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/equinox-osgi-webinar-online

• DZone has also just released an Eclipse RCP (Rich Client Platform) refcard.
• http://java.dzone.com/articles/eclipse-rcp-refcard-released

• Mobicents SIP servlets 1.0 has been released.
• http://mobicents-sip-servlets.blogspot.com/2009/07/mobicents-sip-servlets-10-released.html

• JetBrains has released the Meta Programming System (MPS).
  
• http://www.jetbrains.com/mps/concepts/
• http://www.jetbrains.com/mps/

• The SpringOne 2GX conference which combines (for the first time) SpringOne and the Groovy and Grails conferences has been updated with new session details.
• http://www.springone2gx.com/conference/new_orleans/2009/10/springone/event_schedule

• The NetBeans development process is becoming more open with NetDEV.
• http://eppleton.sharedhost.de/blog/?p=813

• A new open source productivity development tool, Sculptor, provides a DSL for quickly defining and creating Java projects and applications.
• http://fornax-sculptor.blogspot.com/2009/06/jump-start.html

• OpenDS 2.0 stable has been released.
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editors/archives/2009/07/opends_200_prov.html
• https://opends.dev.java.net/servlets/NewsItemView?newsItemID=7448

• JavaWorld has begun a series of introductory articles on OSGi.
  
• http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2008/jw-03-osgi1.html

• RIM (Research In Motion - makers of the Blackberry phones) has release an updated version of their eclipse based mobile development suite.
• http://eclipse.dzone.com/announcements/rim-releases-new-and-enhanced
• http://na.blackberry.com/eng/developers/browserdev/eclipse.jsp

• Verizon has announced that it will be including an app-store on future phones.
• http://gigaom.com/2009/07/13/verizon-to-mobile-developers-can-you-hear-me-now/

• GrepCode has released a Java source code search engine.
  
• http://grepcode.com/

• The eclipse summit europe 2009 is now open for registration.
• http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/20090729_ese09regopen.php

• ZeroTurnaround is holding a competition to rename JavaRebel.
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=55207

• Pandora has reached a resolution on the long-standing royalty rates issue. They are now asking for listeners' support for a new bill in congress to fix the way musical artists get paid for all forms of radio.
• http://broadcaster.pandora.com/dm?id=EFBCB8E406FA55D30DDB04368E863780050542759970026E
• bill: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.848:

Simple is Open Source

Spring-Modules Revived

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• 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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