Newscast for December 11th 2009

Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com* 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/

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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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