Newscast for April 24th 2007

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• What would you like to see for a Google presence at JavaOne this year?
• Please post ideas to the Posse Google group or email them to us at javaposse@gmail.com

• http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse

• How much openness is good for a JSR?

• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editors/archives/

2007/04/the_model.html + http://today.java.net/pub/pq/155

• Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (also known as 7.04) has been released, and it includes Java
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/ludo/archive/

2007/04/ubuntu_upgrade.html + http://weblogs.java.net/blog/mortazavi/archive/

2007/04/full_java_stack_1.html + http://www.ubuntu.com/news/

java-stack-included-in-ubuntu

• Is the eclipse visual editor dead?
• http://www.coconut-palm-software.com/

the_visual_editor/?p=107

• Mobile app(s) of the week - Jitter and Twitteresce
• http://www.freakitude.com/2007/04/20/

jitter-tiny-cellphone-twitter-client/ + http://www.madpilot.com.au/twitteresce

Quick News Items

• Aptana, the eclipse based IDE focused on web development, has added Ruby on Rails support to its list of features using radrails

• http://www.aptana.com/download_rails_rdt.php

• The eclipse foundation will be hosting a party at Jillian's on the wednesday during JavaOne

• http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/

20070420cb_eclipseparty.php

• Netbeans now has a Seam plugin
• http://www.michaelyuan.com/blog/2007/04/17/

first-release-of-seam-plugin-for-netbeans/ + http://blogs.sun.com/roumen/entry/

seam_plug_in_for_netbeans

• NetBeans.org has introduced a sample catalog

• http://www.netbeans.org/kb/samples/

• The Artemis project has released the first Alpha

• http://artemis.effectiveui.com/?page_id=3

• IBM Developerworks have a new tutorial introducing 3d programming in Java

• https://www6.software.ibm.com/developerworks/

education/j-java3d/index.html

• The Apache project has released Jakarta Commons Configuration 1.4
• http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/configuration/
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/

thread.tss?thread_id=45086

• Kirill Grouchnikov has just released a new version, 3.3, of the substance look and feel for Java
• https://substance.dev.java.net/release-info/

3.3/release-info.html

• Mobile and embedded podcast
• http://today.java.net/pub/ct/mobileandembedded

Listener Feedback

• Amiga Emulator
• Windows: http://www.winuae.net/
• Linux: http://uae.coresystems.de/

• Mac: http://worldserver.oleane.com/ablancha/uae.htm

• Liftweb web framework for Scala

• http://blog.lostlake.org/index.php?/archives/

45-A-real-world-use-of-lift.html

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• Kirsty Doherty, Oliver Widder and Jeff Tyson 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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