Java Technology HeadlinesTechnical content and news from java.sun.com, the premier source of information about the Java platform.NetBeans Day at CommunityOne- May 6, 2008 In only four years, the number of active NetBeans IDE users has increased steadily to 450,000. And an enthusiastic crowd of them attended NetBeans Day at CommunityOne.http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/2008/articles/netbeansday.jsp AMD General Session -- A Different Perspective on Java Technology Evolution- May 6, 2008 2008 JavaOne Conference, In the Wednesday, May 7, general session, Leendert vanDoorn, senior AMD fellow, explored the role of the microprocessor in the evolution of Java technology -- how Java technology sets AMD free to innovate and how the Java community benefits from AMD's forward-thinking hardware and software initiatives.http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/2008/articles/gen_amd.jsp Creating a Java EE Appliance With GlassFish Application Server on OpenSolaris- May 6, 2008 2008 JavaOne Conference, At the JavaOne conference Wednesday morning, Sun technical evangelists Peter Karlsson and Chuk-Munn Lee led a technical session on how to build a Java EE platform-based appliance with the GlassFish application server on OpenSolaris and offered many practical and insightful tips for developers and system administrators alike.http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/2008/articles/javaee_app.jsp Mapping Mars- May 6, 2008 2008 JavaOne Conference, This year the focus went to an all important mapping system called Java Mission-planning and Analysis for Remote Sensing (JMARS), a Java technology-based geospatial information system developed by the Mars Space Flight Facility at Arizona State University.http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/2008/articles/mappingmars.jsp The NetBeans Ruby IDE: You Thought Rails Development Was Fun Before- May 6, 2008 2008 JavaOne Conference, One of the powerful features added to NetBeans IDE 6.0 was support for Ruby, JRuby, and Ruby on Rails.http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/2008/articles/netbeansruby.jsp 2008 JavaOne Conference Wrap-Up: Wherever You Go, There You Are -- and So Is Java Technology- May 6, 2008 2008 JavaOne Conference, SDN staffer Laureen Hudson is pleased to report that this year's conference was ubiquitous in all worlds -- real, virtual (Second Life), and via webcast. Now, you CAN be in several places at the same (time-shifted) time.http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/2008/articles/wrapup.jsp Rock Star Chet Haase- May 6, 2008 Chet Haase, senior computer scientist on the Flex SDK team at Adobe, talks about graphics software, the importance of mathematics, the Timing Framework, and banana phones.http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/2008/articles/rockstar_chethaase.jsp Rock Star Ben Galbraith- May 6, 2008 In 2007, Galbraith sold two companies he founded: Ajaxian.com, a media property and related conference series, and Feature50, a high-end software consulting company. What's he up to nowhttp://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/2008/articles/rockstar_bengalbraith.jsp Rock Star Joshua Bloch- May 6, 2008 Janice Heiss chats with Rock Star Joshua Bloch, Google's chief Java architect and a former Distinguished Engineer at Sun Microsystems.http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/2008/articles/rockstar_joshuabloch.jsp Rock Star Tor Norbye- May 6, 2008 Tor Norbye, principal engineer at Sun Microsystems and member of the Java Posse, talks about the NetBeans IDE, Java technology, and what every beginning developer should know.http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/2008/articles/rockstar_tornorbye.jsp |