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New Google Web Toolkit reveals web-app speed

Just as Microsoft advanced the state of the art for programming on Windows, Google is trying to do the same with web-based software. Its latest move: the release of Google Web Toolkit 2.0. Read more »

Java makes Google App Engine more mainstream

In a case of converging technologies, Google App Engine took several steps toward the mainstream on its first birthday on Tuesday at the same time that the concept of cloud computing in general is becoming more accepted. Read more »

Red Hat releases version 5.3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.3 became globally available today, with the new enterprise OS featuring virtualisation improvements, support for Intel's Core i7 architecture, and inclusion of the Open Java Development Kit from Sun Microsystems. Read more »

Sony Ericsson to bridge Flash and Java

Sony Ericsson is to release a new technology that it claims will bridge two major development platforms for mobile phones. Read more »

Sun sheds light on its open-source future

Simon Phipps, Sun UK's chief open-source officer, surveys the open-source landscape and reaffirms his company's commitment to open-software development. Read more »

Sun promises 100 percent open source Java in 2008

Sun is to open source the last closed-source parts of Java, a move that should make it possible to fully integrate the software into Linux distributions. Read more »

Ubuntu gets served by enterprise

Canonical, the Linux distribution maker best known for the Ubuntu Linux desktop operating system, has taken the wraps off a new release of the server edition of its product. Read more »

Can Google break Microsoft's enterprise chokehold?

A tie-up with Saleforce.com sees Google pushing even further into Microsoft's businesss applications territory Read more »

Microsoft and Eclipse cosy up on Java

Microsoft will begin collaborating with the Eclipse Foundation to improve native Windows application development on Java. Read more »

Google 'guarantees' Android compatibility

As the Open Handset Alliance released the preliminary SDK for the mobile Linux platform, Google revealed that members have signed a 'non-fragmentation agreement' Read more »

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SpringSource talks about Java's past and future

SpringSource's general manager Rod Johnson speaks about trends in the Java world and what he sees on the horizon for Java and SpringSource. Read more »

Why Java and .NET will continue to compete

In this reader Q&A, the author talks about the future of Java, the cost to develop in Java compared to .NET and whether Java will displace .NET. Read more »

JRuby team leaves Sun for Engine Yard

JRuby team has decided to move wholesale from Sun to Engine Yard. Read more »

The current state and future of C++

Justin James thinks there is still great potential for C++ developers to do quite nicely for themselves. Read more »

LINQ for next Java query API?

LINQ could become the next query API for Java, after the majority agreed at a recent meeting of the Object Database Technology Working Group (ODBTWG), as well as the ICOODB conference in Berlin that it was the optimal solution. Read more »

RIM releases BlackBerry development tools

Research in Motion has announced new developer tools for those who want to write or adapt applications for the latest BlackBerry handsets. Read more »

Unit testing options for JavaScript

Unit testing is different from traditional testing because it is performed by the developer and not a tester. This article provides an overview of several options for unit testing client-side JavaScript code. Read more »

Process and parse XML with ease using Jakarta Digester

Get a brief introduction to processing XML with Jakarta Digester, including how it can be used to create pattern-matching rules for an XML document and to perform actions on the resulting collections. Read more »

Create cross-platform database-driven applications with JDBC

The Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API offers a unified interface to different databases, providing a series of generic functions that are internally translated into native function calls. This makes it extremely easy to create database-driven applications that work across different RDBMS types. Read more »

Manage relational data with the Java Persistence API

The Java Persistence API (JPA) is a Java framework that allows developers to manage relational data in J2SE and J2EE applications. The JPA is defined as part of the EJB 3.0 specification (which is part of the Java EE 5 platform). Read more »

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Ellison and McNealy: Java here to stay

At JavaOne in San Francisco, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison talks to Sun Microsystems Chairman Scott McNealy about the future of Java development. Read more »

Blog (8)

Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

Sun's JavaFX RIA platform MIA?

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Adobe and Microsoft have taken the early lead in the RIA market but Sun is still waiting to get out of the starting blocks with JavaFX. Is Sun too late to the party? Read more »

Developer creates Mac UI for Java apps

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Java developers may soon be able to get their apps looking less ugly and more Mac-like if a promising new project continues. Read more »

CodeGear Q&A

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- CodeGear is the new name for Borland's developer tools business. Builder AU spoke to CodeGear about the handover and direction of the developer tools business under the new banner. Read more »

JavaOne: Slot cars, robots and more

Matt Overington [blogs:bricksandmortar] -- Does Java's reach know no bounds? Read more »

Google brew Java with Ajax

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- This week Google released a new toolkit for Java developers to make writing AJAX applications easy. Read more »

And this one time at code camp...

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Attention Java Developers. At ease. Sun Microsystems are putting on one of the biggest developer days in Australia since I can remember. Better still, it's free! Read more »

Another day, another patent threat

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Planning on building an AJAX application that will be hosted in the United States? First, you may need to pay for a licence if the latest patent debacle is enforced. Read more »

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