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Sun: We screwed up on open source
Many open source developers remain sceptical of Sun because their memories of the company focus on Sun's interactions with the community in 2001/2002, which Sun's chief open source officer Simon Phipps concedes was a period where Sun "screwed up". Read more »
Ubuntu 'Feisty Fawn' released, hit by traffic
Canonical on Thursday released version 7.04 of Ubuntu Linux, nicknamed Feisty Fawn, but the company's Web site was unable to keep up with the demand for the software. Read more »
Open-source Eclipse barrels down Ajax path
The open-source development tools consortium fills out its projects for Ajax-style Web development. Read more »
IBM tunes up for Jazz open-source project
IBM is working on an open-source project called Jazz to promote programming tools for globally distributed teams. Read more »
Java update warms to scripting languages
Sun Microsystems released on Monday a Java development kit that seeks to meld Java and scripting languages. Read more »
Sun releases developer tools for NetBeans
Sun Microsystems announced the availability of two new sets of developer tools for NetBeans IDE on Wednesday. NetBeans is a free, open-source environment that lets developers create cross-platform software applications for the desktop, the Web, the enterprise or mobile devices. Read more »
Sun announces wireless Java sensor kits
Encouraging sensor-enabled 'pervasive computing' is the aim of the new kit. Read more »
Oracle updates application server, Java tool
Oracle said on Friday that a new version of its Java application server and development tool are available with enhancements designed to ease back-end and AJAX-style Web development. Read more »
NetBeans update ships with Sun onboard
The NetBeans open-source project on Wednesday released a major update to the NetBeans Java development tool, and its main backer, Sun Microsystems, announced a support program. Read more »
NetBeans drives a wedge between Sun and Oracle
Sun's Java development tools don't seem that popular with Oracle, despite the server firm's protestations to the contrary. Read more »
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Easily test Web services with soapUI
The soapUI tool makes it much easier to test Web services during development. It's also useful for interacting with third-party Web services to get a better idea of what to expect (and what to include) in the response. Read more »
Introducing JavaFX: Sun's new family of Java-based products
JavaFX is a new family of products and technologies from Sun Microsystems that you can use to create Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). JavaFX currently consists of JavaFX Script and JavaFX Mobile; other JavaFX products are planned for release in the future. Read more »
Develop JavaScript with the JSEclipse plug-in
JavaScript developers have been clamoring for development tools for years. Tools like Firebug and Venkman answer the call, but there are more options available. Read more »
One virtual machine to rule them all
The Java platform can be used to interpret more than just the Java language -- it has expanded its coverage to include Ruby, Python with PHP to follow shortly. Read more »
Debug your Java code with ease using JPDA
The Java Platform Debugger Architecture (JPDA) helps developers debug a running Java application in all situations. Peter V. Mikhalenko explains how this technology works and discusses some practical aspects of its usage. Read more »
Review: NetBeans 5.0
The new version of the open source Java IDE adds new UI layout capabilities, and vastly improves its Web Services handling. We take a look at the changes. Read more »
Is Java getting better with age?
Scripting languages are catching on with developers, but Sun's James Gosling sees plenty of kick left in Java. Read more »
Brewing Java Web services with NetBeans 4.1
Ever wondered how to write a Web service in Java? We show you how using NetBeans, the open source Java development environment for Windows, Linux and OS X. Read more »
Beans Means XML
You can read and manipulate XML documents in Java much easier by using XmlBeans. We show you how to get started. Read more »
James Gosling Q & A
James Gosling was in Australia this week to give two question-and-answer session to local developers. A rare opportunity for local developers, Builder AU was on hand to transcribe the event for those who couldn't make it. Read more »
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Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5
-- 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 »
Quote of the year (so far)
-- Hats off to James Gosling for this corker about developers who insist on using Emacs for their developer needs in the face of better tools. Read more »
Newbie guide to Google's Android
-- Google's platform for mobile devices has been announced and ready for developers to get their hands dirty. Here's the basics of what it's all about and the core architecture overview. Read more »
And this one time at code camp...
-- 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 »
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In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »
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Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5
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 »
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BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continueAttending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »
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Interplanetary Internet a possibility
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Conroy ducks, Ballmer evades and Android Fails -- Club Builder
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Yang's resignation: The talk of Silicon Valley
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Conroy ducks, Ballmer evades and Android Fails -- Club Builder
Club Builder this week takes a long look at Senator Conroy's recent attempt to explain his Great Firewall of Australia, we chase Steve Ballmer over Sydney, and find Google's biggest bug of the year.