Un peu plus de 2 ans après sa version 5, SUN délivre la version 6 du Java SE (Standard Edition), anciennement connu sous le nom de JDK (Java Development Kit).
Présenté comme une version majeure, j’ai été attiré particulièrement par une phrase lue sur JavaWorld
Java SE 6 is the first version of the software where developers will be able to mix Java technology with other languages such as PHP, Python, Ruby, and JavaScript.
C’est probablement “le” feature à examiner parmi les nouveautés de ce JSE 6… dès que j’aurai le temps …
Eclipse 3.2 & Callisto Now Available for Download
Callisto, the Eclipse simultaneous release of Eclipse 3.2 final as well as 10 sub projects became available for download this afternoon. The goal of the simultaneous release is to eliminate uncertainity about project version numbers, and cross-project compatibility. The milestone also coordinates and organizes the different development groups together.
Blogged with Flock
Because any Maven 1.x plugin exists for this task and because I did not find a complete well written code on the Net, I wrote my own little goal. This code will precompile *.jrxml Jasper Report files to *.jasper files.
In my case, the *.jasper files are to be packaged in a war. So the goal is called as a war:webapp preGoal. The goal simply use the Ant task (visit this link for more options).
Here it is:
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A big step was made by Sun recently, they finally decide to open source Java. The decision was announced during the JavaOne conference.
We will open source Java, we just need to figure out how
… and when, said software chieftain Rich Green.
By this decision (supported by IBM), Sun hopes to bring more users …
See some news article found by Google News here or this french ZDnet article
If your are searching for a good (free) book about how to manage your java project with Maven 2, I think that’s book is a good start.
I know, I also have to read it (I have downloaded it for free!). But you can trust my friend Stéphane Nicoll who is one of the book’s reviewers, this book is good !
Here is Stephan’s quote:
” … Maven 1.0 helped us to significantly decrease the time needed for a new developer to get started on a project. While Maven 1.0 did the job very well, the concepts I’ve learned in the book so far are showing me that we can even go further in terms of dependency management, external tools integration and integrated builds.”
So, don’t miss it, download it and make your own opinion.
Has a real consolidation in Open Source World begun ?
Press releases states:
“By acquiring JBoss, Red Hat expects to accelerate the shift to service-oriented architectures (SOA), by enabling the next generation of web-enabled applications running on a low-cost, open source platform.”
See the complete press release
