Java & Eclipse


JavaOne Wrap-Up: New Products from dotFX, Canoo, Coverity, Infragistics, More

ServerFX, Thread Analyzer for Java, NetAdvantage for JSF 2008 Volume 1 among new releases.

Widgets Revolutionizing App Development

According to Sun's Chief Java Architect Todd Fast, these "disposable" applications are changing the face of development.

Java Seeks Closure on Closures

At JavaOne this week, Neal Gafter, a software engineer at Google, presented his proposed specification for adding closures to Java

JAVA ONE: Java Seeks Closure on Closures

If there is one topic that seems to get Java programmers excited, it's the question of whether to include a new feature called closures in the next version of Java.

Neil Young Likes Java

Rock legend Neil Young joined Sun Microsystems' Executive Vice President of Software Rich Green on stage during the opening keynote of the 13th annual JavaOne conference.

Borland Finally Finds A Buyer For CodeGear

Borland agrees to sell its CodeGear unit for $23 million to Embarcadero Technologies.

Eclipse Expands Runtime Scope

Developers expand Eclipse's ability to run applications across different systems; new languages, SOA tools expected in next release.

OpenSolaris and NetBeans Featured at CommunityOne

Sun plans to announce news about open source products and partnerships at the San Francisco event.

JavaOne Preview: Virtual Sessions, 'Show Devices,' and Two Kinds of Rock Stars

15,000 Java developers get together this week in San Francisco.

Appcelerator Enables Google App Engine Portability

Open source software company Appcelerator recently updated its rich Internet application development platform so that it's compatible with Google's new App Engine platform.

Curl Announces Major Eclipse-Focused Changes for Curl IDE, Dev Tools

Earlier this month Curl, developers of the Curl development platform for RIA applications, announced that the company has joined the not-for-profit Eclipse Foundation, developers on the open source Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE).

Sun Debuts Java Card 3.0

Sun Microsystems and the Java Card Forum have released version 3.0 of the Java Card smartcard specification.

SpringSource Enterprise Edition Now Live

Platform adds new tools to support the application development needs of large organizations.

Eclipse Foundation Announces New Mobile, Embedded Projects

Organization expands into another segment of the development community.

Sun Releases New Subscription-Focused Java SE for Business

New subscription version of Java SE offers extended support and enterprise deployment tools, among other features.

Mainsoft Java Platform Adds ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Support

Mainsoft has released a new 2.2 version of Mainsoft for Java EE.

What To Expect in NetBeans 6.1 Beta

This latest Java IDE release includes Ruby, JavaScript and MySQL integration improvements.

Hadoop Summit: Yahoo Gathers the Stuffed Elephant Crowd

Event drew experts to speak on Hadoop, a Java-based framework for running data-intensive applications on computer clusters.

Microsoft Steers OOXML Into Apache POI Project

The company partnered with Sourcesense to broaden the use of Office 2007 file formats by Java applications.

RadRails 1.0 Adds Options for Ruby Coders

This latest Ruby IDE release features improved installation, plus a few customization features to suit your coding preferences.