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RESTFul Bridge Between Java And .NET Released
Noelios Technologies, the France-based consulting services firm, is shipping a new version of the Restlet open source project, a lightweight REST framework for Java, that includes the Restlet Extension for ADO.NET Data Services. The effort is a collaboration between Microsoft and Noelios Technologies and it makes it easier for Java developers to take advantage of ADO.NET Data Services.
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Sun Drops the Swing Application Framework from Java 7
The Swing Application Framework will not make it into Java 7, though a number of forks have subsequently sprung up to continue its development. Plans for another much requested feature, CSS-based styling for Swing components, have also been abandoned.
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JRuby Roundup: 1.4 Features, JRubyConf Schedule, MLVM
JRuby 1.4 is coming up with 1.8.7 support and improved Java integration. First builds that bundle JRuby and MLVM are available. Also: JRubyConf's program has been announced - and some more seats are available.
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Google Wave Backstage - Q&A with Dhanji Prasanna
With the consumer release of Google Wave scheduled for the 30th of September, InfoQ had a Q&A with Google Software Engineer Dhanji Prasanna about some of its less known internals, details about how it’s being developed by the Google engineers and best practices.
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State of Python on the JVM
In the past year or so Python has really been gaining a lot of traction on the JVM, thanks to the recent advancements of Jython. In this news item we'll talk to the Jython project lead about Jython and the state of Python on the JVM.
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Google Sitebricks Web Framework - Q&A with Dhanji Prasanna
Sitebricks is a new web application development framework from Google that is built on top of Google Guice, and focuses on early error detection, low-footprint code, and fast development. InfoQ had a Q&A with the creator and Google Wave Core Engineer Dhanji Prasanna.
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EU Probe 'costing Sun $100m a month' according to Ellison
The proposed $7.4bn takeover of Sun by Oracle is facing a full competition investigation by the European Commission costing Sun "$100m a month" Larry Ellison has claimed. The EU has until 19 January 2010 to announce its decision.
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MP3 Downloads Now Available, 5 Agile 2009 Presentations Posted
A new and frequently-requested feature has been added to InfoQ - MP3 download of interviews and presentations for registered users! To start with, MP3s will be available for the Agile 2009 presentations, which are also now becoming available on InfoQ.
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OSGi 4.2 released
The OSGi Alliance has just released the OSGi 4.2 specification. Although early drafts of it have previously been available, this is the final release version. What does this release hold? InfoQ has previously covered a sneak preview, but now that the spec is final, here are the new and noteworthy items of OSGi 4.2.
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PairWithUs: On-Demand Agile Software Development Video Examples
One thing well known by most programmers is that the best (only?) way to learn programming technique is by example; specifically, watching someone else doing it. Antony Marcano & Andy Palmer's 'PairWithUs' gives people a great place to do just that.
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Bill Pugh Releases FindBugs 1.3.9
Bill Pugh has released FindBugs 1.3.9, the latest update to the popular Java static analysis tool. The latest release adds 12 new bug detectors and continues to work on improving the effectiveness of FindBugs as a tool for developers working with large code bases, a trend which will continue with the 2.0 release expected later this year.
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97 Things Every Programmer Should Know
The 97 Things series continues, after the architect and the project manager, with things every programmer should know. InfoQ talked to its editor Kevlin Henney.
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First-ever JRubyConf Announced
Today it was announced that, immediately after November's RubyConf in San Francisco, there will be the first-ever JRubyConf conference, held at the same location as RubyConf. InfoQ spoke with JRuby project co-lead Charles Nutter to learn more about this conference and what it means for the JRuby Community.
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JDK 7: What Frequently Rewritten Methods Should be Included in java.util.Objects?
In preparation for the arrival of a new class in JDK7 called java.util.Objects which will contain frequently-written utility methods, Joe Darcy of Sun has put out a request to the OpenJDK core-libs-dev group for ideas on what methods should be contained in this class. InfoQ would like to pass this request along to the wider Java community.
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Lucid Imagination Releases Performance Monitoring Utility for Apache Lucene
Developers working with Apache Search engine Lucene typically rely on using a code profiler, debugging the source code, or manually instrumenting the Lucene code to track down performance variations with their Lucene implementation. LucidGaze, a free product from Lucid Imagination, offers an alternative. InfoQ takes a look at the product and talks to Lucid Imagination to find out more.