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Sun Details The Schedule for Future Java Releases
Jean Elliot, Director of Product Marketing for the Java SE Platform at Sun, was interviewed to talk about where Java SE is now and where it is going. They discussed the current Java SE roadmap, with Java SE 6 due in December and Java SE 7 in 2008. Other topics included open sourcing Java SE and the end-of-life of Java SE 1.3.1.
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TIBCO Licenses Systinet Registry
EAI vendor TIBCO has announced an agreement to resell Systinet's UDDI registry, making it the third major vendor to do so after BEA and Oracle.
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SQL Server Hosting Toolkit CTP 1 Released
Microsoft has released the first CTP of its SQL Server Hosting Toolkit. This toolkit is designed to provide support for companies using a hosted SQL Server.
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Roman Strobl on Enhanced JEE Support in Netbeans 5.5
Version 5.5 of the Netbeans IDE was released over the weekend with enhanced JEE5 support. New releases of the Mobility (for JME) and Visual Web (Ajax and JavaServer Faces) packs are also available. InfoQ sat down with Netbeans evangelist Roman Strobl to discuss the release.
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Extending IIS7 Through Integrated Mode
With the 3.0 release of the .NET framework the IIS7 webserver will now support a new mode called "Integrated Mode". Integrated Mode brings to .NET the ability to write the equivalent of ISAPI modules, however now developers can code in C# rather than C++.
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Alex Russell on Dojo 0.4
The Dojo Foundation just released version 0.4 of their JavaScript toolkit with key improvements of accessibility, a 2D vector graphics API, improved internationalization support, and inline API documentation. InfoQ sat with Alex Russell, project lead of the Dojo Toolkit to discuss the new release.
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Book Excerpt: Agile Software Development, 2nd ed.
In this updated classic on Agile software development, Alistair Cockburn adds reflections from five more years of practice and research. InfoQ brings you Chapter 1, in which he's compared software development with another team-cooperative game - rock climbing - and two common comparison partners, engineering and model building, in order to explore alternate ways of thinking about the work we do.
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Spam Prevention without CAPTCHA Images
The ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit offers a control that reduces spam on web logs and forums without requiring users to enter a CAPTCHA.
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MSXML and Internet Explorer
A new version of IE has been released, and with it more confusion about which is the right version of MSXML. Adam Wiener clarifies the situation.
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2nd Edition of Alistair Cockburn's Classic Book Published
Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game (2nd ed.) by Alistair Cockburn launched this week, adding new insights in several new "Evolution" chapters. This seminal book for Agile practitioners is now expanded, addressing timely topics like: the controversial relationship between Agile methods and user experience design, Agile and CMMI, and writing "custom contracts."
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SOA Programming Models Article Posted
Author Boris Lublinski provides an overview of WCF (Indigo), JBA and SCA. These programming models attempt to go beyond just service invocations by seamlessly incorporating service orchestration support and many of the patterns required for successful SOA implementation. They also serve as a foundation for implementation of the Enterprise Service Bus.
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Keith Donald on Reuseable UI Flows with Spring Web Flow 1.0
The Spring Web Flow team has released version 1.0 after 20 months of active development. The release comes after 11 milestone releases and 50k early access downloads. Spring Web Flow allows developers to build reusable, self-contained controller modules called flows. InfoQ discussed the release with Interface21's Keith Donald, Spring Web Flow lead.
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Sun Refines Timetable for Open-Sourcing Java
Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz stated at the Oracle OpenWorld Conference this week that Sun will announced the open-sourcing of the core Java platform within 30 to 60 days. This is a more aggressive timetable than previous comments by Sun's Rich Green who had indicated portions of Java being open-sourced starting this year and continuing into 2007.
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Interview with Hans Muller about JSR-296: Swing Application Framework
Artima has an interview with Hans Muller, the spec lead for JSR 296: Swing Application Framework discussing where it fits in with existing gui toolkits and rich client platforms as well as how it addresses the main developer frustrations of desktop Swing development, including wiring actions, multithreading, and GUI design.
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How does Agile Development Shape Up in 2006? The VersionOne Survey
VersionOne Software this autumn conducted a global "State of Agile Development" survey, showing that changing requirements and priorities, and time-to-market are drivers in the move to Agile adoption. Companies of all sizes were represented, up to the large global corporations, and every industry vertical, from financial services, health care, and education to video games, government, and defense.