Oracle/Sun and Apple announcements - 28th Jan 2009

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Java Posse Roundup - use your spring JavaOne budget! - last few days of the early bird pricing. Also be sure to sort out accommodation, etc.

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Only two news items for this one - the Sun/Oracle announcements, and the Apple iPad (not much Java in this part, so skip if you don't care).

• JavaOne 2010
  • http://java.dzone.com/news/javaone-lives
• The deal has closed
  • http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20000019-264.html
  • http://www.oracle.com/technology/community/sun-oracle-community-continuity.html
  • http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/01/27/
    urnidgns852573C400693880002576B900002824.DTL

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
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• Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork
• Theme Music:
  • Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI),
    • written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney.
    • Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad.
    • Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
  • Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
    

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• Android roundup
• http://lifehacker.com/5443156/android-21s-best-features-in-screenshots
• http://developer.android.com/index.html
• http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9143027/
  Demand_for_Android_phones_makes_monstrous_250_jump
• http://gizmodo.com/5427938/how-carriers-and-phone-makers-are-
  strangling-android-and-how-google-could-save-it?skyline=true&s=x
• http://java.dzone.com/dose/dzone-daily-dose-119

• Is Maven the last choice?
• http://kent.spillner.org/blog/work/2009/11/14/java-build-tools.html

• Codemash
• http://www.codemash.org/

• Groovy, Grails and Gaelyk
• Groovy 1.7
• http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GROOVY/Groovy+1.7+release+notes
• Grails 1.2
• http://www.grails.org/blog/admin/Grails+1.2+Released
• Gaelyk
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=59101

• Metro 2.0 has been released
• https://metro.dev.java.net/

• SpringSource has now released version 3.0 GA of Spring
• http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=58985
• http://javaposse.com/index.php?post_id=449043

• Google has released the final 1.0 version of the Google Collections Library
• http://code.google.com/p/google-collections/

• London Scala Users Group
• http://www.meetup.com/london-scala/

Thanks

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork
• Theme Music:
• Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI),
• written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney.
• Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad.
• Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
• Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
  

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Codemash 2010 Panel

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A panel session recorded at Codemash 2010, with Barry Hawkins moderating, Joe, Carl and Dick participating for the Java Posse, and Bill Wagner and Chris Smith joining us for a perspective from the .NET world.

http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/JavaPosseRoundup/http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/JavaPosseRoundup/register.phphttp://tinyurl.com/jproundup2010

• Codemash 2.0.1.0
• http://www.codemash.org/
• Barry Hawkins (The Moderator):
• http://www.yepthatsme.com/
• Chris Smith - F# Guru
• http://blogs.msdn.com/chrsmith/
• Bill Wagner
• http://srtsolutions.com/blogs/billwagner/
• Dianne Marsh
• http://srtsolutions.com/blogs/diannemarsh/
• Us :-)
• http://javaposse.com
  

Thanks

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork
• Theme Music:
• Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI),
• written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney.
• Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad.
• Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
• Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
  

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The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall

Automated Testing and Refactoring

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Recorded at the Java Posse Roundup 2009 in Crested Butte, CO. A Discussion about the automated generation of tests, and code refactoring.

Please, join us for the next Java Posse Roundup, March 16th to 19th in Crested Butte, CO, with a free JVM languages day on the 15th.

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To sign up:

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• XUnit/JUnit
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XUnit
• http://www.junit.org/
• Integration testing
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integration_testing
• Code coverage
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_coverage
• Static analysis, Findbugs, PMD, etc.
• http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/
• http://pmd.sourceforge.net/
• Clover 2 tag clouds, etc.
• http://www.atlassian.com/software/clover/tour/
• Hudson/Maven
• https://hudson.dev.java.net/
• http://maven.apache.org/
• Artifactory
• http://www.jfrog.org/products.php
• Classes being loaded (from PermGen)
• http://www.brokenbuild.com/blog/2006/08/04/java-jvm-gc-permgen-and-memory-options/
• NetBeans Profiler
• http://profiler.netbeans.org/
• Mock objects
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mock_object
• http://www.jmock.org/
• http://easymock.org/
• JMeter
• http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/
• Concurrency testing
• http://www.theserverside.com/tt/knowledgecenter/knowledgecenter.tss?l=ConcurrencyTestingJavaApps
• Azul - Debug JVM with extra thread checks
• http://www.azulsystems.com/e2e/
• Selenium
• http://seleniumhq.org/
• Silk
• http://www.borland.com/us/products/silk/silktest/index.html
• TestRunner (now called Testopia)
• https://wiki.mozilla.org/Testopia
• IMVU multi-user chat
• http://imvu.com/
• SLF4J - Simple Logging for Java
• http://www.slf4j.org/

Thanks

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork
• Theme Music:
• Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI),
• written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney.
• Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad.
• Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
• Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
  

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Holiday Special 2009/2010

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Java Posse Roundup 2010 - Crested Butte, CO from March 16th to 19th with programming languages day on the 15th. The topic this year is "Best Practices". 

http://tinyurl.com/jproundup2010 

• Groovy 1.7 released
• http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GROOVY/Groovy+1.7+release+notes
• And Grails 1.2 release too
• http://grails.org/blog/admin/Grails+1.2+Released

• Scala hoodie, from the Scala shop
• http://www.scala-lang.org/shop
• Headphones and amp
• Total Bithead - http://www.headphone.com/headphone-amps/amplifiers/headroom-total-bithead.php
• Grado SR80i - http://www.headphone.com/headphones/grado-sr-80i.php
• Latest Stephen King book - under the dome
• http://www.amazon.com/Under-Dome-Novel-Stephen-King/dp/1439148503/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262482377&sr=8-1
• Kindle for iPhone - http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000301301
• Barnes and Noble Nook - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/features/
• Macbook Pro
• http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/
• New Apple remote
• http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC377LL/A
• Magic Mouse
• http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB829?mco=MTY0MjUwNjQ
• The Greatest Show on Earth (Richard Dawkins)
• http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Show-Earth-Evidence-Evolution/dp/1416594787/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262483707&sr=1-1
• Rock Crawler R/C
• http://www.rcrockcrawling.com/
• Assassin's Creed II
• http://assassinscreed.us.ubi.com/assassins-creed-2/
• NetHack
• http://www.nethack.org/
• Ratchet & Clank
• http://www.ratchetandclank.com/
• Stieg Larsson's last book
• http://www.stieglarsson.com/Millennium-series
• Blu-rays: Up and StarTrek
• http://www.amazon.com/Disc-Combo-Pack-Digital-Blu-ray/dp/B001KVZ6G6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1262484022&sr=8-3
• http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Three-Disc-Blu-ray-Chris/dp/B001AVCFK6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1262484046&sr=1-3
• Uncharted 2
• http://www.unchartedthegame.com/U2AT/

• Codemash coming up!
• http://www.codemash.org/

• A completely open source Android/Apps stack?
• http://code.google.com/p/open-android-alliance/
• Netbooks and chrome OS
• http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os
• Will NetBeans survive the Oracle transition?
• http://netbeans.org/
• Will Apple tablet (iSlate) will give Netbooks and and Kindle a serious run for their money?
• http://gizmodo.com/5434566/the-exhaustive-guide-to-apple-tablet-rumors

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork
• Theme Music:
• Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI),
• written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney.
• Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad.
• Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
• Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
  

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The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall