Episode 46

Unsupported Operation 46

Java

• Apple releases OSX Lion - removes Java
• Jenkins - The Definitive Guide by John Furgusson Smart
• highj - Haskell style type classes in Java
• TinyBundles 1.0 and Pax Exam 2.2 released
  • TinyBundles is a Java API for generating OSGi bundles in tests, most likely using Pax Exam.
• Groovy 1.8.1 and 1.9-beta-1 released
• Glassfish 3.1.1 RC-2 out
• Prudence 1.1 - Prudence is an open source container and platform for scalable web frontends and network services. It comes in several flavors: Python, Ruby, Clojure, JavaScript, PHP and Groovy.
• Nashorn - new Invoke Dynamic based JavaScript engine from Oracle, to be shipped with JDK 8

Jetbrains

• Kotlin - new statically typed language
  • Jetbrains Wiki
  • JVM Language Summit Slides
  • Cedric Beust’s Five Reasons you should rejoice about Kotlin - Coolness (in that its a new language, not that it is cool in and of itself), Reified generics, IDE support, Commercial support, No Java Successor. We should discuss just how arse this post is.
• PHP Storm 2.1.2
• WebStorm 2.1.2

Clojure

• ClojureScript announced
  • Introdution to ClojureScript
  • Presentation video by Rich Hickey
  • One syntax to rule them all
• Zi - new maven clojure plugin, in clojure - from Hugo Duncan

Apache

• Commons Lang 3.0 released - JDK 1.5+, not backwards compatible (package name change, generics)
• Tomcat 7.0.19 - security fixes and bug fixes
• CouchDB 1.0.3 (even if it is Erlang)
• HttpComponents HttpCore 4.1.2 - fixes bugs found in 4.1.1 - good to see  they release minor versions of sub-components!

DVCS

• SourceGear’s Veracity is starting to try and push again, it uses a distributed database for its repository, allowing it to version records and fields (as well as files, directories). Allows you to store your version control repo in an enterprise database for example.
• code.google.com now supports Git, InfoQ says that SVN’s days are numbered.

Other

• Android 3.2 rolling out to Xoom next week

 

Episode 45

Episode 45

Java

• Java 7 launched
  • Webcast of launch
  • Java Stakeholders Adam Messinger, Mark Reinhold, John Rose and Joe Darcy as they discuss how they are Moving Java Forward with Java 7
  • http://sellmic.com/blog/2011/07/08/7-new-cool-features-in-java-7/
  • They launched the RC? Final is due July 28.
  • http://download.java.net/jdk7/docs/technotes/guides/vm/multiple-language-support.html
• JRebel 4.0
• Selenium 2.0 released
• MPS 2.x screencast series by Marcus Voelter (of Software Engineering Radio fame)
• The return of The Bile Blog - a bit rusty I though, but a fun read.

Apache

• Apache Karaf 2.2.2
  • 2.1.x branch has been END OF LIFED, a 2.1.6 release will be forthcoming and final.
• Apache Karaf Cellar 2.2.1
  • Karaf Cellar is a clustering solution for Apache Karaf powered by Hazelcast.
• Apache Maven Dependency Plugin 2.3
• Apache Maven Wagon 1.0 - Maven Wagon is a transport abstraction that is used in Maven's artifact and repository handling code.  No real diff. to 1.0-beta7, but was time to remove the beta monikor.
• maven-bundle-plugin 2.3.5 and Bundle Repository 1.6.6
• build-helper-maven-plugin 1.7
  • Set a property based on the current time/date
  • Set a property by applying a regex replacement rule to a value
• Nexus 1.9.2

Android

• PayPal announce Phone-to-phone NFC payments for Android

Eclipse

• BIRT 3.7

Clojure

• clojure-maven-plugin 1.3.8 out *finally*

Jetbrains

• TeamCity 6.5.2

 

Episode 44

Episode 44

Java

• Duke gets dressed up for this Thursdays release party
• WebSphere 8 - how burritos can we stuff into one oven?
  • Shows there is still corporate demand for J2EE solutions (!!!!)
  • Interesting note that Websphere is the 3rd server to be J2EE6 certified - BEA Weblogic is NOT
• Jetbrains
  • IntelliJ IDEA 10.5.1
  • MPS 2.0 M6 available
  • Resharper 6 for those .NET listeners
• Charles Nutter now working on Rhino
• TestNG 6.1
• The Apache Tomcat 7.0.17 release process has just started.
• Apache Karaf 2.2.2 past the release vote and will be available soon.

Apache Maven

• maven-release-plugin 2.2 released
  • Big thing for me - new postPrepareGoals setting - will be very handy.

• Apache Hadoop team from Yahoo now spun into new company. Competing with Cloudera?
  • Like Apache Maven, Apache is getting nasty about naming.
• Open Office officially now an Apache Incubator project - I guess we have to call it AOO now.

Groovy

• Grails 2.0

Clojure

• emacs-clojure-vagrant - vagrant box setup for emacs/clojure development from Justin Lily, a work in progress
• Midge’s Leiningen plugin is now standalone

Other

• Gitslave - how have I not found this before.  Looks to be an awesome solution/alternative to submodules.