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Portal Pack 2.0 is now available
The Portal Pack 2.0 final version for NetBeans 6.1 is now available for download. It supports the new JSR 286 portlet specification.There are many new features which will help developers to write portlets quickly using JSR 286(Portlet 2.0) features. These plug-ins are also available at NetBeans 6.1 Auto-Update Center and with Java Tools Bundle Update 5.

How Portable Is LWUIT?
How Portable is LWUIT? Very, according to Shai Almog, who writes, "LWUIT is remarkably portable, from small CLDC cell phones to CDC hi-definition devices through Swing applications it can do it all. Well, over a weekend a few weeks ago I got LWUIT working on Android, this is still a pretty rudimentary port and it suffers some problems but this is a cool proof of concept...". In a followup, he shows off LWUIT running atop Max Mu's port of Java ME to the PSP.

Open Standards vs Open Source?
On Artima, Frank Sommers covers a significant JCP debate from last week in Open Standards vs Open Source? "A JavaOne 2008 roundtable focused on the potential conflict between the way open-source communities work and the JCP's requirement for a Java specification expert group to develop and maintain a compatibility test kit."

Input on a New Desktop Java Database Tutorial: Over the next few weeks, I'll be incrementally posting sections of an extended tutorial on creating a Swing desktop application with database connectivity. The tutorial will go beyond simple database connectivity and show things such as one-to-many and many-to-one relationships as well as how to bind database tables to a variety of GUI components. We'll use a MySQL database that has tables for client info, order info, and countries. There will be a one-to-many relationship between the client and order tables. There will be a many-to-one relationship between client and countries tables.
pkeegan from NetBeans   (May 13, 2008 09:20:05 AM PST)

From Java to Scala?: In many sessions at JavaOne Scala was a topic of interest. In the Java Posse BOF even the question was raised if Scala could replace Java.
cwfrei from Java User Groups   (May 13, 2008 01:42:16 AM PST)

My JavaOne highlights: My JavaOne 2008 wrap up
kohsuke from Java Tools   (May 12, 2008 10:17:59 PM PST)

Demo of New JavaScript Editor in NetBeans IDE 6.1
NetBeans IDE 6.1 contains a completely new JavaScript editor which provides many advanced editing capabilities such as intelligent code completion, mark occurences, instant rename, on-fly analysis of JavaScript libraries, support for many Ajax frameworks and more. Watch the screencast Guided Video Tour of NetBeans IDE 6.0 and 6.1 to discover the new and exciting JavaScript-related features.

JavaOne: Taking mobile application development out of the niche
In the interview JavaOne: Taking mobile application development out of the niche, Java and mobility enthusiast and visionary C. Enrique Ortiz gives his thoughts on why mobile application development is still a niche activity for developers, and discusses the hot topics about mobility at JavaOne.

John Rose: The Golden Spike
Sun's John Rose summarizes JavaOne 2008 developments in his wide-ranging blog The Golden Spike: "In the Java cosmos we can reckon time in terms of JavaOne conferences. For programming languages on the JVM, the just-finished epoch has seen much progress, and the next epoch looks even better. Here is some of the progress that I am excited about, after bouncing around at JavaOne."

JavaOne RoboHACC Programming "Un-Contest"
The JavaOne 2008 RoboHACC Programming Un-Contest is designed to challenge your coding skills in Java using the Greenfoot Framework/IDE to direct a Sun SPOT equipped TrackBot through an Arena with various obstacles. You can use existing code examples or start from scratch. Collaboration is highly encouraged; so find some fellow coders and get hacking! The RoboHACC Un-Contest begins NOW, but will really take off at JavaOne where you'll interact with other participants."

OpenJDK to be included in Fedora 9, Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
Canonical and Red Hat have announced that OpenJDK-based implementations will be included in Fedora 9 and Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Support (LTS) Server and Desktop editions. Furthermore, NetBeans IDE 6.0 will be delivered as part of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. "With this announcement, developers using Fedora 9 or Ubuntu 8.04 LTS can now count on free software implementations based on Java technology as a standard element of an open source developer stack that they can leverage to build the next generation of web-based applications for both consumers and enterprises. In addition this announcement opens the door for numerous Java technology-based offerings to be included in the core of these GNU/Linux distributions."

JavaTools Community Newsletter - Issue 167
The latest edition, issue 167, of the JavaTools Community Newsletter is out, with a schedule of community members' mini-talks and booth-staffing times at the java.net JavaOne Community Corner, tool-related news from around the web, announcements of new projects in the community and a graduation (GCHisto), and links to last week's tutorial for New project owners.

Metro 1.1.1 released
Metro, GlassFish's high-performance web services stack, has just released version 1.1.1. The new release contains JAXB RI version 2.1.6, and JAX-WS RI version 2.1.3, with JAX-WS changes including a JMX Agent for the server side, Mtom Interop with .NET 2.0/WSE 3.0, and bug fixes. More information is available in the release notes and the Metro and JAXB forum.

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