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NetBeans Technical Call: Web Tier Programming in NetBeans 6.5 and Beyond
Please join Sun's Arseniy Kuznetsov, director of NetBeans Engineering, Mark Dey (NetBeans 6.5 Release Boss), and John Jullion (NetBeans Web Tier Mgr) for a one hour technical call Wednesday, November 12th at 0800am Pacific; 11am US East Coast; 5pm Europe. There will be 30 min of slides and 30 min Q&A...we; may go longer for the Q&A.; The topic will be "Web Tier Programming in NetBeans 6.5 and Beyond". We'll look at some of the new and cool functionality in NetBeans 6.5, talk about the Project Woodstock status, and look at the future direction of web development in NetBeans. Call-in information and advance registration are available on the event's Eventbrite page.

Seam 2.1 and GlassFish
The Aquarium passes along a release announcement and an event listing: "the latest release of the Seam Framework (2.1) now formally Supports GlassFish. Dan Allen will give a Webinar on November 20th on the topic (you may want to add it to your calendar), but another member of the Seam community, Jay, has written a nice note showing more examples."

Ant, Hudson and Glassfish: Blogging after a long time, I have learn something interesting and would like to share with you all. Its all about automating builds and continuous integration!
n_varun from Java Tools   (November 11, 2008 01:50:04 AM PST)

Building Rich Web Applications using jMaki Framework: Ajax, Web 2.0, jMaki, Mashup
doris from Web Applications   (November 11, 2008 01:24:28 AM PST)

Mobile, Media, and eMbedded Developer Days Schedule Set: The preliminary schedule for the Mobile, Media, and eMbedded Developer Days has been published.
brinkley from Mobile & Embedded   (November 10, 2008 09:15:05 PM PST)

JSR 316 (Java EE 6) in Early Draft Review
There are about two weeks left in the Early Draft Review period for JSR 316, the spec for Java EE 6. Major changes in EE 6 include profiles to define subsets of the EE spec for certain application types (such as a "Web Profile"), greater extensibility, the removal of obsolete or superseded APIs, support for SOA development, and the inclusion of a number of new or updated JSRs. The early draft review for JSR 316 closes on Saturday, November 22.

GlassFish and MySQL, Part 1: A Perfect Combination for Web Applications
Ed Ort has posted a new SDN article, on GlassFish and MySQL, Part 1: A Perfect Combination for Web Applications. "The reasons that so many people download and use MySQL and GlassFish are compelling. In addition to being open source, MySQL and GlassFish are fast, reliable, and easy to use. Though attractive individually, MySQL and GlassFish when used together provide an excellent solution for quickly developing and deploying web applications that are not only secure and reliable, but also scale to meet increasing demand and are highly responsive to user requests."

Substance NetBeans module has a new owner
Two months after discontinuing support for the Substance NetBeans module, Kirill Grouchnikov has announced that John C. Turnbull has agreed to take over the project. "John is now the official owner of the project, and all decisions regarding this project will be at his sole discretion. The core Substance library (and other plugins) will continue to be developed by me, and John will have my full cooperation on evolving the external and internal APIs to facilitate the ongoing development of Substance NetBeans module."

Configuring JSON for RESTful Web Services in Jersey 1.0
A new SDN Enterprise Tech Tip from Jakub Podlesak explains Configuring JSON for RESTful Web Services in Jersey 1.0. "In an earlier Tech Tip, Implementing RESTful Web Services in Java, Paul Sandoz and I introduced RESTful Web Services, JAX-RS, and Jersey, and showed how to write RESTful web services in Java that conform to the JAX-RS specification. In this tip you will learn how to configure data in JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) using Jersey 1.0. [...] You will build a Jersey-based web application that provides information about printer status. The application returns the information in JSON format."

Moving from Spring's XML to Annotations in AppFuse
AppFuse founder Matt Raible has posted a brief article on Javalobby explaining lessons learned while Moving from Spring's XML to Annotations in AppFuse. "Last night, I did a spike on AppFuse to change XML to Spring annotations (@Repository, @Service and @Autowired) in its service and data modules. While I was able to accomplish everything in a few hours (including converting tests), I did run into a couple issues. "

WebBeans Public Draft is Now Available
The Aquarium passes along an announcement that the WebBeans Public Draft is Now Available. "Gavin, the expert lead for the JSR 299 Expert Group, has announced the First Public Draft of WebBeans (Download Page). You may also want to pencil in November 20th, when Dan Allen (of Seam in Action fame) is scheduled to present about Seam, WebBeans and GlassFish at TheAquarium Channel."

JavaTools Community Newsletter - Issue 183
The latest edition, issue 183, of the JavaTools Community Newsletter is out, with tool-related news from around the web, updates from the Dead Code Detector and JFeature tools, a list of new projects in the community, a graduation from the incubator (Maven-incremental-build), and a Tool Tip on using Google to find code.

NetBeans Demo Camp Munich
In order to celebrate the release of NetBeans 6.5 the NetBeans User Group Munich (NUGM) will hold the first Munich NetBeans Demo Camp on November 18th. "The camp will focus on NetBeans as a Rich Client Platform. Companies and individuals are invited to showcase their products and share their experience. As special guests members of the NetBeans Dream Team and the NetBeans Team in Prague will show the latest platform features in NetBeans 6.5. Join your peers for an event packed with information and cool demos." Invited speakers include Geertjan Wielenga, Anton Epple, Aljoscha Rittner, Tanja Drüke, and Sven Reimers.

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