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JavaTools Community Newsletter - Issue 191 A new edition of the newsletter is available, with news, new projects and tips! If you want to receive the newsletter by email, please subscribe the announcements mailing list - or read the current issue here.   (Feb 24, 2009)

JW Soapbox: JavaServer Faces 2.0 is in good hands
JW Soapbox is a community forum for talking about what matters in Java-based software development today. In this first Soapbox column, PrettyFaces author and OcpSoft Principal Lincoln Baxter III reflects on his experience of getting involved with JSR 314: JavaServer Faces 2.0.

Asynchronous processing support in Servlet 3.0
The revolution didn't stop with Ajax, and the incoming Servlet 3.0 specification will prove it. Find out why Servlet 3.0's support for asynchronous processing is the next big leap forward for developing collaborative, multi-user applications for Web 2.0.

Newsflash! iPhone UI, JavaFX in 15 mins, Devoxx keynote, and more ...
There's been a lot of news bits and snippets of information rolling in over the last two weeks - in fact, too much to cover in a single blog entry. I thought I'd compile some of the more interesting bits... —  Terrence Barr
  (Feb 24, 2009)

Square tile map
Many games use graphical maps based in iterative tiles. There are only three regular polygons that can be used as tiles: triangles, squares, and hexagons. Consider the square tiling first. Such tiles are most often used in games because of their ease of processing. Sometimes game developers enable diagonal movement, however, this feature makes calculating distance between two tiles more complicated. —  Sergey Malenkov
  (Feb 24, 2009)

Developing MEP Client Applications - Part 2
Part 1 of this series focused on the core features of the MCBO API. In Part 2, we will see how to take advantage of many of the client security features provided in the API, using the MusicDB sample app as a framework for the discussion. —  Ryan Shoemaker
  (Feb 23, 2009)

Telnet to GlassFish v3
Did you know you can telnet to GlassFish v3 runtime and manage it? Well, try the following: "telnet localhost 6666" and then type help... —   Sahoo
  (Feb 23, 2009)

The 2009 Continuous Integration poll - new and improved!
Last week, I put the 2009 Continuous Integration poll online. However, at one point, I started to notice some major irregularities in the voting patterns - in short, some unscrupulous voters where apparently attempting to skew the results in their... —  John Ferguson Smart
  (Feb 21, 2009)

JCP EC candidates ready for questions in election forum
Four candidates are competing in a special election for Intel's ME EC seat, vacated in January. For the first time, a forum has been created to permit questions from the community and encourage debate between candidates. Please make this election interesting and help surface the best in the candidates by visiting https://wiki.jcptest.info/boards/index.php?b=2. —  Sean Sheedy
  (Feb 20, 2009)

"We need a 'dirty hack' (but a brilliant one)..."
Usually it's not big fun to be "supporter of the week" but recently, when I was on duty, I got this somehow unusual request on our support queue. If you're interested in Bytecode Instrumentation and Rewriting, Classloaders and Instrumentation Agents read on to hear the full story.. —  Volker Simonis
  (Feb 20, 2009)

Crash course on JVM crash analysis
If you've been curious what all that stuff in the hs_err_pid1234.log file, this is how you use it to understand how JVM crashed. —  Kohsuke Kawaguchi
  (Feb 20, 2009)

NetBeans 6.7 and rescheduling new releases
Just to point out that the NetBeans plan for new releases has been changed - instead of two major releases per year, we're going to see more frequent releases with incremental improvements. The next one will be 6.7, in June... —  Fabrizio Giudici
  (Feb 19, 2009)

Customize Renderer of JComboBox in Synth Look And Feel
Introduce how to customize the list cell renderer in JComboBox component, in Synth look and feel. —  Xuan Yun
  (Feb 19, 2009)

Introducing Sun GlassFish™ Mobiliity Platform v1.1
I'm pleased to announce the general availability of the Sun GlassFish™ Mobility Platform v1.1 (SGMP). We've improved many things in this release (including the product name) which we will explore over the next several weeks. For now, I'd like to... —  Ryan Shoemaker
  (Feb 17, 2009)

Learn about Groovy and Grails from the experts!
If you are a Java developer considering a new web development project, you may well be tempted to try out Grails, one of the most promising new frameworks to hit the Java development scene over the last few years. And... —  John Ferguson Smart
  (Feb 17, 2009)