Erik's Pulse: 2004-04-08
by Erik C. Thauvin |
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Erik has his finger on the pulse of the Java community. This column is his take on what is hot, and what the community is buzzing about. |
| Sun vs. Microsoft, Swing vs. SWT… |
- Rick: Where Is Java In This Settlement?
- David: Did Sun Have to Choose "Between Shame and War"?
- Jay: Microsoft's is Real Technology, Java and All Else is Merely a Hack.
- Charles: Dear Microsoft.
- Weiqi: Sun Settled With Microsoft, Shouldn't You?
- Sam: Eclipse Needs to Switch to Swing Before SWT Really Gets Out of Hand.
- Kevin: SWT Doesn't Make Sense to Me.
- Dion: Move over SWT… Swing is Finally Usable.
- Tutorial of the Week: XDoclet Meets Eclipse – Code Generation Made Easy.
- Notable Software Releases: JavaDBF 0.4.0, TJDO 2.1, JDataGrid 1.1, GUIBuilder 0.9, OpenForecast 0.4.0, JSOS 3.75, Flux 6.0, NetBeans IDE 3.6 RC2, Jakarta Tapestry 3.0 RC2, TriActive JDO 2.1, DateChooser 1.2.5, JXMLPad 2.2RC1, Dynamator 1.5, Struts Resume 0.9, GCJ web browser plugin 0.2.2, Common Controls 1.3, Ogg Vorbis SPI 1.0 for Javasound, Purnama XUI, Blitz JavaSpaces 2.0.3, Blitz JavaSpaces 2.0.3, Sketsa 1.8, JasperAssistant 1.1.1, jBackup 1.0, Simple 2.4, Apache Axis 1.2 Beta, jIRleeCh .085, 3D Vertical Bar Graph 4.6, OfficeWriter V2, eBay SDK for Java and SOAP API, Jreepad 0.1, JNBridgePro 2.0, DbVisualizer 4.1, Jajuk 0.1.4, JPluck 2.1.5, prc-eclipse 0.3.0, JooConverter 1.0b1, Pebble 1.4.1, Friki 2.0.5, PGP Java API 2.0, Jakarta Slide 2.0 RC, Java Serialization to XML 2.1.9.2, JLog 1.2.0, JFluid 1.4.1, JASA 0.29, JFaceDbc 3.0, JDBInsight 2.1 and YourKit Java Profiler 2.1 Beta.
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Erik is director of technology at Imacination Software, where he has spent the better part of last year developing the jTalk E-Business Platform. He has close to 20 years of professional experience in software development.
Erik also maintains a blog, as well as a popular linkblog updated daily with the latest Java and technology news. |