Erik's Pulse: 2005-09-27

Erik C. Thauvin maintains a blog, as well as one of the web's first and most popular linkblogs, which he updates daily with the latest Java and technology news.

Picks of the Week:

C. Enrique — SATSA for Java ME: The Security APIs.
Romain — Synth Week, Custom Lines Style.
Tom — Wrong way to use StringBuffer.toString().
Rajiv — Why is finalize method protected?
Alan — What do you do when java is gobbling up 99% cpu?
Matt — Open Source CMS Evaluation - Part I: Installation.
Alan — Ant and Build Version Numbers.

Tip of the Week:

View the Bytecode Contained in a Java Class

Tutorial of the Week:

Ajax for Java Developers: Build Dynamic Java Applications

Notable Software Releases:

Apache Axis2 0.92	Apache Tomcat 5.5.12-alpha	Big Faceless Graph Library 2.0.2
Big Faceless PDF Library 2.6	Capivara 0.7.2	Castor 0.9.9
CCAPI 1.0.4.0	Clover framework 1.1.6	Compass Framework 0.6.1
Cont4 2.1	Convergence 2.2	Crionics jPDF 5.05
Database Bean Generator 2.0.3	DbWrench Database Design 1.2.2	DualRpc 1.4.0
E-nspire Gemini 1.0	EDIReader 3.4	edtFTPj 1.5.2
edtFTPj/PRO 1.2.2	EJOE 0.3.4	fetchExc 0.98
HTML Parser 1.6-20050925	iCal4j 0.9.15	IntegraTUM WebDisk 0.15
iText 1.3.4	Jakarta HiveMind 1.1 R.C.1	Japano Beta 2
Jaree 1.0.1	Java Plugin Framework (JPF) 0.7	Javolution 3.6
JDOInstruments Beta3	Jeff's Java Scanf Library 0.00.02a	Jencks 1.0
JExpress Professional 6.9.6	jGnucashLib 1.2	jgnuplot 0.1
JGraph 5.7.3	JIDE 1.8.4	JKhepera 1.1
JoSQL 0.2	JSwat Java Debugger 3.0 beta	Juxy 0.7
Kettle 2.1	KTable 2.0	Magic Collection Manager 0.5b
Managing Gigabytes for Java 1.0.0	Mantissa 5.9	maven-javanet-plugin 1.0.1
NanoVM 1.1	ocl4java 1.2	OpenWFE 1.6.0
oXygen XML editor 6.2	Quartz Enterprise Job Scheduler 1.5.0	Ravenous 0.3.9
RIFE 1.1	Ristretto 1.0	SERStomp 0.3.1
Sketsa SVG Graphics Editor 3.2.2	Smilehouse Workspace 1.5	StelsEngine 1.3
Testimonial 2.0.0	TrackStudio Enterprise 3.1.11	Trendy Look and Feel 1.8
Tudu Lists 1.0-rc-3	TWaver 1.3.0	VLDocking 2.0
Warrior Platform 0.94.1	XINS 1.3.0-beta2

The Truth is Out There...
Erik C. Thauvin
erik@javalobby.org

This story was published in the September 27, 2005 issue of the Javalobby Newsletter.