Erik's Pulse: 2005-10-04

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:

Tony — JUnit is not a unit test framework!
David — JAOO '05: Java has lost its aura of invincibility.
Tor — Mixing JSF and HTML.
Kevin — Is it the end for the current crop of web frameworks?
Mitul — java.util.prefs.Preferences Class.
Nebu — Java Puzzlers: Traps, Pitfalls, and Corner Cases.
Tim — Of the JSP specification and custom tags.
Cédric — A date in heaven: TestNG and BeanShell.
Sylvain — Electric shock in Cocoon land.
Billy — Is bundling Spring with an app server a good idea.

Tip of the Week:

How to Pass Parameters from a Java Applet to an HTML File

Tutorial of the Week:

Extend the JDK Classes with Jakarta Commons

Notable Software Releases:

Apache Beehive 1.0	Apache Jakarta Turbine 2.3.2	Apache Jakarta Turbine M.E.T.A. 1.3
Cayenne 1.1.3	db4o 4.6	DiffJ 1.0.5
DocBook Doclet 0.70.0	Drools 2.1 Final	Eclipse 3.1.1
edtFTPj/PRO 1.2.3	esra 0.1	Excelsior JET 4.0
Fjavac 0.3.0	Fluid Sync 1.0	FuncPlotter 1.1.1
GeoServer 1.3.0-RC3	Gweled 0.7	Hecl Programming Language 20051003
IBM Reflexive User Interface Builder 1.2	IBM Toolkit for MPEG-4 1.2.6	IntelliUML Teresa 2.0
Jakarta Commons-Email 1.0	Jakarta Tapestry 4.0 beta 8	Java Web Images Gallery 0.3
JBClipse 0.1	Jeti 0.7.1	JGAP 2.4
JHylaFAX 1.3.1	JICE 2.0.0	Jofti RC1
JRuby 0.8.2	JXInsight 4.0	kaffe 1.1.6
LMS OLAT 4.0.0	Managing Gigabytes for Java 1.0.1	Mantissa 5.10
Mevenide 0.9 for Netbeans 4.1 and 5.0 beta	Mobile Bookshelf 2.1.5	ModSecurity 1.9RC1
NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.0 Beta	OOWeb 0.6	Penrose 0.9.6
Quaqua Look and Feel 3.4	QueryCrypt 1.0	Risk 1.0.8.1
Ruby Eclipse 0.6.0	SableCC 3.0	Server-side FileManager 4.0
Simple dictionary application 1.03	soapui 1.0b2	Synthetica 1.1.0
Versatile Maintenance Tracker 2.2.0	Xito BootStrap 1.0.0	XNap Commons 0.9.1
XOM 1.1b4	Xrefactory 1.6.8	YourKit Java Profiler 5.0

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

This story was published in the October 4, 2005 issue of the Javalobby Newsletter.