Erik's Pulse: 2005-12-13

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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:

Pete — Java Performance Tuning Guide.
Brennan — Book Sales Show C# up and Java down.
Joe — When Will Sun Open Source Java?
Kevin — Generics or Specifics?
Obie — Refactoring in Java vs. Ruby.
Vik — O'Reilly Releases New JEE Nutshell Book.
Stu — How XML Killed Java (A Contrarian Perspective).
Max — Hibernate 3.1: Reduced wiring code needed for native sql.

Tip of the Week:

Using Reflection to Determine Method Overloading

Tutorial of the Week:

Create a Java TOC2 Class to Communicate with AIM

Notable Software Releases:

Advanced Installer 3.5 For Java	Alfresco 1.1	Apache Jetspeed 2.0
Apache Log4j 1.2.13	Apache Portals Bridges 1.0	Apache Tomcat 5.5.14-beta
Click 0.17	Cobertura 1.7	Coherence 3.1 pre-release (build 325)
Coldtags Suite 2.45	Continuum 1.0.2	Coverlipse 0.9.5
Craftsman Spy 1.0.4	DVD Home Video Project 0.3	Eclipse BIRT 2.0 M3
eSh Client 1.0.2.6	ExtremePlanner 2.0	fileBee 0.91x
Ganymed SSH2 for Java Build 209-beta3	h3270 1.3	HBCI4Java 2.5.0rc-3
HelpSetMaker 0.9.4	HyperCare 1.002	Information Currency Web Services 0.1.9.1
IntelliUML Teresa 2.1	iText 1.3.6	Itzam/Java 1.0.0
Jakarta Tapestry 4.0-rc-1	Jameleon 3.0.4	Java for C++ 0.3
Java Remote Control 1.2	JCards 6.0.0 alpha 1	JGraph 5.7.4.3
JGraphpad Pro 6.0.1.2	jManage 1.0	jMOS 0.9.0
JNIWrapper 3.0	Jofti 1.1	JPF 0.8
JSON-RPC-Java 1.0rc2	JSP Prize Tags 2.4.1	JSwat 3.3
JXTA P2P 2.3.6 Beta	LogDistiller 0.8	mCube Music Manager 20051209
mgo 0.6.1	nux 1.4	Oddjob 0.21.0
Orbeon PresentationSever 3.0 Beta 4	Pauker 1.6.1	Penrose 0.9.8
Piccolo toolkit 1.2	polliwog 0.5	Quaqua Look and Feel 3.5
Ravenous 0.5.3	RefleX 0.1.1	RTMon 0.1
SableVM 1.13	Substance Look and Feel 2.1	TrackStudio Enterprise 3.1.13
VLDocking 2.0.5	Wayback Machine 0.2.0	wingS 2.0
XINS 1.4.0-alpha1	XPontus 1.0.0-beta2	Z-machine Preservation Project 0.74

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

This story was published in the December 13, 2005 issue of the Javalobby Newsletter.

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