Erik's Pulse: 2006-03-07

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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:

David — Scripting languages and Java.
Mike — 98% of Java developers "just don't need it".
Dion — Aren't you bored of Java frameworks? I am.
Matt — Which Ajax enabled framework should you use as an Enterprise Java developer?
Graeme — Groovy: The Ed Burnette Effect.
David — Will Java outlive PHP??
A. Sundararajan — Java "class"-ic errors.
Ed — Code generation considered harmful.

Tip of the Week:

Serving Pack200 Jar Files with Apache 2

Tutorial of the Week:

Scheduling Jobs in a Java Web Application

Notable Software Releases:

Apache Tomcat 5.5.16-beta	Apache Xerces-J 2.8.0	bb_mug 1.5
BitEvolution 1.1.1	Blammo 0.1 RC1	Capivara 0.7.4
CruiseControl 2.4.1	Drools 2.5	Elastic Path 4.1
Enhydra JaWE 2.0-2	esra 0.6	GeoTools 2.2.RC1
GNU Classpath 0.90	iText 1.4	JAlbum 6.3
Java Application Monitor API 2.0	Java SOS 4.75	Java2Excel 1.1
JavaAmp 0.0.4	JBoss Cache 1.3.0 Beta1	JChemPaint 2.2.0
JClaim 4.4	jGetFile 0.78-beta	JGoodies Looks 2.0
JGraph 5.7.4.8	JNode 0.2.3	JScience 3.0
JSokoApplet 1.16	JSP Prize Tags 2.5.0	JUnit 3.8.2
Koalog Configurator 1.1	Koalog Configurator 1.1	Lucene 1.9
OpenSymphony Cache 2.3	oXygen 7.1	Pebble 2.0.0-M1
Ravenous 0.7.1	ReportMill 9	Restlet 1.0 beta 4
RIFE 1.4	Roller 2.1	Spring WebFlow 1.0 EA
Super 7.2	Terracotta 1.5	Thin SFTP Applet 1.01
TomcatProbe 1.1	TrueZIP 5.1.5	UMLGraph 4.3
Unified I/O 2.57	WebCharts3D 5.1	WidgetServer 1.0RC3
Winstone 0.8.1	XINS 1.4.0-beta1	Z-machine Preservation Project 0.87
ZK 1.0

The Truth is Out There…
Erik C. Thauvin
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This story was published in the March 7, 2006 issue of the Javalobby Newsletter.

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