Erik's Pulse: 2006-05-09

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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:

Eugene — Executing tasks with java.util.concurrent API.
John — Open Source Java.
Angsuman — Top 10 Java Features (or What Makes Java Great).
Ethan — Understanding Weak References.
Fabien — First Steps With EhCache.
Jez — using CSS on html in a JTextPane.
Ben — Constants in Java, is it right to use them?
Debasish — Don't Generate Code - Generate Model Implementations Instead.
Brian — dom4j Node adding headaches.
Ivan — Jar file viewing.
Kris — My Love/Hate Relationship With JMX.
Russ — Five Things To Do With a Java Scripting Language.

Tip of the Week:

Codebase is not Classpath

Tutorial of the Week:

Using a Java Servlet to Generate Excel Spreadsheets

Notable Software Releases:

Apache Axis2 1.0	Apache MyFaces Core 1.1.3	Apache MyFaces Tomahawk 1.1.2
Apache Neethi (WebServices Commons) 1.0.1	Apache Rampart 1.0	Apache TCPMon (WebServices Commons) 1.0
Apache WSS4J 1.5.0	Aqua Data Studio 4.7	Bible-Discovery 1.4
Bitgate Server Software Environment 0.1.2 delta-stable	CCAPI 1.4.0.1	cintoo Messages 1.0-alpha-1
Clover framework 1.8.2	dao-zero 0.2.2	DB Visual ARCHITECT for Eclipse 3.1 SP2
DB Visual ARCHITECT for NetBeans 3.1 SP2	delicious-java 1.11	DEMOS 0.8.42
DWR 2.0 milestone 2	ECF 0.8.0	Eclipse 3.2 RC3
euCatalogue 1.1-beta	eXo JCR 1.0 RC5	eXo Portlet Container 1.2 RC1
fastutil 5.0.2	FreeWebLineChart4J 1.0	GeoServer 1.3.1 beta
iScreen 0.9.1	Jakarta Commons HttpClient 3.0.1	Jarmor 1.0
Jaudiotagger 1.0	Java Parallel Processing Framework 0.17.0	Java Plugin Framework (JPF) 0.10
JavaMail 1.4.	JBoss-WS 1.0	jBPM 3.1.1
jDBI 2.0pre1	JDraw 1.1.5	JIRA 3.6.1
JNIEasy 0.9	JOpt.SDK Tour Optimizer 1.0.4	JPOX 1.1.0
JSch 0.1.28	JTrac 2.0-EA1	jUploadr 1.0
JXInsight 4.2 EA #2	Legion of the Bouncy Castle Java Cryptography API 1.33	Lint4j 0.9.1
LogFeeder 1.0	Luntbuild 1.3.2	Messages 1.0
ObjectBox o:XML Compiler 1.1.5	Passau 0.2	POMStrap 1.0.2
RMBench Beta 3	SchemaSpy 3.0.0	SDE for Eclipse Professional Edition 3.2 SP2
SDE for NetBeans Community Edition 3.2 SP2	Sequoia 2.8.1	Simple persistence for Java 1.3.1
Spring 1.2.8	Spring Web Flow RC 1	Stripes Web Framework 1.3.1
Tiger Envelopes 0.7	TypeKey4J 1.1	UIMA 1.4
Visual Paradigm for UML Modeler Edition 5.2 SP2	YourKit Java Profiler 5.5	YourKit Java Profiler 6.0-EAP4

The Truth is Out There…
Erik C. Thauvin
[email protected]

This story was published in the May 9, 2006 issue of the Javalobby Newsletter.

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