Erik's Pulse: 2006-05-23

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:

Matt — ESB - Just Shoot Me!
Joey — JavaOne Reports.
David — Memoirs Of A JavaOne Junkie.
Konstantin — Java is getting open. What about Java quality?
Russ — So You Wanna Write A Unit Test.
David — Sun Java Performance: Here we come again.
Chris — The AJAX Melee.
Javier — The Value of Open-Source Java Code and Commercial Java Products.
Kirill — Java desktop applications - the state of the nation.
Onno — Individuals and the JCP.

Tip of the Week:

Double Check Locking

Tutorial of the Week:

Dealing with InterruptedException

Notable Software Releases:

Arensus Crossword Puzzle Editor 1.1.0	BasicQuery 01.03.00	Berkeley DB Java Edition 3.0.11
Big Faceless Graph Library 2.2.1	Big Faceless PDF Library 2.6.10	Cayenne ORM 1.2B3
CCAPI 1.5.0.0	Collaba 5.0	Cortado 0.2.0
dao-zero 0.3	Directory Synchronize 0.90	DocBook Doclet 1.1
Foundational Physics 1.0a	H2 Database Engine 0.9/2006-05-14	Jagacy 1.2
JavaSVN 1.0.5	JGraph 5.8.2.1	jguigen revision 237
JHylaFAX 1.3.7	jLibrary 1.0	JOpt.SDK Tour Optimizer 1.0.5
jRex 1.0	JSFToolbox 1.0	jSh3ll 3.3
JSwat 3.11	jWebApp 2.5	Kitikat 6.05
MyEclipse 5.0 M1	OpenXava 2.0	OVal 0.5repackaged
Photovault 0.2.beta1	prbeditor 0.9.5_7	Restlet 1.0 beta 11
Rhino in Spring 1.0	Roma Framework 0.9.4	SmallSQL 0.14
Substance LAF 2.3	Subversive 1.0.0 RC1a	Sun Java System Application Server PE 9.0
SwingAppKit 1.0	SwingSet 1.0.0-Preview Release 3	TrackStudio Enterprise 3.5 b4
WebLogic EJB3 Preview	XINS 1.4.1

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Erik C. Thauvin
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This story was published in the May 23, 2006 issue of the Javalobby Newsletter.