Erik's Pulse: 2005-10-17

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:

John — Why I start with Java.
Fabien — How JDepend Changed My Java Packaging.
Jason — Get Java on Your Linux System.
Eyal — Java SE 6 - OutOfMemeoryError and Wildcard.
Adam — Most Important Patterns (Top 6).
Alan — Simple SWT File Drag'n'Drop example.
Jeff — Migrating from WebWork to Stripes, Pt 1.
Ethan — My most-used utility methods.

Tip of the Week:

JavaScripting in Applets — Getting Out of the Sandbox

Tutorial of the Week:

Double-checked Locking and the Singleton Pattern

Notable Software Releases:

AgileWiki 3.5.0.9	Apache Ant 1.7.0Beta3	Aranea 1.0
Aspose.Slides for Java 1.6.13.0	Aspose.Words for Java 1.0.5.0	Big Faceless PDF Library 2.7.3
bluemarine 0.9.EA7.1292	Coherence 3.2 Pre-Release (build 361)	DBsight 1.3.3
DbVisualizer 5.1	Digital Contract Project 1.4	DPML Component Management SDK 1.0.3
Eclipse Google Code Search Plugin 1.0.0	ESC/Java2 2.0b0	GeoServer 1.4-M2-WCS
H2 Database Engine 1.0/2006-10-10	Hibernate 3.2	install4j 4.0.1
Jackrabbit 1.1	Jagacy VT 1.0	Jalopy 1.7
JAMES 2.3.0 RC5	Java database PointBase 5.5	Java Service Wrapper 3.2.2
Java.Inquisition 0.11	JAXB 2.0.3	JBoss AOP 2.0 alpha1
JBossIDE for Eclipse 2.0.0.Beta2	JDatabaseImport 0.1	Jdon 1.5
Jess 7.0RC3	Jeti 0.7.6	JGame 1.1.1
jGameBase 0.06DEV2006-10-15	JNutrix 0.12	JOpt.SDK Tour Solver 1.0.7
JRequire 2.0	Json-lib 0.9	JsTester 1.3
JTrac 2.0-RC3	JyConsole 1.3	MathEclipse Parser API 0.0.4
Mr. Persister 3.4.1	ObjectLabKit 1.0.1	OpenSign 1.5.1
PDFBox 0.7.3	Penrose 1.1	Powermanja alpha_3f
Ricebridge CSV Manager 1.1.11	Sojo 0.1.0	Sotacs 0.9
SQLiteJDBC 026	Structure101 2	Subversive 1.1.0 M6
Sundog Database Refactoring Tool 0.5	Surface 1.8	The Mango Library October 2006
The Sleep Scripting Project 2.1-b7	VRaptor Eclipse Plugin 0.1.1	VTD-XML 1.7
XINS 1.5.0-beta3	Yet Another Freeware PDF-Composer 2.0	YourKit Java Profiler 6.0-EAP-build1078
ztemplates 0.8.2

The Truth is Out There...
Erik C. Thauvin
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This story was published in the October 17, 2006 issue of the Javalobby Newsletter.