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Friday, November 03, 2006

Sun Developer Network Program Newsletter

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November 2, 2006

Product and Technology Releases

»JSR 277 Java Module System 0.121 EDR - Early Draft Review

The specification defines a distribution format and a repository for collections of Java technology code and related resources.

»JSR 269 Pluggable Annotation Processing API - Proposed Final Draft

This JSR defines APIs to allow creation of annotation processors using a standard pluggable API.

»JSR 268 Java Smart Card I/O API 3.0 - Proposed Final Draft

This JSR defines an API for communication through Application Protocol Data Units (APDU) between servers, PC applications, and smart cards.

»JSR 247 Data Mining 2.0 - Public Review

JDM 2.0 will address requested features deferred from JDM 1.0, which focused on the data-mining framework and a select number of mining functions and algorithms.

»JSR 199 Java Compiler API 4.1 - Proposed Final Draft

This service provider API allows a Java technology-based program to select and invoke a Java language compiler programmatically.

»JSR 110 Java APIs for WSDL 1.2 MREL - Final Release 3

These provide a standard set of Java platform APIs for representing, manipulating, reading, and writing Web Services Description Language (WSDL) documents.

Early Access Releases

»NetBeans IDE 5.5 Release Candidate 2 - First Customer Shipment

The NetBeans IDE 5.5 FCS release supports the Java EE 5 platform, most notably the Java Persistence, EJB 3.0, and JAX-WS 2.0 specifications.

SDN Technology Articles

»New Technologies for Ajax and Web Application Development: Project jMaki, Project Dynamic Faces, and Project Phobos

Learn more about the technologies that you can use with the Java EE platform to meet the new demand for more interactive and dynamic web applications, often using Ajax.

»Meet Shannon Hickey, Technical Lead for the Swing Toolkit Team at Sun Microsystems

Shannon Hickey, technical lead for the Swing toolkit team at Sun Microsystems, explores his passion for drag and drop, his hopes for a compatibility API, and his creative process as a developer.

»NetBeans Enterprise Pack 5.5 Software

From working with XML schemas to developing identity-enabled SOA applications to understanding BPEL, these articles offer helpful, informative tips.

Viewpoints

»Tools Talk: A Conversation With Java Technology Evangelist Charles Ditzel

Sun partner area architect Charles Ditzel discusses the challenge of helping partners make the transition to Java platform applications and provides updates on Java tools.

Books

»Sun Microsystems Press Java Series

The Java Series provides information for users of Java technology at all levels of expertise. See the list of recently published books.

Community

»Get Involved

Have you been using JDK 6 (also known as Java SE 6)? Fill out a survey to share your experience with the product team, and you may get highlighted on our site.

»Java User Groups

Meet regularly in a Java User Group (JUG) to exchange technical ideas and information.

Training

»Certification

Validate your skills as an IT professional. Getting Sun-certified is a great way to invest in your professional development.

»Ask the Experts

Following the webinar "Accelerating your SOA Application Development," post your questions about developing SOA applications with NetBeans Enterprise Pack 5.5 software and get answers from our panel of expert engineers.

Training and Certification

» New Training

»Promotion

Members of Sun's Developer Network enjoy a 10% discount on training and other exclusive benefits (http://developers.sun.com/offers/). Use your SDN member priority code WW26SDN when ordering.

»Learning Solutions

Looking to take that next step in your career into the realm of Java EE development or architecture? Check out prescribed Java EE learning paths that can show you how to reach your goals and, at the same time, help you prepare for professional certification.

In This Issue

» Product and Technology Releases
» Early Access Releases
» SDN Technology Articles
» Viewpoints
» Books
» Community
» Training
» Training and Certification
» Events and Offers
» Announcements

» innoTech Austin 2006 (Nov. 2, Austin, Texas)

Topics at this technology event will include security, virtualization, podcasting, IT governance, e-marketing, high-tech startup, IP management, gaming, and others.

»Software Test and Performance (Nov. 7-9, Cambridge, Mass.)

This technical conference on testing and performance issues for developers offers classes and tutorials with instruction on testing and performance management techniques and strategies.

»Special Offer

For a limited time only, get a terrific deal on Sun Software service plans for Sun Studio 11. Just purchase a Premium or Standard Solaris 10 service plan and you'll receive the standard Sun Studio service plan for 25% off.

»Newly Released: NetBeans IDE 5.5 and NetBeans Enterprise Pack 5.5 Software

Open source and free for download: Here is all you need to develop, test, and debug Java EE 5 and service-oriented architecture (SOA) applications.

»Project Blackbox

Project Blackbox is a prototype of the world's first virtualized datacenter -- built into a shipping container and optimized to deliver extreme energy, space, and performance efficiencies.

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