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JSP Buzz: Vol. III Issue #13

JSPBuzz -- July 30th, 2002

07.30.2002

Table of Contents
  1. JSP 2.0 Early Access Implementation
  2. Open Source and the Next Boom
  3. J2EE 1.4 - Public Draft
  4. Web Developer Conference
  5. Opera, IBM Team to Build Browser for Shouting at.
  1. .net
  1. Interview with Microsoft's Doug Purdy on .NET and J2EE
  2. Addressing Performance in Struts
  3. A View from a JTree
  4. Clustering with Tomcat
  5. XML Basics for Java Developers, Part 2
  6. JBoss: An In-Depth Look at the Interceptor Stack
  7. Java Software Automation with Jakarta Ant
  8. Building a Web Site: A Developer's Guide
  9. Trying to Build a 'smarter' Home
  10. Going Hybrid
  11. Intro to Java Message Service 1.1
  1. Jikes 1.16
  2. Ant 1.5
  3. Jakarta Commons Lang Component
  4. Orion 1.6.0
  5. Skaringa
  6. JLoad
  7. ProGuard 1.1
News
JSP 2.0 Early Access Implementation
Sun July 23rd, 2002 
For those who want to begin playing with the latest features of JSP 2.0, a sample implementation has been released. Please note that this is not a production release, and that not all JSP 2.0 features are implemented. You will have to create a account at the Sun developer site to get access to the code.
Open Source and the Next Boom
NewsForge July 18th 2002 
More of commentary rather than a news item. In brief the new item examines the fact that it seems that Open Source in these times of chaos, has been a good thing for many companies. The article goes on to say that open source is a disruptive style of technology, that breaks all the old rules. This means many traditional companies are still trying to understand how to use and react to Open Source products and mindset.
J2EE 1.4 - Public Draft
Sun July 16th, 2002 
The public draft of the J2EE 1.4 specs are out for review.
Web Developer Conference
WebDevCon July 21st 2002 
For those of you looking to attend a good conference check out the November 2002 Professional Web Developer's Conference. Both Casey and Jayson will be attending and presenting. It is a good conference, (I always have more fun at webdevcon than JavaOne personally) and, a great place to get hear about more than just about J2EE. Topics will include JSP, ASP, .Net, Flash and other web development tools.
Opera, IBM Team to Build Browser for Shouting at.
The Register July 25th 2002 
This is excellent news. Work on a radically new browser has begun with IBM and Opera. This is exactly what needs to happen to take the Browser and XHTML to the new century, rather the sorry same old HTML style browser left over from the 90's. The only problem, can you say vaporware?
Rambles
.net
Casey Kochmer 
This ramble is based upon the following news release
Gates admits 'misstep' in parts of .NET launch
It's no surprise Gates performed this news release, especially with the stock market in the current collapse. Its time to be humble, and this is as humble as we will ever see Bill get to the public. Also while Microsoft might have mis-step slightly in .Net, well I have to admit they are stumbling forward unlike many other companies who are currently stumbling backwards. This is what Microsoft does best, throw a bunch of things out, shrug the shoulders and say oh well on what didn't work and then run with what does work. They are still running full steam ahead with .Net! So .Net is here to stay, Microsoft is still 100% behind .Net and they know their future is tied into .Net. No surprises here.
I found the SlashDot commentary to be interesting on this particular news item.
SlashDot commentary
Links
Interview with Microsoft's Doug Purdy on .NET and J2EE
TheServerSide July 18th, 2002 
TSS presents a new Hard Core Tech Talk interview with Doug Purdy, a Program Manager with Microsoft's XML Web Services Team. The intention of the interview was to learn about .NET from the perspective of a J2EE architect; What followed was a fascinating comparison of both features and application design strategies of .NET and J2EE. The link provided will also take the reader to the feedback to the interview.
Addressing Performance in Struts
TheServerSide July 22th, 2002 
This chapter explores the performance implications of using the Struts framework and its associated technologies to build web applications, and how certain design and programming decisions will affect the overall performance of the application. A distinction will be made between performance, load, and stress testing, and what steps are necessary to carry out each.
A View from a JTree
Budi Kurniawan August 2002 
An introduction to using the JTree Swing component.
Clustering with Tomcat
Shyam Kumar Doddavula July 17th 2002 
Web applications can benefit from clustering. This article presents a clustering solution for Jakarta Tomcat to provide high scalability, load-balancing, and high availability using JavaSpaces technology.
XML Basics for Java Developers, Part 2
Jonathan Knudsen, Pat Niemeyer July 2002 
In this second part in a several part series on XML for Java developers from Learning Java, 2nd Edition, learn about SAX and the SAX API.
JBoss: An In-Depth Look at the Interceptor Stack
Andreas Schaefer  July 24th, 2002 
The Interceptor Stack implemented in JBoss' EJB Container module has proved so successful that it's being extended into other areas of JBoss 3. A look at the container implementation.
Java Software Automation with Jakarta Ant
Eugen Kuleshov and Dmitry Platonoff July 24th 2002 
With the latest release of Ant it makes sense to include an article to help people learn how to use it in their projects. This This article describes automating a Java servlet with Ant.
Building a Web Site: A Developer's Guide
James Mendelsohn December 20, 2001 
A basic article in 6 parts, which reviews what it takes to build and maintain a large web site. This is really something that is good to show new management about the steps and needs of building a large robust site. Otherwise, most of the technical audience can skip this article.
Trying to Build a 'smarter' Home
MSNBC July 26th 2002 
This article basically says that the clapper (read the article if you dont know what the clapper is) is the state of the art for home automation still. While humorous, I can see why the article makes the statement. The clapper is simple and anyone can use it. Then my thoughts skip to my field, which is the Internet. In the way most remote controls are unusable so are many web sites. So this gets me thinking, what is the clapper for Internet design? Perhaps Google is the closest to the clapper we have on the Internet. Google is simple, the design basic, and it works. And why list this article here? I think it also has lessons to be learned for those of us rushing to the small device market.
Going Hybrid
The Economist July 25th 2002 
Simple article with the idea that the future of Open Source is a hybrid combination of closed and open access to software. The article is pretty brief, and ironically at the end makes a statement that pure open source efforts still might be the ultimate software development model.
Intro to Java Message Service 1.1
Imtiyaz Haque July 2002 
This article illustrates how to program using the new features of the Java Message Service (JMS) 1.1 API. The new features in JMS 1.1 are demonstrated through a sample application.
Products
Jikes 1.16
IBM July 10th, 2002 
Jikes version 1.16 has been released. It represents 9 months of development, 4 megs of patches (when consolidated into one unified diff) covering well over 100,000 lines of changes. Jikes is still the fastest Java compiler anywhere and this release is dedicated to geeks and the people who love them.
Ant 1.5
Jakarta July 10th, 2002 
The latest and greatest version of Ant is Final.
Jakarta Commons Lang Component
Jakarta July 25th, 2002 
The standard Java libraries fail to provide enough methods for manipulation of its core classes. The Lang Component provides these extra methods. The Lang Component provides a host of String manipulation methods, a nestable exception structure available before JDK 1.4, basic numerical methods and object reflection, creation and serialization helpers.
Orion 1.6.0
Orion Application Server June 18th 2002 
The latest test version of the Orion Server is out. It isn't fully J2EE 1.3 compatible yet. Also it only supports JSP 1.1 still and servlets 2.2.
Skaringa
SourceForge July 13th, 2002 
Skaringa is a framework for Java and XML language binding. Its core component is an Object Transformer, which is able to transform Java objects into XML documents and vice versa.
JLoad
This is a commercial product for performing file uploading in Java/Servlet/JSP based web applications.
ProGuard 1.1
Eric Lafortune July 17th, 2002 
ProGuard is a free Java class file shrinker and obfuscator. It can detect and remove unused classes, fields, methods, and attributes. It can then rename the remaining classes, fields, and methods using short meaningless names. The resulting jars are more compact and more difficult to reverse-engineer.

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