Austin Java User's Group Meeting notes, 26 Feb 2008

Mon Mar 10 12:26:00 CDT 2008

Preamble, what's new in the Java World Presentation on new tech for java applets w/Java 6. Presented by Kenneth Russell

What's new in the Java world

  • Sun bought MySQL
  • DSL's
  • Microsoft
  • JavaOne coming up, call for papers
  • NFJS - July 11th
  • EclipseCon
  • ServerSide Java Symposium
  • Java Posse - Crested Butte Observed considerable anti-Microsoft sentiment.

Rob Ratcliff - Java hacking w Google Earth

"Google Earth Hacks) but Whirlwind is all Java :-) * XmlBeans

Ken Russell - Java 6 Applet Tech

  • full reimplementation
  • 97% backward compat
  • built in JNLP support
  • scenegraph demo on Java.Net

  • Ajax: Javascript interaction ** rewritten ** faster ** even working in MS IE 6 + 7 ** JSObject ** 6 months ( from 2/26/2008) * or earlier: early access release ** deployment toolkit for download ** throwing out 90,000 lines of Mozilla code: that's 3x the size of plugin code Ken's presentation

  • Swing not dead

  • Nimbus Look'n'Feel
  • Competitors: Flex, Flash, Silverware (silverlight?), Air