Monday December 11, 2006
Java SE 6: Top Ten
Filed under: javase6
My top 10 new features...your top 10 reasons to upgrade.
And what we're blogging about.
| Countdown |
Summary |
Who's blogging about it ? |
| Web
Services |
Easy
to use APIs for developing web service clients. |
Rajiv and Bob's write first an
introduction
to web services with NetBeans 5.5 and then
building
a Java SE 6 client to eBay, included as one of the new
samples in Java SE 6. Not forgetting the new
lightweight http server API for callbacks. |
| Scripting |
Mix
scripting and Java in
your code. Javascript comes as standard, you can add many more languages. |
John gets busy with
the scripting.
Sundar gets him
some scripting,
says
hello, and uses the new
scripting features to experiment with AJAX. Mike and Sundar talked
at JavaOne
on scripting. |
| Database |
Updated JDBC 4.0 APIs,
and an all-Java
JDBC database included in the JDK. |
Lance, when not
playing tennis, blogs frequently on the updated
JDBC 4.0, SQLXML,
the RowID
interface, wrapper
interface. David
talks about bundling
JavaDB, and this week Francois will cover various
aspects of JavaDB. |
| New
Desktop APIs |
Swingworker,
JTable sorting and filtering, GroupLayout and more. |
Chet ain't no Julie Andrews but he cranks out quite a tune about the new Java SE 6 desktop, Shannon drags and drops with SE 6, Scott doesn't forget that if you look after the pennies the pounds will look after themselves; and going mega modal with Praveen and the new dialog infrastructure. |
| Monitoring
and Management |
All
the m&m
tools now attach
on demand. And there's a new one: jhat. |
Dr Mandy, our code
doctor, is in
the house, and takes us through all
the M&M improvements, as well as the
makeover we gave to JConsole. Alan
opens the hood on dynamic
attach, more
from Sundar. We can't keep him down. Eamonn recaps
on mBeans, and Luis Miguel on another
important change to JConsole. |
| Compiler
Access |
Programmatically
control
the javac compiler. |
Peter on why you should upgrade
(do you NEED
any more reasons ?), and including the compiler APIs. |
| Pluggable
Annotations |
Define
your
own annotations and plug in the code to process them. |
Joe grilled by Artima about
pluggable annotations. |
| Desktop
Deployment |
Swing's
better
looking and better
accelerated. Revamped runtime and application installation. |
Chet
can't keep a lid on great
Java SE 6 runs on Vista. Stanley sayings a
tearful farewell
to the old installation GUIs. And get the skinny on making
Swing look and feel even better. |
| Security |
Integration
with services like PKI, Java GSS, Kerberos, and LDAP. |
Andreas on smoothing
a corner or two, how about those new XMLDSIG
APIs, and Sean's
ultimate guide to what's
new in security in Java SE 6. |
| Performance
and Quality |
Double
digit improvements in performance, client and server. 100,000+
tests for compatibility alone. |
Dave 'mr performance' Dagastine
on performance,
more performance,
and the new 'hands-free'
performance. And how do we test
for compatibility, Patrick
? |
Of course there are many more features that may be in your top 10. Like some of the enhancements to the core APIs that Dave's talking about.
Java SE 6 Released: THANKYOU !
Filed under: javase6
What's the BIG NEWS today ? Hit play....
A massive thankyou: THANKYOU to everyone in the Java Community, either inside Sun or outside (or both..) who has helped make todays Java SE 6 release happen:
By designing a technology in an expert group, reviewing one of the specification drafts, participating in a discussion about it, downloading one of the weekly early access builds and sharing your experience. By heckling in a presentation, blogging about Java SE, testing this platform for quality, backward compatibility, speed, stability, adherence to the spec. By creating tutorials, samples, documentation, books and articles.
And thanks, to you, in advance, for using it.
