Java VisualVM Blogging Contest
Java VisualVM Blogging Contest has been announced and started at http://java.sun.com/community/javavisualvm. If you enter the contest and blog about either the opensource VisualVM tool or Java VisualVM tool available in your JDK/bin folder you can win up to USD $500:
The blogging contest starts on April 23rd, 2009 and ends on June 24th, 2009. You can enter the contest using the Submit link on the Blogging Contest page. See more information about the contest in Blogging Contest FAQ, official contest rules are available here.
All the information you need to get started with VisualVM is available in the VisualVM Documentation and Resources, you can also check the Java VisualVM documentation. Useful tips on using the tool are mentioned on NetBeans Profiler (this) Blog, great docs about extending the tool can be found on Geertjan's Blog.
Searching for some inspiration? You can check what the others already wrote about VisualVM. Happy blogging and good luck!
VisualVM 1.1.1 Multi-Language Release
The multi-language version of VisualVM 1.1.1 has been released at https://visualvm.dev.java.net. The tool has been translated to Japanese (ja) and Simplified Chinese (zh_CN). Also the Introduction to VisualVM (ja, cn) and Getting Started with VisualVM (ja, cn) documents have been translated. The bits are available for download here.
If using appropriate locales in your OS (ja or zh_CN), the tool should start with localized messages automatically. If you don't use one of these locales and still want to use the localized tool, you can use a special command-line switch to start VisualVM:
visualvm --locale jaor
visualvm --locale zh:CNIf you have already used the not localized VisualVM 1.1.1 tool, you may need to delete the VisualVM user directory (Help | About | Details | Userdir) to have all the strings correctly localized.
