Wednesday Apr 30, 2008
Mac has always stayed behind in terms of the latest JDKs that are released by Sun. This is mainly because the JDKs for Mac are released by Apple and not by Sun. Today morning when I went for Software Upgrade I found this:
Finally, Apple has decided to release Java SE 6 version 1.6.0_05 for Mac. Unfortunately, this package has been released only for 64-bit Intel based Macs running 10.5.2 (Leopard). So not everyone will be able to install this upgrade. Thank god I have a computer suitable for this upgrade.
The only thing that bothers me is that "This update does not replace the existing installation of J2SE 5.0 or change the default version of Java". I dont know why they would do something like this, push the upgrade but not make it default. Maybe this upgrade is not all that stable or something.
Complementary to this upgrade is Netbeans 6.1, which has come out recently. Now the installation is very big, takes about 448 MB for the complete package. But this edition starts up very fast on Leopard as compared to Netbeans 6.0
At the same time, relating to Netbeans... The Netbeans Fun Tech quiz is on now for India. Dont miss out on those cool prizes every week.
PS: There is a Mac Java community page: http://community.java.net/mac/. Accidentally landed on this page while writing this blog entry.
Friday Mar 21, 2008
Netbeans 6.1 Beta was released sometime back. If you still have not given it a shot, get it now.
At the same time you would not like to lose this opportunity. A "Netbeans Blogging Contest" has been launched and runs through 18th April.
And what do you gain... Firstly lot of knowledge and fame. And if you have some of the best blog entries here is what you can win:
$500 for 10 Winners
T-Shirts for 100 Winners
Here is what you got to do:
1. Download the NetBeans IDE 6.1 Beta (or later release) and try it out.
2. Blog about it!
3. Submit the URL to your blog.
4. Do it before April 18, 2008!.
So go for it!! Here is the Contest Homepage and do read the Rules of the Contest.
Saturday Jan 26, 2008
I know I am a little late at reporting this, but nevertheless I should not be missing on this
On 22nd Jan, Anmol Batra, a student of Computer Science 3rd year gave a nice interactive session to Introduce Netbeans to the students of my college. I thank him for his effort and also look out for his support in the future as well. Following his session, Deepinder Kaur, a member of Sun Club gave a Tech Demo on Desktop Applications Development using Netbeans 6.
Find the presentation here and the pictures here.
Also we have two more sessions lined up. On 28th there will be a session on Beginning Java Programming and on 30th there will be a hands-on-lab session on Solaris operating system. For the Solaris session, students may use the computer lab, or even get in their laptops to install Solaris and working on it.
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