Groovy 1.7 released
The Groovy development team and SpringSource are very pleased to announce the final release of Groovy 1.7, the most popular and... more »
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Groovy 2.0 released with static type checking and compilation and more
Version 2.0 of the popular dynamic language Groovy is out, featuring static type checking, static compilation, modularity, JDK 7 project... more »
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After creating Shazam in Java, patent infringement claim
Just when I was about to open source the code for my Java Shazam clone (which I created earlier this year) an email from Landmark Digital... more »
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Groovy 1.6 has been released!
This is with very great pleasure and honor that I'm [Guillaume Laforge] announcing the final release of Groovy 1.6, on behalf of the... more »
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Google Collections 1.0 final released
"The Google Collections Library 1.0 is a set of new collection types, implementations and related goodness for Java 5 and higher, brought... more »
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Spring to Java EE – A Migration Experience
Spring to Java EE – A Migration Experience
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Is it time to fork Java?
This year's JavaOne conference let a lot of people down. Attendees I spoke to said they would not be back. Should we fork the conference?... more »
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Why doesn’t (JPA, JMA, JTA, EJB, JSF, CDI) work? JEE is “Too Complicated”
First, before reading this – you’re going to be upset with me. You’re going to disagree. I know — it’s OK. You may not even believe me,... more »
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Progress Buy a Bridge in Brooklyn (Savvion BRMS) and make Del Boy Trotter Proud
Earlier this year someone packaged up the open source Drools BRMS and added one of the more uninspiring industry BPM products and sold... more »
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Maven 3.0 has landed!
Maven 3.0 has landed, but it’s really just the beginning. The work that Sonatype has done to bring Maven 3.0 to fruition is substantial.... more »
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Open source graph database Neo4j released 1.0
After 10 years of development and 7 years of 24/7 production, the open source nosql graph database Neo4j has finally been released as... more »
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IntelliJ IDEA Open Sourced
Starting with the upcoming version 9.0, IntelliJ IDEA will be offered in two editions: Community Edition and Ultimate Edition. The... more »
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How PayPal Screw OpenSource projects
PayPal may block your donation account. If you read this and know about other projects which use PayPal to accept donations, please warn... more »
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Sweetie: Free icon set
150+ clean and clear icons to use in your nifty web application. They are licenced under a Creative Commons licence, so commercial use is... more »
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Java Hangs When Converting 2.2250738585072012e-308
Konstantin Preisser made an interesting discovery, after reading my article “PHP Hangs On Numeric Value 2.2250738585072011e-308”: Java —... more »
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RE: Moving from Spring to Java EE 6: The Age of Frameworks is Over
I do have some issues with Cameron's statements that frameworks are mistakes of the J2EE past and that Java EE 6 represents the future.... more »
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Oracle Sues Google for Patent and Copyright Infringement in Android
Oracle claims that, in developing Android, Google knowingly, directly and repeatedly infringed Oracle's Java-related intellectual... more »
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5 Reasons to use Google Collections in Java
Did you ever felt that working with the Java Collections Framework could be more elegant or efficient? Then you really should consider to... more »
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How come that Groovy++ overperform Java?
New experiments with statically typed groovy
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Notepad++ Leaves SourceForge
Since January 2010, SourceForge has complied with US law to deny site access from 5 countries (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and... more »
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Groovy 1.7.3 released
Groovy 1.7.3 is out, on the shelves, ready to be unleashed in your projects! You can download Groovy at the usual... more »
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Apache Backs Up Its Threat: Leaves the JCP EC
DZone has just learned that the Apache Software Foundation issued a formal letter annoucning their resignation from their seat on the... more »
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Grails: The Search Really Is Over (For Now)
... If you don't want to read this entire post I'll summerize now just by saying that Grails is the best thing to happen to Java web... more »
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Wikipedia guy deletes programming articles!
I am very upset about this. It seems one guy decides what is worthy or not and no one else. Shame on wikipedia
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Solve Runtime problems easily with Byteman
You can easily use Byteman to see (and alter) the runtime behavior of your Java application. It doesn't even require you to change the... more »
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