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30 Apr 2013 The Most Interesting NetBeans Release is Out: 7.3 [30818]
Blog by Juergen Kress

Juergen Kress writes, "NetBeans 7.3 - probably the most interesting release ever is out. I use 7.3 dev builds since JavaOne 2012 and completely switched all of my HTML development to NetBeans (from Koda 2, Espresso, BBEdit, TextMate etc.). NetBeans 7.3 comes with great support for CSS 3, HTML 5, JavaScript, Chrome Plugin combined with GIT, SVN and Mercurial as well as integrated issue trackers. The CSS, HTML formatting and code completions alone were worth for me to drop commercial tools in favor of NetBeans.

Java EE, Java FX and Java SE are also well supported but this is nothing new :-).

If you are new to NetBeans, do not be disappointed. After a single double-click you will have to start to work immediately. You would not get any extra days to download the plugins and make your IDE work :-) ..."
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14 Mar 2013 Updated Java Tutorial Features Information on Java SE 8 [30154]
Additonal Features Include Lambda Expressions, Annotations Lesson, Installing Custom Resource Bundle

The March 2013 edition of the Java Tutorial has been updated to include information on the upcoming release of Java SE 8, Tori Wieldt posts. Details have also been added concerning Lambda expressions, which support programming in a multicore environment by adding closures and related features to the Java language; an expanded Annotations page is now a full Annotations lesson; and the lesson Service Providers for Internationalization now includes a section called "Installing a Custom Resource Bundle as an Extension," which shows how to load resource bundles with service provider interfaces (SPIs). These new materials are currently available only online, according to Wieldt.
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08 Mar 2013 Oracle Produces World Record SPECjbb2013 Result with Oracle Solaris and Oracle JDK [30073]
Solaris Registers Accelerated Performance on both Composite max-jOPS and Composite critical-jOPS metrics

Oracle Solaris and Oracle JDK delivered a world record result on the SPECjbb2013 benchmark (Composite metric), a benchmark designed to showcase Java server performance, Brian posts. SPECjbb2013 is the replacement for SPECjbb2005. The major findings of this benchmark are:

  • Oracle Solaris is 1.8x faster on the SPECjbb2013-Composite max-jOPS metric than the Red Hat Enterprise Linux result.
  • Oracle Solaris is 2.2x faster on the SPECjbb2013-Composite critical-jOPS metric than the Red Hat Enterprise Linux result.
  • The combination of Oracle Solaris 11.1 and Oracle JDK 7 update 15 delivered a result of 37,007 SPECjbb2013-Composite max-jOPS and 13,812 SPECjbb2013-Composite critical-jOPS on the SPECjbb2013 benchmark.

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20 Feb 2013 JavaOne 2012 Videos Posted on OracleLearning YouTube Channel [29876]
An Anthology of More than 450 Videos

Now, for the convenience of those of you who missed JavaOne 2012, more than 450 JavaOne videos have been made available on the Oracle Learning Library's YouTube channel. The videos feature such subjects as conference presentations, birds-of-a-feather events, and tutorials. The videos are sorted in playlists by the session tracks, in a total of 7 tracks that include Java EE Web Profile and Platform Technologies; Emerging Languages on the JVM; Development Tools and Techniques; Core Java Platform; and Enterprise Manager 12c: Reporting with BI Publisher
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11 Jan 2013 Top 10 Java Tech Articles Published by OTN in 2012 [29265]
Evidence for Growing Interest in JavaFX

In publishing a list of the top 10 Java Tech articles published by OTN in 2012 Tori Wieldt draws three conclusions: JavaFX, with six articles devoted to it, continues to gain interest; Java Embedded and Raspberry Pi is also generating considerable interest; as before, Adam Bien remains the most popular writer on Java EE. Other writers include Bill Courington and Gary Collins; Mark Heckler; James L. Weaver; Daniel Zwolenski; Geertjan Wielenga; and Janice J. Heiss. Wieldt provides links to each article in the post.
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