Host Roger Brinkley welcomes Cliff Click, CTO and Co-Founder of 0xdata, a firm dedicated to creating a new way to think about web-scale data storage and real-time analytics as his guest on Java Spotlight Episode 98 for a discussion of benchmarking. Achievements in Click's past include helping Azul Systems build an 864 core pure-Java mainframe that keeps GC pauses on 500Gb heaps to under 10ms, and working on all aspects of that JVM. He also worked on HotSpot at Sun Microsystems.
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JavaFX 2.2 documentation has been updated to include a new learning trail available on the landing page that will aid users in managing the look and feel of their JavaFX application. Additional improvements and changes include revisions to Deploying JavaFX Applications; information on packaging SWT-JavaFX applications; the section on handling JavaFX events now includes information on touch and gesture events; new information on self-contained applications; and new chapters on the Color Picker and Pagination controls. Other changes include updates to the chapters on Mastering FXML and JavaFX for Swing Developers, as well as the chapter on Working with Canvas.
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Java Champion Johan Vos joins host Roger Brinkley on Java Spotlight Episode 96 for a discussion of "GlassFish and JavaFX. Brinkley explains that, because he can't make a choice between embedded development and enterprise development, Vos focuses principally on end-to-end Java, combining the strengths of back-end systems and embedded devices. His favorite technologies are currently Java EE / Glassfish at the backend and JavaFX at the front-end. Vos is a member of the BeJUG steering group, the Devoxx steering group, and he is a JCP member, as well as the co-author of the Pro JavaFX 2 book.
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