Java SE 7

Closures Coming to Java 7

dmarx — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:05:00 -0500

The Big Announcement: Closures in JDK 7!

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JDK7 java.util.Objects Utility Methods

dmarx — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:57:00 -0400

In recent weeks, there has been news of various features once proposed for JDK 7 that no longer are slated for this release.

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Latest on Java Developers' Feelings Regarding Java SE 7

dmarx — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:27:00 -0400

Java.net's current poll question asks, "What's your reaction to the JDK 7 feature list?" The poll is still relatively new, but with nearly 230 responses, the results are already interesting. Currently, eighty percent of the votes come down into three questions that fall into the respective categories of positive, neutral, and negative. The remaining twenty percent of the responses are either "Other" or "I don't care."

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Java News - August 2009 - Java SE 7 and Java-Related Acquisitions

dmarx — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:47:00 -0400

There have been several big news stories related to Java development this month. Several of these stories are sure to have long-term impact on Java developers. These stories include more definitive information on what to expect in Java SE 7 and the continuing consolidation of Java-related companies.

Update on Java SE 7's Project Coin

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Java Developers' Feelings about Java SE 7

dmarx — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:20:00 -0400

The current Java.net poll question is "What is your view of the emerging JDK 7?" As of this blog post, the results are pretty mixed. Just over 40% of the 280 votes are for strongly positive replies of "major step forward" and "important features" while another 40% of respondents have chosen the strongly negative response "most significant problems are not addressed." The rest of the votes are mostly for the lukewarm response "typical JDK release."

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Java SE 7 New Features: Latest News

dmarx — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:58:00 -0400

I recently posted a blog entry on how Groovy provides features that provide a sneak peek at features that might make it into Java SE 7, particularly via Project Coin.

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2009 JavaOne: Project Coin

dmarx — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:58:00 -0400

I have enjoyed reading some of the 2009 JavaOne presentations since they have been made available online. One of the presentations I was most interested to read was Joseph Darcy's Small Language Changes in JDK Release 7: Project Coin (TS-4060).

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Small Java 7 Language Changes

dmarx — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:16:00 -0500

Project Coin is the name of the OpenJDK work covering small language changes for Java SE 7. The current Java.net poll question asks which of the proposed Project Coin features is most interesting.

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Sun layoffs hitting Java?

Josh Fruhlinger — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:17:06 -0500

If, like me, you subscribe to blogs.sun.com en masse, you know when layoffs are afoot when you see a rash of good-bye posts on said blogs. Sure enough, the wistful comments from departing Sunnies (do they call themselves Sunnies? they should...) that were lighting up my RSS reader all day were followed by confirmation of 1,300 layoffs.

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Proposed New Java Language Features in ActionScript

dmarx — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:22:00 -0500

In a recent blog post, I postulated that many individuals who are most vehemently in support of specific new features for the Java programming language probably owe at least a portion of this opinion to their experience with that feature in a different programming language.

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Most-Missed Java SE 7 Features

dmarx — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:10:00 -0500

I have blogged before about some of the interesting observations from previous Java.net polls.

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Querying in JMX 2.0

dmarx — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:46:00 -0400

While some portions of forthcoming Java SE 7 still appear to be controversial, the JMX 2 portion (JSR-255) of Java SE 7 seems to be solidifying nicely.

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Playing with JMX 2.0 Annotations

dmarx — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:21:00 -0400

Eamonn McManus's blog entry Playing with JMX 2.0 API provided me with the encouragement and advice I needed to try out JMX 2.0's likely annotation implementation.

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