http://www.javaworld.com/news-reviews/index.xml JW RSS feed for News & Views Javaworld Copyright(C) 1994 - 2009 Javaworld http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-10-2009/091020-spring-framework-java.html Spring 3.0, a major upgrade to the popular open source Java development framework, is being introduced this week by SpringSource and features full REST support for rich Web applications as well as an expression language. 2009-10-20T00:00:00Z http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-10-2009/091015-jetbrains-open-source.html JetBrains, which has provided its IntelliJ Idea Java IDE as a commercial product, now is offering a preview of a free, open source version of the IDE. 2009-10-15T00:00:00Z http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-10-2009/091014-oracle-kurian.html An Oracle official at the Oracle OpenWorld 2009 conference gave a glimpse into the volume of technologies coming out of the company. The company this week also detailed a host of software development-related product plans. 2009-10-14T00:00:00Z http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-10-2009/091014-mcnealy-ellison.html Sun Microsystems chairman Scott McNealy and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison both took the stage at the Oracle OpenWorld 2009 conference Sunday evening to offer reassurances that Sun technologies will not go away should Oracle complete its planned acquisition of Sun. 2009-10-14T00:00:00Z http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-05-2009/jw-05-springsource-buys-hyperic.html SpringSource has acquired Hyperic in a deal that will enable SpringSource to provide a product set for powering the entire Java application lifecycle, say company executives. Paul Krill reports. 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-04-2009/jw-04-rubymine-ide.html JetBrains, maker of the popular IntelliJ IDEA Java IDE, now is shipping an IDE for the Ruby world. InfoWorld's Paul Krill reports. 2009-04-28T00:00:00Z http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-04-2009/jw-04-mydeveloperworks.html IBM developerWorks launched on Thursday its new social networking initiative: MyDeveloperWorks. Many promised features are not yet available, but the platform has promise, says one developer. Chris Kanaracus reports for the IDG News Service. 2009-04-23T00:00:00Z http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-04-2009/jw-04-what-oracle-sun-means-for-java.html There's little doubt that Oracle will make money on Java, but the question for many in the Java developer community is how, and at what expense. SpringSource CEO Rod Johnson, Eclipse Foundation Executive Director Mike Milinkovich, and others express their views on the future of Java technology, the JCP, and the Java ecosystem as a whole. InfoWorld's Paul Krill reports. 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-04-2009/jw-04-oracle-buys-sun.html Oracle didn't agree to pay much more than IBM would have for Sun Microsystems, but it may have far more use for Sun's "application to disk" technology than IBM ever did. ComputerWorld's Patrick Thibodeau reports. 2009-04-20T00:00:00Z http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-04-2009/jw-04-phipps-slams-google-app-engine.html Sun open source chief Simon Phipps is unhappy about Google's decision to support only a subset of Java in its Google App Engine. The decision flies in the face of a decade of tightly defined Java platform compatibility, he said. 2009-04-13T00:00:00Z