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NetBeans 7.0 is now available to download. It looks like it has a great many new features including: - Java 7 support - Updated junit support - Updated Ant & Maven support - Much improved JavaEE support - HTML5 editing support - Enhanced Profiler - Improved C++ support and a lot more... Release Info New and Noteworthy Video tours of NB7 blogs.sun.com About: Java NetBeansZone

Looking Ahead to Java SE 7 and 8: A Discussion with Oracle’s Java Language Architect, Brian Goetz

google open source: Contracts for Java

Swing looks great: Part VIII Swing looks great: Part VII Swing looks great: Part VI Swing looks great: Part V

InfoQ: link DevX: JSRs approved CodeRanch: JSRs approved TheServerSide JSR coverage

In this Andy Glover podcast series, concurrency expert Alex Miller from Revelytix provides substantial insight on his favorite topic, his recent article on GPars, the multicore future, and more. IBM DeveloperWorks article link

Sun Blogs: Rethinking JDK7 The above web log details an option for the release of JDK 7. Have it early with fewer features, or have it later with everything. It's an interesting post and has been discussed about the web. Cay Horstmann Blog: Puny java 7 isn't the end of the world InfoQ: JDK7 slip