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Quickie Guide Getting Java Embedded Running on Raspberry Pi RPi and Java Embedded: Hard-Float Support is Here!!!

The Java Source: Java SE Updates Java SE 7 Update 10 Java SE 6 Update 38 are out now. Also the Embedded Java versions are also updated.

End of Public Updates for Java SE 6 It's important for developers and systems administrators to either make the transition over to Java SE 7 or to work with Oracle to get updates via the Java SE Support program . Java blog entry: End of public updates for Java 6?

infoq presentation:  Building Your Own Java, Part 2 Apache Wicket 6 Released With Integrated jQuery Support infoq presentation: Transforming a 15 Year Old Model-driven Application from C++ to Java infoq: Innovation: What Every Developer Absolutely Needs to Know IBM developerWorks A Java actor library for parallel execution Deploying into the cloud with the IBM Application Pattern for Java Functional thinking: Tons of transformations

The 55 new things in Java 7 blog Direct PDF download: http://donaldojdk.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/55j7.pdf YouTube Videos: 55 New Things in Java 7 - GUI Concurrency Java video: Understanding the JVM and Low Latency Applications  

Just a reminder that these excellent books are available direct from Oracle The Java Language Specification, Java SE 7 Edition The Java Virtual Machine Specification, Java SE 7 Edition Java SE Specifications

An interesting video about code readability from the JavaZone conference Readable code - and the long lost secret of how to achieve it Other JavaZone videos

It seems that almost all of Enterprise development work these days and for the past 10 years or so is done in Java. Specifically done in the Java Enterprise Edition. Previously, I avoided the Enterprise Java world, I preferred desktop Java everything related to J2SE.  J2EE appears to be very complex though and takes a while to learn, I'm only taking my first steps now. Java knowledge opens up quite a few career avenues. J2EE leads to Enterprise development roles where the projects can be small and nimble or large and scalable. JSP and Servlets lead you to learn a lot more about HTML and Web technologies whilst still using your Java skills. You could also learn the Goolgle Web Toolkit GWT which is developed in Java. The Android ecosystem allows Java developers to create amazing applications for phones & tablets. It's an exciting time to be a Java developer.

NetBeans 7.2 is released with many new features. It looks like a really good release. I really like the FindBugs integration. About: NetBeans 7.2 Static Code Analysis in the NetBeans IDE Java Editor NetBeans community news Oracle introduces NetBeans 7.2 Top 10 features in NetBeans 7.2

Garbage Collectors Available In JDK 1.7.0_04 http://www.fasterj.com/articles/oraclecollectors1.shtml

The excellent Java tutorials are now available in ebook format. Oracle Blogs: Java Tutorial ebooks

JDK6 and 7 are updated again. Lots of security fixes and general bug fixes. Java SE 7 Update 3 & Java SE 6 Update 31 Released 14/Feb/2012 It seems that we really should start using Java 7 to compile and test code. The big question is, does your code base compile with Java 7? That might seem like a silly question, but I found lots of code at work that does not compile.

Here is an excellent article about Java memory usage From Java code to Java heap: Understanding and optimizing your application's memory usage ibm developerworks article

An excellent video about Function Programming. Neal Ford emphasizes the fact that functional programming uses a different way of solving a problem, thinking about the results rather than the steps to make. infoq: Function Thinking video Related links: Java theory and practice: To mutate or not to mutate? Functional thinking: Thinking functionally, Part 1

The excellent Java IDE NetBeans 7.1 has been released. Lots of exciting new features & improvements like: new visual debugger for Java  JavaFX 2.0 support Java GUI designer improvments Improved Javadoc highlighting & formatting Support for CSS3 Lots of JavaEE improvements Better PHP support Integrated Git support  and lots more.... netbeans.org Release Notes Video screencast Oracle Blogs: NetBeans 7.1 NetBeans 7.1 geared for building better user interfaces eWeek: Oracle delivers NetBeans 7.1