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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.