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Oracle finally targets Java non-payers – six years after plucking Sun http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/16/oracle_targets_java_users_non_compliance/

An interesting look at Java language changes http://blog.codefx.org/java/dev/future-java-might-look-like/

A really interesting (free) course about Java 8 Lambdas: Announcing: JDK 8 MOOC: Lambdas and Streams, December 2nd! https://blogs.oracle.com/thejavatutorials/entry/announcing_jdk_8_mooc_lambdas

JDK 9 release schedule http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk9-dev/2016-October/005092.html

Highlights include: ECMAScript 6 (and 7) support Node.js enhancements Oracle JET support enhancements PHP 7 support Docker support SQL profiling C/C++ enhancements and lots more https://netbeans.org/community/releases/82/

The excellent VisualVM tool has moved to Github https://visualvm.github.io/

eBook Deal of the Day: Java Coding Guidelines http://www.informit.com/deals/

A really great article on REST and RPC https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/09/understanding-rest-and-rpc-for-http-apis/ Wikipedia: REST

It seems as though Java 9 is just not ready yet. They would rather have better quality which is a good approach. Enterprises are just not ready for Java 9 (or Java 8). http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk9-dev/2016-September/004887.html

Oracle has put up a nice new website for Java developers https://go.java/index.html And for developers in general: https://developer.oracle.com/index.html

On the eve of a new NetBeans IDE release (8.2) with many great new features, it has been proposed that the project move to the Apache group. http://marxsoftware.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/apache-netbeans.html http://www.infoworld.com/article/3119764/application-development/java-founder-james-gosling-endorses-apache-takeover-of-netbeans-java-ide.html lists.apache.org: Original proposal http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NetBeans-Apache-Proposal

A screencast about mixed debugging of Java and C/C++ code from within the NetBeans IDE YouTube: Mixed Java and C/C++ Debugging Integrated into NetBeans IDE