If you're a Java developer like me you ask two questions about every major
J2SE release. What's new, and what's faster (or slower). Tiger includes a
large number of well-publicized, high-profile features like generics,
annotations, or the full new API for concurrent programming.
But the adoption of new features usually takes time, and until your J2EE
product is updated to the new JRE; your corporate clients' admins let the new
JREs pass; large teams get acquainted with new features, or complex systems
are carefully redesigned to take advantage of such features. But even in
these situations, it's always possible to move to the new J2SE as an optional
deployment platform, just for the "free lunch" benefits of better performance
or, as in J2SE 5.0, the JVM management featur... (more)
New features and improvements in the next release of NetBeans make it a
better IDE for any kind of developer. From editing to browsing, versioning,
building, debugging, profiling or visual design, there is great news for
everybody.
It's that time again. A major, dot-zero release of NetBeans will be available
soon - over a year and a half after 5.0, which introduced significant new
featu... (more)
Osvaldo holds an MSc in software enginnering and works as technology architect at Visionnaire S/A, developing J2EE technology-based applications.
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