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		java.net Communities Welcome to the java.net Community Homepage. Read the latest news and weblog entries from the java.net projects and communities. Check out this week's project spotlight and mark your calendar with the upcoming community events. Browse through the directory of communities or projects. Join a project, lurk, or propose one of your own. W-JAX'2009 live coverage! JavaTools will be tweetering from W-JAX'2009 in Munich starting tomorrow. Want to have a feel of the conference? Then, follow us. (Nov 8, 2009) JavaTools Community Newsletter - Issue 206 A new edition of the newsletter is available, with news, new projects and tips! If you want to receive the newsletter by email, please subscribe the announcements mailing list - or read the current issue here. (Nov 8, 2009) Java Posse #285 - Roundup 09 - Static vs Dynamic Typing Roundup 09 - Static vs Dynamic Typing (Nov 2, 2009) Community Weblogs Multi brand (skinned) application with Maven 2 and Wicket (take 1) In this two part article, I will explain how to configure a web application built with Maven to support "branding", or skinning. That is, support different distribution skinned with particular images, logo, background, text. In the end we just want to keep separated the static contents and choose the right set when we package our application so that the result is a war with just the... by Daniele Dellafiore My Name is Aaron! I work with Java User Groups and Java Community Leaders Awhile ago, the java.net Program Manager approached me about blogging about some of the day-to-day interactions I've had with the Java community over the years, primarily the by Aaron Houston Servlet 3.0 Asynchronous API or Atmosphere? Easy decision! One the comment I'm getting about Atmosphere is why should I use the framework instead of waiting for Servlet 3.0 Async API. Well, it simple: much simpler, works with any existing Java WebServer (including Google App Engine!), and will auto-detect the Servlet 3.0 Async API if you deploy your application on a WebServer that support it. To make a fair comparison, let's write the hello world of... by Jean-Francois Arcand Also This Week Flamingo 4.2 official release I am excited today to announce the availability of the final release for version 4.2 of Flamingo component suite (code-named Hiolair). It is a stabilization release that adds a few minor features and fixes all known bugs. Here is the list of minor features added in release 4.2: (Nov 2, 2009) JavaFX: Really Challenging Have you see the monthly challenges over at JFXStudio ? (Oct 29, 2009) What's in store for Java ME tech? A Java Store Here's a story from The Register about the Java Store. There's some good questions raised and interesting guessing by the reporter. The important part is that there will be an alternative to the Apple App Store. Thank G*d! (Oct 28, 2009) Google releases Android 2.0 SDK Google's Eclair update for Android offers a host of changes including multitouch support. (Oct 27, 2009) Defense Department issues new open-source guidance The U.S. Department of Defense has issued new guidance on open-source adoption designed to remove any roadblocks to its uptake. (Oct 27, 2009) Verizon Wireless and Motorola introduce Droid: Check out pictures and specs Verizon Wireless and Motorola announced they will begin selling the Andoird-based "Droid" phone starting Nov. 6 for $199.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate. Click here for pictures and specs (Oct 28, 2009) Java Store in final stages before open The Java Store team here at Sun is in the final stage of readying things to fling open the doors to shoppers in the next week or so (Oct 28, 2009) Voting in the 2009 JCP Executive Committee Election Ends Soon The current JCP Executive Committee Election ends at midnight Pacific Standard Time (PST, GMT-8) on Monday, November 2. JCP members can vote by visiting the eballot site. The current election includes the Standard/Enterprise (SE/EE) Executive Committee and the Micro Edition (ME) Executive Committee. In each case, both ratified and elected seats are on the ballot. (Oct 29, 2009) iPhone 'Not A Panacea' For European Carriers Now that UK wireless carrier O2 has lost its exclusive contract to carry the iPhone, it looks like nearly all of the British networks, may end up offering the device. The Guardian.co.uk reports that Britain’s Orange is expected to begin selling the iPhone on November 10, a day after O2’s 2-year contract ends. Last week, Kevin Russell, CEO of the country’s smallest network 3, said he expects to sell the iPhone sometime in 2010, while Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) UK, will sell the device starting next year. (Oct 26, 2009) White House Site Goes Open Source Obama administration drops proprietary software driving WhiteHouse.gov for the Drupal open source content management platform. (Oct 26, 2009)		java.net Communities Global Education and Learning Glassfish Identity Management Java Desktop Java Communications Java Enterprise Java Patterns JSR Java User Groups Java Web Services and XML Java Tools Jini JXTA Mac Java Mobile & Embedded Netbeans OpenJDK Portlet Robotics Sun RFID and Sensor Spotlights Geertjan Wielenga: Financial Applications on the NetBeans Platform Experian and Société Générale both have invested in the NetBeans Platform, by using it as the basis of one or more of their applications. And these two are not exactly small organizations. Experian is a global leader in consumer and business credit reporting and marketing services and a constituent of the United Kingdom's FTSE 100 index, with revenues in excess of US$4 billion, while Société Générale is France's second-largest bank by market value. How do I know that these organizations are using the NetBeans Platform? By looking in the dev@openide.netbeans.org mailing list... more Events by Date W-JAX 2009 November 9-14 4:00 PM-2:00 AM November 09 13, 2009 2009 Great Lakes Software Symposium November 13-15 12:00 PM-5:30 PM November 13 15, 2009 more