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For those interested: JOGL 1.0 you can learn more about it here: https://jogl.dev.java.net/

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Eclipse 3 (Stable Build) has finally been released. Check out the New and Notewrothy Very Cool!

just make sure you download the "Latest Build: 3.0" version

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The Java Almanac is a great source for new commers to intermediate developers to learn how to use the java standard API.

It includes a lot of example code

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Name and Version Change!

Sun has decided to change the java naming and versioning scheme to better reflect the "changes" made to the java platform. for more details: http://java.sun.com/j2se/j2se-namechange.html

note: they have kept the "J2" in the naming scheme. Although it appears to be impossible at the moment to introduce the "third generation" language, i guess sun still hopes that probably someday they could introduce another oustanding and dramatic modification to the java programming language.

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Tiger is out! Yep. Java J2SE 1.5 Release Candidate (also known as 5.0 now-a-days) is out!

You may download it here: http://java.sun.com/j2se/5.0/download.jsp
You may also want to bookmark the new api doc link: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/index.html

Quick summary on new features: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/relnotes/features.html

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J2SE 1.5 Update1 has been available for quite some time now.. if you have not already updated.. now would be a good time

u may download it here: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp

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J2SE 5.0 Update 2 has been release: get it here

The Release Notes: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html#150_02

It mainly includes bug fixes.

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JDK J2SE 1.5 Update 4 has been released, if you haven't already downloaded it,, do it now.. it's a bug fix release and they specially fixed some rendering issues.

Eclipse 3.1 is finally completed and released to the public. This new version is actually amazing.. they have cranked up its performance like.. well its quite remarkable.. anyways they also fixed a lot of those little annoying issues and those troublesome bugs.. also most importantly they added 1.5 support along with a few other new features...
check out the New and Noteworthy and the Performances Results. Download it here.

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Sun has changed the Java Brand and simplified it.. Now instead of J2SE 6.0 etc.. we just call it Java SE 6 (yea we drop the ".0" and we drop the "2")

When expanding the acronym we write it out like this:
Java Platform, Second Edition 6


the same goes for J2ME and J2EE.

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NetBeans 5.5 is out.

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JDK 6 is out

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If you haven't already upgraded, then upgrade to Java 6. Its a performance release. Some major optimizations have been implemented in this release!

Either way, Java 7 is currently under development. This release will be bundled the new Swing Application Framework. The framework really does simplify swing development, well at least some part of it, but you don't need Java 7 to use it. You can try it out right now: here and read more about it here

Java 7 might also include a language update.

To learn more read this: Java 2007: The year in preview

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Netbeans 6 Matisse Preview: here

It now automatically makes use of the Swing Application Framework.
It also comes with Ruby on Rails support: demo

Cool huh?. The IDE is in its beta phase. You can test it if you wish. It is expected to be completed and released by November.

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Netbeans getting started demo: here