At JavaOne 2006, one challenge to attendees was to write real-time code using Java RTS to control the cars movement around 200 feet of slot car race track embedded with 200 sensors. By detecting whether or not the car was [See the full post…]

There’s been a lot of talk about method and tools at the JavaOne developers conference presentations so far, but very little about process. How does a successful development team actually get the job done? Managing workflow was the topic of [See the full post…]

In Part 4 of this podcast from the Sun Microsystems Session on the best Java innovations, Sun VP James Gosling held a race-track demo and awards ceremony for the winners of a slot car racing challenge. Contestants had to write [See the full post…]

“This is going to be the toy show; it’s all demos, all the time,” said James Gosling during his part of the Sun Microsystems session at the JavaOne developer’s conference. In part three of this podcast, Gosling hosted a series [See the full post…]

BEA Workshop Business Unit’s Bill Roth and Patrick Linskey concluded their general session at JavaOne with advice to Java developers: Use the right tools, learn a new language, and join a BEA development community. Part 3 of 3.

Bill Roth and Patrick Linskey of BEA Workshop Business Unit discussed how standards drive innovation during the BEA general session at JavaOne. In part 2 of this podcast, they make a pitch for blended development: combining tools, platforms and applications.

Sun Microsystems’ former CEO, now Chairman, Scott McNealy kicked off a Sun session presenting Java innovations on the final day of the JavaOne developer’s conference. Before making the more serious points of his talk on how the Java community can [See the full post…]

“Seamless mobility…is a convergence of technologies that’s going to unleash an entirely new set of possibilities for developers,” said Christy Wyatt, VP for Ecosystem and Market Development at Motorola’s Mobile Devices Business, during a general session at JavaOne. In part [See the full post…]

“Convergence is really going to come together in the entertainment space,” said Rob Shaddock, Chief Technology Officer at Motorola, during a general session at JavaOne. He gave an upbeat presentation with Christy Wyatt, Motorola’s VP of Ecosystem and Market Development [See the full post…]

Graham Hamilton concludes the session with demos of Visual Basic used in Java as well as AJAX.

Graham Hamilton concludes the session with demos of Visual Basic used in Java as well as AJAX.

Bill Roth, VP, BEA Workshop Business Unit said, “In reality, we believe innovation is everywhere,” during his presentation at JavaOne, “Lies, Damn Lies, and Java.” In part one of this three-part podcast, Bill Roth and Patrick Linskey of BEA talk [See the full post…]

In part 2 of this two-part podcast, Senior VP of Oracle Server Technologies Thomas Kurian sheds light on SOA 2.0, and discusses Web 2.0 as the next application platform from dynamic user interfaces.

2006 JavaOne Conference: Sun’s Shannon Demos Pile o’ Java EE 5 Features, Part 2

2006 JavaOne Conference: Sun’s Shannon Demos Pile o’ Java EE 5 Features, Part 1

“Clearly Windows Vista is going to be very important for all developers,” Hamilton noted during a demo of Mustang’s desktop tools.

“You can paint graphics very fast,” Hamilton said, “but what humans really care about is the perceived performance of your application.”

In a general session, Senior VP of Oracle Server Technologies Thomas Kurian outlined tools and trends in enterprise computing for Java developers. Part one of this two-part podcast covers Java EE5 and other tools and standards.

At JavaOne 2006 in San Francisco, PodTech’s Michael Johnson speaks with Mike Baum, CES (Chief Executive Splunker!) about Splunk, an innovative software solution for IT Infrastructure analysis. Splunk tracks complex IT datastreams in real time and creates event fingerprints and [See the full post…]

Jeff Jackson, SVP of Java Enterprise Products & Developers Products continues the morning presentation with Steve Jones CTO of Capgemini, and Sun’s Technical Director for Tools, Charles Beckham about BEPL engines and new open source resource. Also featured: Richard Bair [See the full post…]

Alan Brenner, VP, Client Systems Group at Sun Microsystems, hosted a general session on mobility. The 90-minute presentation, called Simplicity in Innovation, unveiled new and coming uses of Java to power experiences via portable devices. In part 3 of the [See the full post…]

Jeff Jackson, SVP of Java Enterprise Products & Developers Products takes the stage from Rich Green, and welcomes veteran EE developers Greg Murray and Craig McClanahan, to demonstrate Java Studio Creator and AJAX blueprint development.Also featured: Microsoft’s Project Tango, and [See the full post…]

Jonathan Schwartz, President and CEO of Sun Microsystems along with Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Connonical, Inc, Mark Fleury CEO of JBoss, and Rich Green, EVP of Software at Sun, make special announcements about new software tools for the Netbeans Community.

Alan Brenner, VP, Client Systems Group at Sun Microsystems, hosted a general session on mobility. The 90-minute presentation, called Simplicity in Innovation, unveiled new and coming uses of Java to power experiences via portable devices. In part 2 of the [See the full post…]

Alan Brenner, VP, Client Systems Group at Sun Microsystems, hosted a general session on mobility. The 90-minute presentation, called Simplicity in Innovation, unveiled new and coming uses of Java to power experiences via portable devices. In part 1 of the [See the full post…]