As all Java developers know, Sun’s last, maybe the last at all, JavaOne starts today. Considering the last two JavaOnes, it was clear that JavaFX will play a major role and that a new version will be released. Maybe some developer got to excited because the new version, JavaFX 1.2, was released before the actual [...]
App Stores are the new trend, Apple kinda started it and others are following, e.g. Google Android. Guess who is next? Java! Like every real star Java is a little bit late to the party, but the potential is huge. Let me explain why …
JavaFX 1.0 is around the corner. The planned release date was December 2nd, but it has been postponed to December 4th. What can we expect from the release? Despite the doubts from the community and my own, I actually looking forward to it. Why? A couple of thing:
Tool support has still a long way to [...]
These are two very interesting articles about applets, their history and predictions about their future.
Are applets making a comeback? by Jeff Friesen.
Jeff asked some Gurus (Roman Guy, Chet Haase, Jim Weaver and others) about their opinion. I found it very interesting how Roman and Chet, authors of Filthy Rich Clients, responded to the questions. For [...]
In my previous posts I wrote that JavaOne 2008 will be all about JavaFX. It looks like I am right. In this interview one of the leading developers for JavaFX (in this case its about JavaFX tools) Josh Mariancci talks about Rich Internet Applications and what we can expect from JavaFX. He also indicates new [...]
