I was unable to attend JavaOne this year since I was at the Red Hat conference in San Diego. Still, I heard good things, especially about a new language and framework called Scala/lift. Both Java Flex guru Bruce Eckel and scalability guru David Pollak commented on Scala. (More on that next week.)
So my only way to find out what was going on was through blogs and news releases. If you missed JavaOne, check out the links below. Interesting highlights include Sun's announcement of JavaFX scripting, the JPhone and the results of open sourcing Java. Interesting to see Sun finally get behind scripting languages after poo-poohing them for so many years. (But what I really want to know is how did Charlie Babcock manage to cover both the Red Hat conference in San Diego and the JavaOne conference in San Francsico!)
- Sun: JavaOne WebCasts, News, More News, Blogs
- ITNews: Sun Reads A New Script
- InformationWeek: Call it the JPhone
- CIO Insight: Interview with James Gosling on Java
- Redmonk: Evolving JavaOne
- Bruce Eckel: JavaOne Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4
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