java web start application

Hi ,

  I think most of the java guys know about the java web start , as i learned yesterday here are some points about that 

1) java web start  will come up with yout jdk.

2)Main purpose of this appplication is  say  you requested for some  x application in the net ,the application u are running having old java version ,  then u cannot  use x application which is having latest JRE environment .

3) java web start allows you to  automatically download the  JRE into your client system of any version whuch your application doesnt support.

4) you no need to the bother about the  differnt browsers ,  u can mention the attibute like java  5 or  java 6 what ever u want through web start ,it will  take of every  client which is accesing ur application ,if there is no proper version it will install and work.

http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/desktop/javawebstart/overview.html

Java FX Compettion are u ready ?

Hi, 

  I think  you  know about JavaFX, sun's technology for rich set applications for mobile and desktop.Now for RIA world competition leaded to sun  introduce  the competition for javaFX coding applications.Competiotion starts from march 23 to may 29 . so register the competiotion and devlop the richset applications and win the prizes.

1st prize 25000 $

2nd prize 15000$

3rd prize  10000$

even student section also it  is there !!! 

Here is link

http://javafx.com/challenge/

Ant or Maven ?

Hi ,
As we know good build tools like Ant ,Maven which one to use?
Ofcourse Now adays every body say Maven .
Here are advantages for Maven over Ant
1) Dependency management
2) built in tags for compilation etc..
3)easy to integrate with PMD etc.

where as In Ant a lot of scripts u need to write..
Well hold on here is another question correct maven is doing good build tool
here are some questions
1) why we need still xml related things to write as some users are not aware much ?
2) there are some situations like same jars of different versions in different places coincide in through maven scripts then finding solution is very difficult .
3) why maven reposorities required where our jars not found

Here are some of emerging build tools are here
1)Gradle
2)Gant
3)Raven

still Gradle has certailn feaures depency mangagement , it has only few lines of configuration needed.
Here is the link.
http://gradle.org/

Swing Framework Still there ?

Hi ,
As per new JSR in upcoming JAVA7, there one news came that still they want to include Swing Framework in java 7.But Some of the JSR team people itslef giving vote against Swing framework in java7, reason is simple , the code base what ever they are giving for Swing didnt updated.Another reason we can guess is in todays RIA world so many frameworks evolved for UI. Always developers are going for built in components frameworks like IceFaces . So my vote is also against swing in JAVA 7.