Kito, Daniel, and Ian discuss the challenges of programming with different languages plus new releases from JBoss, Spring, PrimeFaces, RichFaces, TypeScript, git, WebSphere, and more. They also discuss the rise of TypeScript as a popular alternative to other JavaScript transpiler languages, and the possibility that web assemblies will marginalize JavaScript altogether.

BootsFaces

Mojarra 2.03 Milestone 2

Apache Wicket v7.0 Released

Microsoft joins the Web Components world

Part 1

Part 2

Geb 0.12.0 released

PrimeFaces Signature Component

PrimeFaces 5.2.9 Elite Released

PrimeFaces Rio 2.0 and Modena 1.0.1 Released

PrimeFaces 5.3 Roadmap Update

RichFaces 4.5.7 Released

TypeScript 1.5 Released

Hibernate Validator 5.2.1.Final*

Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.2.3 released

Spring Framework 4.2 goes GA

Spring Cloud Connectors 1.2.0 released

Spring XD 1.2.1 Released

Spring Security 4.0.2 Released

Spring Boot 1.2.5 released

Liferay Collaborates with Red Hat to Deliver Integrated Open Source Technologies  

Keycloak 1.4.0.Final released

Amazon Aurora Announced

WildFly 9.0.1.Final and 8.2.1.Final are released.

Apache Jena 3.0.0 released

WAS Liberty beta with tools (August 2015)

Apache Groovy 2.4.4-incubating

Git 2.5.0 Released

JDK 1.8.0u51 Release Notes

Rise of TypeScript

WebAssembly: a binary format for the web

WebAssembly on GitHub

JavaZone - Oslo, Norway - September 9-10, 2015

• Des Moines
  • August 7 - 9, 2015
• Raleigh
  • August 21 - 22, 2015
• SpringOne 2GX
  • September 14 - 17, 2015
• Atlanta
  • September 18 - 20, 2015
• Boston
  • September 25 - 27, 2015
• JavaOne - San Francisco, CA
  • October 25th-29, 2015

Kito and Daniel discuss new releases from PrimeFaces, OpenWebBeans, DeltaSpike, Spring Boot, Polymer, AngularJS, WebAssembly, Play, Lucene, new JSF extensions, and more. They also discuss Microsoft’s open-source strategy and Visual Studio Code.

Keep up with the alphabet soup of product names. Check out our technical glossary!

OmniFaces 2.1 released!

New F12 Developer Tools for the New Microsoft Edge

Liferay Faces Project News - May 2015

AngularJS + CDI = AngularBeans

Web framework: Introducing Juzu version 1.0 and its brand new website

Apache Tobago 2.0.8 Release

Polymer 1.0

PrimeFaces introduces Rio theme and layout

New Releases for PrimeFaces Layouts

PrimeUI 2.0 Released

Recent Ripple of JSF Extensions

• ButterFaces
• Material Prime
• Generjee

JSR 378: Portlet 3.0 Bridge for JavaServerTM Faces 2.2 Specification

WebAssembly: A Universal Binary and Text Format for the Web

Play 2.4.0 “Damiya” released, adds new DI support and test APIs

[ANNOUNCE] Apache Lucene 5.2.0 released

Oracle Developer Cloud Service 15.2.2 Released

Spring for Apache Hadoop 2.2 GA released

[ANN] End of life for Apache Tomcat 6.0.x

[ANNOUNCEMENT] HttpComponents Client 4.5 GA Released

[ANNOUNCE] Apache OpenWebBeans 1.6.0

[ANNOUNCE] Release of Apache DeltaSpike 1.4.0

Apache Allura 1.3.0 released

[ANNOUNCE] Apache Flume 1.6.0 released

[ANNOUNCE] Apache Calcite 1.3.0 (incubating) released

[ANNOUNCE] Commons Email version 1.4 released

CRaSH

Spring Boot 1.2.4 released

Spring Social 1.1.2 Released

JBoss Fuse 6.2 is out!

Infinispan 7.2.3.Final

JavaEE or Spring? Neither! We Call Out For a Fresh Competitor!

Visual Studio Code, and Microsoft OSS will it affect Java Enterprise ?

https://code.visualstudio.com/Download

MS fork of NodeJS

• Javazone, Oslo - September 9-10, 2015

• Austin
  • July 10 - 12, 2015
• ÜberConf, Denver
  • July 21 - 24, 2015
• Raleigh
  • August 21 - 22, 2015
• SpringOne 2GX, Washington DC
  • September 7-14, 2015
• Atlanta
  • September 18 - 20, 2015

Kito and Daniel are joined by special guest Seb Rose (co-author of The Cucumber for Java Book: Behaviour-Driven Development for Testers and Developers). They discuss new releases from Polymer, ICEfaces, PrimeFaces,  JBoss EAP, SonarCube, Pitest, IntelliJ IDEA, Serenity, and more. They also discuss Behavior-driven-testing (BDD), Cucumber, Geb, Spock, and Test-Driven Development (TDD).

AngularFaces 2.1.3 has been released!

Polymer 0.8 Release

ICEfaces EE 4.0.0.GA  

Includes ICEfaces Mobile Device Simulator

ICEpdf 5.1.2: Now With Enhanced Asian Font Capabilities

PrimeFaces Sentinel 1.2 Released

PrimeFaces 5.2.RC1 Released

Introducing PrimeFaces Spark

JBossWS 5.0.0.Final is available!

JBoss EAP 6.4 now available

AeroGear iOS SDK v2.3 is out!

SonarQube 5.1 released  - http://www.sonarqube.org/sonarqube-5-1-in-screenshots/

Pitest 1.1.5 released  - http://pitest.org

Sonar Pitest Plugin 0.5 released  - https://github.com/SonarCommunity/sonar-pitest

JOSRA Git Automated Branching Strategy & Jenkins Plugin  - http://www.josra.org/blog/An-automated-git-branching-strategy.html

IntelliJ IDEA 14.1 released  - decompiler with extended debugging facilities

Gherkin 3 development continues  - https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/cukes/YLKsqbBMBoI/DYhfFx8GBegJ

Serenity 1.0.47 released  better Cucumber integration - http://thucydides.info/docs/serenity-staging/

Testing with Cucumber and comparison to Geb and Spock - [Cucumber is a collaboration tool - https://cukes.info/blog/2014/03/03/the-worlds-most-misunderstood-collaboration-tool]

Teaching TDD with CyberDojo - http://cyber-dojo.org

1. What’s coverage good for? A. Killing mutants efficiently.

• Javazone, Oslo - September 9-10, 2015

• Dallas
  • May 29 - 31, 2015
• Salt Lake City
  • June 5 - 6, 2015
• Gradle Summit
  • June 11 - 12, 2015
• Austin
  • July 10 - 12, 2015
• ÜberConf
  • July 21 - 24, 2015

Claysnow Limited (Seb Rose’s company)

• To TDD or not to TDD? That is not the question.

Liz Keogh’s blog

Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests - book by Freeman/Pryce

Dunning-Kruger

Kito, Ian, and Daniel cover new releases from Oracle, PrimeFaces, RichFaces, Hibernate, Spring, Apache, and more. They also discuss AngularJS 2.0’s decision to use TypeScript, Microsoft dropping IE, and testing with Selenium and Geb.

Correction: PrimeFaces Sentinel Layout  + Theme pricing is $79 (basic) and $479 (extended); Theme only pricing is $49 / $249.

Oracle MAF 2.1

PrimeFaces Sentinel Premium Theme

PrimeFaces Elite 5.1.14 and 5.0.18 Released

AngularJS 2.0: Built on TypeScript

TypeScript Loves AngularJS

RichFaces 4.5.3 Released

FaceBook Open Sources React Framework  

Microsoft to discontinue IE

Hibernate Search 5.1 Released

Hibernate Search 5.1.1 Released

Hibernate JPQL Bug Fixes and Hibernate OGM 4.1.2

Apache Jena 2.13.0 release, with features Elephas and Fuseki2.

Apache Camel 2.15.0 released

Spring Cloud 1.0

Spring Security 4.0.0 Released

Spring Security and Single-Page Applications with AngularJS

Spring Framework 4.1.6 released

Spring Security Kerberos 1.0.0.RC1 Released

Java SE 7U75 / 7U76 Now Available

Java SE 8u31 Now Available  

Java SE 8u40 Now Available

Oracle Java SE Embedded 8u33

metrics-clojure 2.5.0 is released

Testing with Selenium WebDriver and Geb.

• St. Louis, MO
  • Apr 10 - 11
• Reston, VA
  • April 17 - 19, 2015
• Columbus, OH
  • May 1 - 3, 2015
• Dallas, TX
  • May 29 - 31, 2015
• Salt Lake City
  • June 5 - 6, 2015
• Gradle Summit
  • June 11 - 12, 2015
• Philadelphia Emerging Tech - Philadelphia, PA
  • April 7-8, 2015
• Clojure West - Portland OR, USA
  • April 20-22, 2015  
• Devoxx UK - London, UK
  • Jun 17-19th
• Devoxx Poland - Krakow, Poland
  • Jun 22-24, 2015

Kito and Daniel cover new releases from HighFaces, GISFaces, Spring, Java SE/ME, WebSphere, Arquillian, Apache, and more. They also discuss Microsoft’s new Spartan browser and Pivotal’s decision to stop sponsoring Groovy and Grails.

HighFaces 1.0

GISFaces 1.4

Esprima 2.0 Released

Project Avatar Update

Microsoft’s new Spartan Browser

Spring XD 1.1 GA and 1.0.4 released

Spring for Apache Hadoop 2.1 Released

Spring Integration Kafka Extension 1.0.GA is available

Infinispan 7.1.0 Final Released

OmniSecurity

IBM WebSphere Liberty Profile Beta with Tools - February

Arquillian Core 1.1.7.Final Released

Apache Tika 1.7 Released

HttpComponents Client 4.4 GA Released

Apache Allura 1.2.0 released

Git 2.3 has been released

Java SE 8 update 31, SE 7 and SE Embedded

Java ME Embedded 8.1 Released

http://www.quora.com/Why-is-Pivotal-ending-the-sponsorship-of-Groovy-and-Grails

http://www.businessinsider.com/ibm-layoffs-are-coming-but-nowhere-close-to-100000-2015-1  

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• San Diego, CA
• • Mar 20 - 21
• St. Louis, MO
• • Apr 10 - 11
• DevNexus - Atlanta, GA, USA
• • Mar 10-12th, 2015  
• Philadelphia Emerging Tech - Philadelphia, PA
• • April 7-8, 2015
• Clojure West - Portland OR, USA
• • April 20-22, 2015  
• Devoxx UK - London, UK
• • Jun 17-19th
• Devoxx Poland - Krakow, Poland
• • Jun 22-24, 2015