Steve Anglin

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Steve Anglin is a senior consulting editor and writer specializing in Java. He has nearly fifteen years experience in the IT industry with nearly nine of those years in Java. Previously, Steve was Managing Editor of O'Reilly ONJava.com and an Acquisitions Editor with SAMS Publishing. He holds a MSc in Applied Mathematics from Brown University as well as a BS in Mathematics from the University of San Francisco.

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Java Essentials: What Is Wireless Java?
Publish Date: Nov. 6, 2002The Java Essentials series provides high-level overviews of core Java technologies. This article covers the APIs, tools, and vendors for wireless Java. OS X Meets Java
Publish Date: Sep. 25, 2002From creating Swing applications in OS X to using AppleScript to compile Java to running Tomcat and Apache on the Mac, this collection of articles from O'Reilly's MacDevCenter site will get you started with Java on OS X. Introducing Java Web Services with JAX
Publish Date: Aug. 21, 2002Ready for the world of Java Web services? Bone up on the JAX Pack with Al Saganich's four-part series on the Java APIs for XML. 2002 OSCON .NET Report
Publish Date: Jul. 29, 2002Back from the 2002 O'Reilly Open Source Convention, we fill you in on developments on .NET. 2002 OSCON Java Wrap-Up
Publish Date: Jul. 29, 2002This is the 2002 O'Reilly Open Source Convention's unofficial Java conference report. With the turnout and support we had, let's hope for an official open source Java conference next year. Sun’s Evolving Role as Java Evangelist
Publish Date: Apr. 17, 2002O'Reilly's ONJava.com editor Steve Anglin is convinced Sun wants to be the enabling evangelist for all Java developers around the globe. And to a significant degree, they already are, as evidenced by the Java Community Process (JCP). New Promises That Come with .NET
Publish Date: Apr. 8, 2002Are there new promises that come with .NET? Time will tell, but as 2002 unfolds, it's becoming more evident that Microsoft's .NET programming and Web services platform will be interoperable with operating systems other than Windows. JBoss: Sun Needs Us
Publish Date: Mar. 20, 2002In this interview, JBoss leaders Marc Fleury and Nathalie Mason argue that Sun should certify this open source J2EE project for the health of the platform: "We are seeing the beginning of market-share loss to .NET. We urge Sun to certify us and give us the backing and credibility to be succesful in competing against Microsoft as the entry-level J2EE offering." Looking Back and Ahead on ONJava.com
Publish Date: Jan. 2, 2002A look back at the top ONJava articles from 2001 and a glance ahead at the coming year. C# for Java Programmers
Publish Date: Nov. 21, 2001In this collection of articles, Raffi Krikorian introduces Java programmers to C#. With the rise of Web services and the increasing importance of interoperability in today's heterogeneous development environments, C# is proving to be a viable language for Java developers. Getting Up To Speed with JXTA
Publish Date: Sep. 4, 2001Get up to speed on JXTA in time for O'Reilly's P2P and Web Services Conference. This package includes an analysis of the JXTA framework, a JXTA Shell tutorial, and a look at JuxtaNet, an alternative to Gnutella. Open Source Java Week
Publish Date: Aug. 1, 2001This Open Source Java Week package will help you see the many open source Java projects and tools that are out there. OSCON Java Tutorials
Publish Date: Jul. 31, 2001Check out these O'Reilly Open Source Convention Java and Java-related XTech 2001 track sessions. O'Reilly Open Source Convention Java Report
Publish Date: Jul. 26, 2001This is the O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) Java report covering the Wednesday Java track sessions and more. Java and XML Week
Publish Date: Jul. 3, 2001This week, we focus on Java and XML as essential for business-to-business information interchange, synchronous data messaging, and business service objects, as well as content generation in the context of Java application and Web services development.

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The Next Spring: Google Guice?

March 12 2007

Could the open source agile, lightweight Google Guice be the next Spring? According to many, apparently so. Impressions are that it’s more agile or lighter then even the Spring Framework. We’ll see. I think it’s too soon to judge and compare with Spring Framework. What do you think? And what… read more

EclipseCon: Red Hat Developer Studio and more...

March 06 2007

On Monday, news broke from EclipseCon: Red Hat JBoss announces a partnership with Exadel. Eclipse based Exadel Studio is now open source and going into JBoss.org for continued development and merging with JBoss IDE, etc. This will be called Red Hat Developer Studio IDE platform. Also, RichFaces is now open source,… read more

NetBeans adopts Ruby/JRuby

March 05 2007

As reported by Inside Java earlier today, the NetBeans IDE platform announces support for Ruby/JRuby. It doesn’t come as a suprise as Sun backs both the open source NetBeans and JRuby projects. NetBeans Community Announces Support for Ruby and JRuby Programming Languages SANTA CLARA, Calif. — March 5, 2007 —… read more

Apache Struts 2 GA Release

February 26 2007

InfoQ.com points to the general availability release of Apache Struts 2.x and what it means, has, etc. Struts 2, otherwise known as the Struts Action Framework 2, combines the best of Struts 1.2 + J2SE 5 compliance + WebWork Framework to get an open source lightweight, more agile set… read more

Energy innovations for the IT developer to consider?

February 26 2007

I was pleased to see the listing of the forthcoming O’Reilly Energy Innovation Conference, and wondered… how can Java and IT developers in general participate? 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, global warming, winter storms like they’re having in the Midwest and back East, and other major events have proven time and time… read more

CodeMash Conference continues...

January 19 2007

Find the CodeMash Conference coverage on Inside Open Source. It’s not just for Java, but blended development that includes Java, Ruby (on Rails), PHP, .NET, etc. read more

Sun leads open source in Europe

January 17 2007

Sun Microsystems, Inc. came out as the #1 contributor to open source in Europe. As reported by Sun’s Simon Phipps and Kevin Roebuck in their blogs, the European Commission just released their report on the Economic Impact of Open Source and the impact in ICT in the European Union. read more

CodeMash Conference this week

January 17 2007

The CodeMash Conference is dedicated to educate developers on current practices, methodologies and technology trends in variety of platforms and development languages such as Java, .NET, Ruby and PHP. It starts Thu Jan 18, 2007 and concludes Fri Jan 19, 2007, and is being held at the Kalahari resort in… read more

Java News Predictions for 2007

January 03 2007

Here are my top ten predictions for Java in 2007… 10. NetBeans IDE Platform will be divided into NetBeans Enterprise Edition, Standard (or Desktop) Edition, and Mobile (or Micro) Edition. NetBeans will continue to gain market share against Eclipse, but Eclipse will maintain a slim market share lead by year’s end. 9.… read more

Updated: 2006 Java Technology Winners and Losers

December 21 2006

Here are my winners and, yes, even losers for the most and least innovative and/or impacting Java technologies in 2006… First, the winners for 2006: Java IDE Platform/general Java Framework * NetBeans IDE NetBeans wins over Eclipse this year, because NetBeans has made significant progress and growth relative to Eclipse. A year or… read more

Java SE 6 is now officially final!

December 11 2006

The following is a press release from Sun on the final official release of Java SE 6: Sun Announces Revolutionary Version of Java Technology - Java Platform Standard Edition 6 Major Release Provides Significant Enhancements for Web Services and Web 2.0 Development and Support for Dynamic Languages, Windows Vista and… read more

JavaWriter.com for sale!

December 04 2006

The javawriter.com domain is now available for sale. Owner looking for reasonable price; please make best offer: dscasler AT hotmail.com. read more

Groovy/Grails User Group meeting coming soon...

October 19 2006

The next Groovy and Grails User Group meeting will be Thursday, October 26th, 2006. read more

Use an Eclipse-style governance model for open source Java?

October 16 2006

On InfoQ.com, an opinion piece has just posted: Use an Eclipse-style governance model for open source Java? Currently, Sun has many open source Java implementations in various tools, templates, and frameworks all over the place; so, in a practical sense, this would be the most important thing to me if… read more

Java on Vista: Yes, it works

October 09 2006

Java.net: Chet Haase blogs on Java on Vista: Yes, it Works. This is in response to apparent rumors to the contrary. read more

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