j1-2k7-mtT09: Teaching Java: from High School Student to Professional Developer 08 May 2007 04:00 GMTIt goes without saying that programming is the key skill for software development professionals. It is also, traditionally, very hard to teach and learn. This talk by Ian Utting will introduce a set of free tools designed to introduce students to OO programming via Java in High Schools (Greenfoot), at the start of the University careers (BlueJ), and as they progress towards using full-scale professional IDEs (NetBeans/BlueJ Edition).
Source: Java.net JavaOne 2007 Community Corner Podcasts: Teaching Java: from High School Student to Professional Deve 08 May 2007 04:00 GMTIt goes without saying that programming is the key skill for software development professionals. It is also, traditionally, very hard to teach and learn. This talk by Ian Utting will introduce a set of free tools designed to introduce students to OO programming via Java in High Schools (Greenfoot), at the start of the University careers (BlueJ), and as they progress towards using full-scale professional IDEs (NetBeans/BlueJ Edition).
Source: Java.net JavaOne 2007 Community Corner Podcasts: Project Darkstar Interview 05 May 2007 04:00 GMTProject Darkstar is a collection of technologies around providing high-performance, high-uptime, low-latency servers for massively-multiplayer online games and other applications. A Darkstar Community has recently been approved for java.net and in this interview, Darkstar founder Jeff Kesselman talks with java.net editor Chris Adamson about the project, what it does, and what people are doing with it.
Source: Java.net Java Mobility Podcast 3: JavaOne 2007 Activities 04 May 2007 04:00 GMTIn this, our first year of open-sourcing Java ME technology, we have an incredibly rich and varied program for mobile and embedded developers at the 2007 JavaOne conference. Leader Roger Brinkley and tech evangelist Terrence Barr walk through the week-long program in San Francisco, highlighting the most interesting activities and not-to-miss events.
Source: Java.net Interview with Tim Bray: Atom, JRuby, and the Ecumenical Sun 03 May 2007 04:00 GMTTim Bray recently took some time out of his hectic schedule to talk to the O'Reilly Network about his current work on the Atom protocol, his views on JRuby, and Sun's evolving Web strategy. Find out what is on Tim's mind these days.
Source: O'Reilly JavaOne 2007 Community Corner Podcasts: Best of 2006 03 May 2007 01:25 GMTOnce again, the java.net Community Corner booth will be the place to be for dozens of 20-minute mini-talks delivered by members of the java.net community, about their projects, their communities, and other topics that interest them. And once again, java.net will record and offer all the mini-talks as a podcast feed. In this "feed seed," java.net editor Chris Adamson compiles a selection of highlights from some of the most popular talks from the 2006 Community Corner.
Source: Java.net Mobile and Embedded Podcast 2: Report From Brazil 01 May 2007 04:00 GMTIn the second podcast in our Mobile and Embedded Community series, leader Roger Brinkley and tech evangelist Terrence Barr highlight the latest community technology news, and then report on the April events in Brazil at Sun Tech Days and the FISL conference. Don't miss Roger's interview with Bruno and Lucas, project owners of the Marge Project, a Java Bluetooth Framework that shows how to create Bluetooth-enabled applications in a simple way. Bruno and Lucas recently unveiled a
video about their demos on YouTube.
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