Big Faceless Java PDF library 2.3.6   07 Apr 2005 04:15 GMT
The Big Faceless Organization has released the Big Faceless Java PDF Library 2.3.6. New features: - Added support for interlaced PNG images
Source: JavaKB

MagicDraw UML 9.5   07 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
No Magic has announced the release of MagicDraw UML version 9.5. They write in, "The latest release of the award-winning UML modeling and CASE tool includes Eclipse integration enhancements and improvements. The ability to control synchronization and other changes provides flexibility when working with MagicDraw integrated with Eclipse."
Source: Java.net

Groovy JSR 1   07 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
The Codehaus has announced the release of Groovy JSR 1. "That's not yet the final release obviously, but that's our first version which includes the new parser by default. We'll have a few jsr-x versions till this summer, two or three more before the final 1.0 release. This new version contains many bug fixes, and the new parser implements a fair number of the decisions that have been taken as part of the JSR process for standardizing the Groovy scripting language."
Source: Java.net

JavaSVN 0.8.7   07 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
Java Subversion client project JavaSVN has announced the release of version 0.8.7. " HTTP proxy support was added. Bugfixes were made."
Source: Java.net

JasperReports 0.6.6   07 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
The JasperReports project has updated their graphical reporting tool to version 0.6.6 with minor features enhancements. " This version introduces support for Groovy and other languages in order to simplify the report expression syntax. Enhanced control over variabile incrementation is offered. Other bugfixes and improvements are also included."
Source: Java.net

Pebble 1.7.2   07 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
Simon Brown has announced the release of Java blogging application Pebble version 1.7.2. Enhancements to Pebble include ip black/white listing for comments and trackbacks, configurable logger, and a number of bug fixes.
Source: Java.net

Book Review: Hibernate - A J2EE Developers Guide   07 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
Slashdot is featuring a book review of Will Iverson's Hibernate - A J2EE Developers Guide. "I feel that the majority of the concepts and basic operations will be unchanged, but take this into account when deciding upon a purchase. While it is difficult to write books against the constantly moving target of an open-source or free software project, it is possible. I was involved in the technical review of a number of Struts books and they were challenged with the task of being available as version 1.1 was released. A massive undertaking, but one that they proved doable... This is a solid work that will take you from novice to a good working knowledge of Hibernate. If you can live with the fact that the book targets Hibernate 2.1.2 while the current production version available from the website is 3.0, then give this book a try."
Source: Java.net

Eclipse 3.1 M6   06 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
The Eclipse project has posted version 3.1 milestone 6 of their IDE for Java. New features include single JAR file plugins, menu navigation improvements, Workbench Browser API support, SWT fixes, and much more.
Source: Java.net

Lepido - Cocoon IDE   06 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
Sylvain Wallez has announced the launch of a new project for working on Apache Cocoonclipse Lepido. "The purpose of Lepido is both to help newcomers to more easily get started, and to bring a number of tools to be more productive in writing applications. Wizards, editors, debugger, etc... a number of Cocoon oldtimers have offered to join and participate to this new great adventure. It is important that Lepido really becomes a community-owned tool just like Cocoon is a community-owned framework."
Source: Java.net

Apache JetSpeed 2.0 M2   06 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
The Apache Jetspeed project has announced the release of version 2.0 Milestone 2. Thought primarily a bug fix release it adds some new features such as SSO admin, browser and DB browser portlets, and many small improvements.
Source: Java.net