Getting Started With the Mobile 3D Graphics API for J2ME
This tutorial introduces the Mobile 3D Graphics API for J2ME, JSR 184. The article presents an overview, potential application areas, the differences between JSR 184 and two related APIs, the classes in the new optional package, the programming model, the reference implementation, and some programming examples.

[ 21 Jan ][ News ]: NetBeans IDE 4.1 Early Access 2 Released
The NetBeans open source project is proud to announce Early Access release 2 of the NetBeans IDE 4.1.For downloads of this release go to:http://www.netbeans.org/downloads/index.htmlFor the quick start guide, see:http://www.netbeans.org/kb/41/quickstart-j2ee.htmlThis early access release has over 15 new modules for developing Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) 1.4 applications and is built on the novel and breakthrough NetBeans 4.0 technology. Users can developprograms for Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE), Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME), and now J2EE Enterprise Java Bean (EJB)components and Web Services. Using the free Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 8.1 Release Candidate as the deployment runtime and with NetBeans guiding the developer and automatically building the underlying J2EE infrastructure, learning about and developing J2EE 1.4 applications has never been easier. To further assist the developer, J2EE Java BluePrints catalog is also included.With a pure Java technology integrated development environment and cross platform availability for Windows, Linux and the Solaris Operating System, this is the best time to get a look at the future.The next release is the Beta release and planned for February, 2005.For more information on NetBeans 4.1 features and schedule you can visit the NetBeans 4.1 Planning Page.

Marriage of Eclipse Platform and Spring Framework

Marriage of Eclipse Platform and Spring Framework
Interesting to see what others are considering.

Using JConsole to Monitor Applications
JConsole is the Java Monitoring and Management Console, a new graphical tool shipped in J2SE JDK 5.0. This article describes how JConsole can be used to observe information about an application running on the Java platform, with an overview of the J2SE 5.0 monitoring and management architecture and how JConsole plugs into the architecture.

NetBeans IDE 4.1 Early Access Now Available
The NetBeans open source project is proud to announce the early access release of the NetBeans IDE 4.1 as the project delivers significant new development capabilities for the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition 1.4 (J2EE) including Enterprise Java Bean (EJB) components and Web Services.

For downloads of this release go to:

• http://www.netbeans.org/downloads/index.html

For the quick start guide, see:

• http://www.netbeans.org/kb/articles/quickstart-j2ee-41.html

NetBeans IDE 4.1 Early Access 1 Annoucement:

• http://www.netbeans.org/community/releases/41/announce.html

Book Review - Open Source Software: Implementation and Management
The next time someone asks you how to introduce open source into an organization, suggest this book as a starting point.

[ 13 Sep ][ Newsletter ]: Issue 25 of the monthly NetBeans Edge, by Ro

Holiday pictures
Back from London with a snapshot to share - send in yours.

Plug-in to Reusability in Java
In this article Keld will uncover the secrets of "Plug-in Architecture,"where parameterized classes are the plug-ins. We'll define Interfaces for several important classes used in an application, and then, we'll give the actual class names in a parameter file read by the application on start-up.