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Welcome to the Special 2004 JavaOne Conference Edition of the Core Java Technologies Newsletter. Whether you are attending the conference in person or virtually, we hope you find this newsletter useful.

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Early Access

The following J2SE products and technologies were made available through the Early Access Release Program this month:

J2SE 1.5.0 Beta 2
The most important Java technology release in years includes new Java language updates, monitoring and management support, and a focus on rich clients for the desktop.

Product and Technology Releases

The following J2SE and J2EE products and technologies were recently released:

J2EE 1.4 SDK Update 1
Now available with several bug fix improvements. The J2EE SDK contains the Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 8 featuring support for JavaServer Faces technology and is free for both development and deployment. The J2EE SDK includes the latest J2EE Blueprints, J2SE 1.4.2, and sample code.

JSR-212 Server API for Mobile Services: Messaging 1.0 Proposed Final Draft
Defines a protocol-agnostic messaging API for composing, sending, and receiving short messages and multimedia messages. It provides a client API to Short Message Service (SMS) and Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) servers.

JSR-086 Enterprise Media Beans 1.0 Final Release
Enterprise Media Beans provide a framework to integrate rich media data (audio, video, or image) into applications based on EJB Entity Beans within the J2EE application development model.

JSR-128 JESI - JSP Tag Library for Edge Side Includes 1.0 Public Review Draft
The JESI tag library facilitates the use of Edge Side Include (ESI) in-markup language within a JSP application. JESI tags simplify the declaration of cacheable dynamic fragments, content invalidation and personalization.

JSR-170 Content Repository for Java Technology API 1.0 Public Review Draft
Specifies a standard API to access content repositories in Java 2 independently of implementation.

Developer's Marketplace

Don't Miss Out - Bid Now!
To celebrate the week of JavaOne, Sun is putting an exclusive Java developer bundle on the auction block. Twelve lucky bidders will get Sun's world-class developer tools, along with the hardware platform and services to support it. Bid NOW!

Sun Developer Network Standard
A 100% Java development solution including the Sun Java Studio Creator IDE, tutorials, code samples, training, and more!

java.com--The Ultimate Marketplace for Java Technology
More than eight million visitors from over 200 countries come to java.com each month to download the latest Java software for their desktops, and explore the world of Java technology. Do you have new compelling applications to showcase to the millions of java.com users? Submit your application.

Free Developer's License with the N1 Grid Tool Kit
Order the N1 Grid Tool Kit and get the tools you need to automate application deployment. The kit contains a free license for the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System software and step by step instructions for developing components and plans to integrate and deploy custom applications.

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Resources

Learn more about, and get "hands-on" training for J2SE technologies through the following resources.

Technical Articles

  • Top Ten Destinations for Desktop Developers
    How to choose from more than 2000 sessions at the 2004 JavaOne conference? Read about 10 sessions that will give you a perspective on the future of Java desktop technology.

  • Top Ten Sessions for New to Java Technology Developers
    Ten sessions at the JavaOne conference that developers new to the Java platform may find enlightening and educational.

  • Fast Infoset
    This article introduces Fast Infoset documents, which can be smaller in size and faster to parse and serialize than equivalent XML documents.

  • All-New Language Features in J2SE 1.5
    This article, featuring poetry by Senior Staff Engineer Joshua Bloch, looks at the new language features, the motivation behind them, and discusses how using them can help you to improve your Java programs.

  • What's New in J2SE 1.5 Quiz
    The Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition version 1.5 (J2SE 1.5) has introduced several enhancements as well as new language features. Test your knowledge of the J2SE 1.5 Tiger release!

  • The Tools and the Trade: A Conversation with James Gosling
    Sun's James Gosling, the father of the Java language, talks about tools, the Microsoft settlement, and the 2004 JavaOne Conference.

  • BioJava: Deciphering Genomic Codes
    BioJava offers Genomic researchers an extensive, powerful, and open-source developers toolkit for building Java technology driven bioinformatics applications.

  • The J2EE 1.4 Kickoff, Part One
    Sun Microsystems joined with industry leaders to take note of recent innovations in Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition, 1.4.

  • Best Practices Tips for Sun Java System Access Manager
    What best to do while implementing SSO within enterprises and in a federated environment? Read these recommendations from Sun's Market Development Engineering Identity Adoption Team, including tips on how to implement Liberty standards to extend SSO outside enterprises.

Tech Tips

Chats

  • Improving Web Services Performance through Fast Web Services
    Moderated Chat July 29th
    Learn how Fast Web Services enhances performance at two layers: XML Information Set and XML schema with existing JAX-RPC and SOAP technologies. Chat with Rima Patel Sriganesh, MTS, Technology Outreach on July 29th at 10:00 a.m. PDT/17:00 UTC.

  • Sun Game Server Technology
    July 20. 11:00 A.M. PDT/6:00 P.M. GMT.
    Learn more about Sun Game Server Technology and get questions answered in this chat with two key members of the Game Technology Group: Chief Architect Doug Twilleager, and Server Architect Jeff Kesselman.

Newsletter

Java Technology Fundamentals Newsletter
Learn about the Logging API, learn more about servlets and JavaServer Pages, and read about the 2004 JavaOne Conference.

What's New

Java Enterprise Community
The Java Enterprise Community on java.net is a new gathering place for developers working with J2EE technologies. This new community on java.net is centered around J2EE applications, components and tools.

Events

  • Interact, Immerse, Energize
    It's not too late to engage with experts, fellow developers, and leading technology vendors -- the global developer community is coming to the 2004 JavaOne conference, June 28 to July 1, in San Francisco, CA.

  • Reception for Sun Certified Professionals at JavaOne
    Sun Microsystems cordially invites Sun Certified Professionals to an appreciation reception in your honor from 5:00 - 6:30 PM on Wednesday, June 30 at the Argent Hotel. Meet our special guest, Mark Bauhaus, Vice President of Java Web Services at Sun Microsystems.

  • NetBeans Day at the 2004 JavaOne Conference
    Tuesday, June 29, 2004, San Francisco, CA US
    The NetBeans team is hosting a free, companion event to JavaOne, featuring the NetBeans Project, a preview of the latest release, and NetBeans Partners. The keynote will feature James Gosling.

  • Apple Developer Conference 2004
    June 28-July 02, Moscone West, San Francisco, CA
    This event is for programmers, IT managers, content creators, systems administrators, or anyone who wants to make the most out of Apple's innovative technologies and the robust and flexible Mac OS X platform.

Industry News and Announcements

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Sun Continues to Fuel New RFID Market with Java System RFID Software
Software and pricing model enables new opportunities for businesses seeking to exploit growing networking technologies.

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