As I wrote yesterday, this weekend java.net is transitioning to a new infrastructure... Also:
Java Today: OpenESB community partner releases the first commercially supported OpenESB component; New API for Constraint Programming; and We Are Done with Layers - Now Start with Plugins.
Weblogs: Reviving Project WOM - WSDL Object Model; Have a nice weekend java.net; and TOTD #95: EJB 3.1 + Java Server Faces 2.0 + JPA 2.0 web application - Getting Started with Java EE 6 using NetBeans 6.8 M1 & GlassFish v3.
Forums: New version of Eclipse plugin for glassfish published; More info on CMS migration this weekend; and Glassfish cluster limits / best practices?.
Featured Articles: Introducing Custom Paints to JavaFX; Using the Payment API for Microcredit and Other Applications.
Featured Podcast: Java Mobility Podcast 84: Valderi Leithardt on using SunSpots for gesture recognition.

If you work on or closely follow any java.net projects, you've probably noticed the banner that has been displayed on project pages for the past couple days... Also:
Java Today: Big changes under the hood for java.net; Value Object vs. Data Transfer Object (VO vs DTO); and Cloud Foundry is now part of SpringSource.
Weblogs: ... and you have to CI your Jira too!; SAF and JDK7; and .
Forums: How to configure the JNLP file in netbeans ?; 1.2 slower?; and Lazy deployment of EJBs?.
Featured Articles: Introducing Custom Paints to JavaFX; Using the Payment API for Microcredit and Other Applications.
Featured Podcast: Java Mobility Podcast 84: Valderi Leithardt on using SunSpots for gesture recognition.

Last week I started a series on interesting Kenai projects, inspired by Adam Bien's recent blog post... Also:
Java Today: GlassFish tools Bundle for Eclipse version 1.1 released ; Cloud Computing Demystified: Part-I; and JSF 2 Seminar September 1st.
Weblogs: Maven: Using JUnit with DLLs; Upcoming Java Power Tools Bootcamps in Canberra and Sydney, Wellington, London and Paris - Don't miss out!; and TOTD #93: Getting Started with Java EE 6 using NetBeans 6.8 M1 & GlassFish v3 - A simple Servlet 3.0 + JPA 2.0 app.
Forums: v3 preview: iiop-listener / ORB not started; Flicker with heavyweight swing component hide() on Linux; and Jaxb2 without annotations.
Featured Articles: Introducing Custom Paints to JavaFX; Using the Payment API for Microcredit and Other Applications.
Featured Podcast: Java Mobility Podcast 84: Valderi Leithardt on using SunSpots for gesture recognition.

Joe Darcy has posted and interesting analysis titled "JDK Release Types and Compatibility Regions"... Also:
Java Today: JDK Release Types and Compatibility Regions; Java ME: Smart browsing on dumb phones; and Five Reasons Why You Should Learn a New Language Now.
Weblogs: ui:repeat and Ajax; Web testing BDD-style with JWebUnit and Easyb; and Job Search: Technical Questions.
Forums: Form.refreshTheme() doesn't repaint back ground when styles are gradient; JinternalFrame Questions!; and GlassFish v2ur2 with Client and Server in different subnets.
Featured Articles: Introducing Custom Paints to JavaFX; Using the Payment API for Microcredit and Other Applications.
Featured Podcast: Java Mobility Podcast 84: Valderi Leithardt on using SunSpots for gesture recognition.

Sun's opening JavaOne 2009 presentation featured the debut of Java Store, "a global marketplace for cutting-edge Java applications"... Also:
Java Today: GlassFish Survey - Top Migrations to GF are from Tomcat and JBoss; Creating Menus in JavaFX (with JFXtras Menu Classes by Jonathan Giles); and Announcing the JSF Summit: Dec 1-4 in Orlando, FL.
Weblogs: Java API for KML (JAK); BetterBeansBinding 1.3.0 in the Central Maven Repository; and TOTD #92: Session Failover for Rails applications running on GlassFish.
Forums: How to create a new peer group in JXTA 2.5?; using TimeStamp at client side; and Java for real-time ComputerVision.
Featured Articles: Introducing Custom Paints to JavaFX; Using the Payment API for Microcredit and Other Applications.
Featured Podcast: Java Mobility Podcast 84: Valderi Leithardt on using SunSpots for gesture recognition.

The results of this past week's java.net poll were fairly clear... Also:
Java Today: JavaTools Community Newsletter - Issue 201; JDK 7: New Component Delivery Model in the Works; and Anatomy of the JDK Build.
Weblogs: Animation blueprints for SWT; A spoonful of Scala; and My Recent Job Hunting Experience.
Forums: Provider based endpoint - behind the scenes; Frustration with Java and gcj; and Qwerty support for Blackberry.
Featured Articles: Introducing Custom Paints to JavaFX; Using the Payment API for Microcredit and Other Applications.
Featured Podcast: Java Mobility Podcast 84: Valderi Leithardt on using SunSpots for gesture recognition.

Aaron Houston, Program Coordinator for JUGs and Java Champions, recently pointed me to the NetBeans Dream Team Blog Feed... Also:
Java Today: Scala Plugin for NetBeans - Rewrite in Scala #2: Supports Java/Scala Mixed Project; Updated GlassFish v3 FCS Schedule; and JavaFX: A Musical Gathering.
Weblogs: Keeping focus; TOTD #91: Applying Java EE 6 "web-fragment.xml" to Apache Wicket - Deploy on GlassFish v3; and The case against Apple.
Forums: Calling a Service in Glassfish via SSL from Tomcat with no DNS; Metro Client Security to WCF Service; and licensing restrictions on code generated by JAX-WS?.
Featured Articles: Introducing Custom Paints to JavaFX; Using the Payment API for Microcredit and Other Applications.
Featured Podcast: Java Mobility Podcast 84: Valderi Leithardt on using SunSpots for gesture recognition.

Adam Bien points us to some interesting Kenai projects in his latest blog... Also:
Java Today: New GlassFish Podcast episode: Antonio Goncalves; Some Interesting #Kenai Projects - From 3D Simulation to REST-Cloud; and The second Java Power Tools Newsletter is out!.
Weblogs: Java EE 6 Pet Catalog with GlassFish v3 preview and MySQL; JavaOne demo for JavaFX and SunSpot; and Getting the most out of the Maven settings.xml file.
Forums: Huge JXTreeTable deadly slow (only with Windows L&F); deploy ear in GFv3; and Lwuit v1.2: Error - ButtonGroup.clearSelection() method is broken?.
Featured Articles: Introducing Custom Paints to JavaFX; Using the Payment API for Microcredit and Other Applications.
Featured Podcast: Java Mobility Podcast 84: Valderi Leithardt on using SunSpots for gesture recognition.

The java.net Mobile and Embedded Community is one of the most actively communicative communities on java.net... Also:
Java Today: Mobile and Embedded Community News Update; Free "Summer Camp" courses introduce students to Java, JavaFX!; and JavaFX Mobile Ready for Primetime!.
Weblogs: Making a YUI Calendar Component in JSF2; Branch-per-feature, and it's another world; and TOTD #90: Migrating from Wicket 1.3.x to 1.4 - "Couldn't load DiskPageStore index from file" error.
Forums: War deployment question; getNonTxConnection; and JTable sizing method.
Featured Articles: Introducing Custom Paints to JavaFX; Using the Payment API for Microcredit and Other Applications.
Featured Podcast: Java Mobility Podcast 84: Valderi Leithardt on using SunSpots for gesture recognition.

Java Champion Cay Horstmann is asking developers for a bit of assistance as he rewrites a Java book for beginners... Also:
Java Today: Mario Fusco on the Lambdaj Project; Five Days with NetBeans68M1, JSF20, EJB31, Maven, and GlassFish V2/V3... And the Result; and Developing Content with JavaFX Mobile, Java ME, and the Messaging API (JSR 205) - Background.
Weblogs: GWS Deployer 1.9.17 : Reloaded : New Features Part 1; Are you using static import?; and A silly song for Agile2009.
Forums: question about @Local access in EAR file; WHY my j2me app stops sending http data...; and User certificate authentication with jax-ws 2.1.7 client and IIS .Net srvr.
Featured Articles: Introducing Custom Paints to JavaFX; Using the Payment API for Microcredit and Other Applications.
Featured Podcast: Java Mobility Podcast 84: Valderi Leithardt on using SunSpots for gesture recognition.

Almost a third of votes in this past week's poll about the beta Project Kenai were cast for the "I don't know" option... Also:
Java Today: Java ME: LWUIT Upgrades; Managing Your Apache Web Server - More on WebStack Enterprise Manager; and Turbo Charge your AMP Deployments with GlassFish Web Stack.
Weblogs: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: JVM LANGUAGE SUMMIT, September 2009; Quick NetBeans RCP Tip: How to reuse an already open TopComponent instead of creating a new one.; and TOTD #89: How to add pagination to an Apache Wicket application.
Forums: EJB 3.1 @Singleton + Clustering ??; OrientedShape3D issues; and Java2D and Swing Component Performance.
Featured Articles: Introducing Custom Paints to JavaFX; Using the Payment API for Microcredit and Other Applications.
Featured Podcast: Java Mobility Podcast 84: Valderi Leithardt on using SunSpots for gesture recognition.

Recently the java.net Mobility and Embedded Community published a Java Mobility Podcast 81: JDTF, in which Victor D'yakov talks about the community's new Java Device Test Framework Project... Also:
Java Today: Net Applications: Apple just lost half its 'market share'; How Evil Are Data Transfer Objects (DTOs)?; and Version 1.6.4 of Groovy has been released.
Weblogs: Online Maven training - coming soon to a PC near you!; TOTD #88: How add pagination to Rails - will_paginate.
Forums: hanging in sailfin when rebooting one node in cluster; NPCs; Problem with remote EJB call and inheritance; and GlassFish v3 / Java EE 6 schedule update.
Featured Articles: Using the Payment API for Microcredit and Other Applications; Introducing Custom Cursors to JavaFX.
Featured Podcast: Java Mobility Podcast 84: Valderi Leithardt on using SunSpots for gesture recognition.

I was talking with java.net former editor Chris Adamson this morning (via email), and our conversation got me thinking about the future of Java... Also:
Java Today: Announcing Sun Continuous Integration Server; JavaEE 6 Will Include JSR330 and JSR299; and Java HotSpot Garbage Collection.
Weblogs: Don't break the optimistic locking; How Mercurial will save my bill (and my time) for the next month; and TOTD #87: How to fix the error undefined method `new' for "Rack::Lock":String caused by Warbler/JRuby-Rack ?.
Forums: Data stored as session attribuite disappear!!; Deploying to a cluster with no downtime; and List Focus Problem with LWUIT 1.2.
Featured Articles: Using the Payment API for Microcredit and Other Applications; Introducing Custom Cursors to JavaFX.
Featured Podcast: Java Mobility Podcast 84: Valderi Leithardt on using SunSpots for gesture recognition.

It seems like NetBeans 6.7 is still brand new, but, as Ludovic Champenois reports, NetBeans 6.8 Milestone 1 has been released... Also:
Java Today: NetBeans: the Java EE 6 IDE; IT Olympics; and Sun has released Java DB 10.5.1.1.
Weblogs: Don't break the optimistic locking; How Mercurial will save my bill (and my time) for the next month; and TOTD #87: How to fix the error undefined method `new' for "Rack::Lock":String caused by Warbler/JRuby-Rack ?
Forums: Data stored as session attribuite disappear!!; Deploying to a cluster with no downtime; and List Focus Problem with LWUIT 1.2.
Featured Articles: Using the Payment API for Microcredit and Other Applications; Introducing Custom Cursors to JavaFX.
Featured Podcast: Java Mobility Podcast 84: Valderi Leithardt on using SunSpots for gesture recognition.

The java.net Java Champions project is a page I've had bookmarked in my browser for a long time... Also:
Java Today: Java The Most Popular Language - ActionScript Is Followed By Fortran And Cobol; Six Degrees of Aynsley Dunbar: BandmatesFX Example JavaFX App Continued; and A Simple Java class for Amazon SimpleDB.
Weblogs: Comet based TicTacToe in Atmosphere; DLR Expression Tree like in Java; and TOTD# 86: Getting Started with Apache Wicket on GlassFish.
Forums: Glassfish v3 virtual host problem; license of the blackberry port; and EDT ignores my animation.
Featured Articles: Introducting Custom Cursors to JavaFX; Integrating JavaFX with JavaEE Using Spring and Hessian Protocol.
Featured Podcast: Java Mobility Podcast 83: JATAF panel discussion.