Monday, December 20, 2010

Unsupported Operation Episode 23

Unsupported Operation Episode 23 (mp3)


Java / Tools



Android



Clojure



Groovy


  • GPars 0.11 released
  • Groovy 1.7.6 released - moved to JUnit 4.8.2 and IVY 2.2.0, some testing done with Java 7 builds

Apache


  • MINA - their NIO protocol stack went 2.0.2, mostly around bugs (but these kinds of bugs tend to be difficult)
  • JackRabbit 2.2.0, interesting they switched to logback (from logs) as their default but use sl4fj
  • Derby 10.7.1.1
  • UIMA - component architecture and framework for the analysis of unstructured content like text, video and audio data - hits 2.3.1

Misc


Thursday, December 16, 2010

Unsupported Operation Episode 22

Unsupported Operation Episode 22.


Java / Tools



Politics



Groovy


  • Groovy ++ 0.4.9.7 released, accepted that it needs to be Groovy rather than Groovy/Java mix
  • Peter Niederweiser of Spock fame joins Gradle team
  • Groovy 1.7.5 feature gets around not being able to exit from closures in a loop (findResult)

Scala



Apache



Google


  • Android 2.3 released to developers, first device (Nexus-S) ships on Dec 16th in US, Nexus 1 should start rolling out soon according to the team
  • New Maps app with 3d buildings and stuff for new 2.3 release
  • New Marketplace - returning the app for refund drops from 24 hrs to 15 mins!!

Amazon


  • Amazon Releases S3 Large Object storage now allows objects up to 5Tb in size