Jozi’s Java 7 launch

July 7, 2011 | By admin | Reply More

In about 24 hours time Java 7 will be launched.

Live Webcast: Moving Java Forward: Introducing Java 7(July 7, 9 a.m. PT)

In South Africa the launch will be happening in conjunction with JUGS

Johannesburg Jugs Java 7 Launch
Date: 07 July

Time: 17:30 -

Location: The Chill Room, The Campus, Sloane Street, Bryanston

Java Development Kit 7 (JDK 7) is the next major release of the Java SE platform. Through the OpenJDK project, JDK 7 has been a highly collaborative effort between Sun and volunteers from the Java developer community. Sun extends its gratitude to all who have contributed to this release.

Download the JDK 7 Early Access

from Oracle website

Features

Here’s a summary of what’s new:

JSR-292: Support for dynamically typed languages. Languages like Ruby, or Groovy, will now execute on the JVM with performance at or close to that of native Java code
JSR-334: Also called Project Coin, this includes many enhancements to the JVM core to treat smaller languages as first-class citizens
Improved class loading
JSR-166: The new Fork/Join framework for enhanced concurrency support
Unicode 6.0 and other Internationalization improvements
JSR-203: NIO.2, which includes better file system integration, better asynchronous support, multicast, and so on
Windows Vista IPv6 support
SDP, SCTP, and TLS 1.2 support
JDBC 4.1
Swing enhancements, Nimbus look-and-feel, enhanced platform window support, and new sound synthesizer
Updated XML and Web Services stack
Improved system and JVM reporting framework included with MBean enhancements

What got deferred to JDK 8? Here’s a summary list:

Modular support for the JVM (Project Jigsaw)
Enhanced Java annotations
Java Closures (Project Lambda)
JSR-296: Swing Framework to eliminate boiler plate code

For a complete list of enhancements and new features, with full details, click here. For now, let’s look at the new Fork/Join framework, and how it helps with Java concurrency.

source: drdobbs

Oracle Hosts Multi-City Event and Live Webcast for Java Developers in Advance of the Availability of Java 7

News Facts

– To celebrate the upcoming availability of Java Platform, Standard
Edition 7 (Java SE 7), Oracle will host a live webcast on July 7, 2011
beginning at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), featuring speakers
from Java developer events in Redwood Shores, Calif., London and
Sao Paulo.
– Register for the webcast here.
– Participants will include: Accenture, The Eclipse Foundation, HP, IBM,
The London Java Community, Oracle, Royal Bank of Scotland, Riot Games,
SouJava and Travelex.
– In addition to participating in the webcast, Ben Evans from the London
Java Community and Bruno Souza from SouJava, both newly elected
members of the Java Community Process (JCP), will also be hosting the
local events in London and Sao Paulo respectively.
– The Redwood Shores and London events will take place at Oracle
facilities and in Sao Paulo at The Developer’s Conference 2011,
as part of Oracle’s Platinum sponsorship.
– Oracle will also host an evening reception at Java Forum Stuttgart,
for conference attendees to view the live webcast.
– The July 7 developer events are part of an extensive outreach program
by Oracle to provide support for Java User Groups worldwide,
recognizing that their contributions and involvement are necessary to
continue moving Java forward.
– More than 200 Java User Groups (JUGs) from 52 countries around the
world are also planning to hold local events over the next few months
and will take advantage of Java 7 launch kits offered by Oracle, which
include a Java SE 7 technical presentation, related technology modules
and T-shirts for members.
– For more information on Java at Oracle, visit