Todolist post-Javapolis
Every time I attend a great conference like Javapolis I end up writing a long todo list of cool things to investigate… a list that (sadly) gets always lost in the space of some weeks… 
So, without any further esitation, that’s the list for Javapolis 2006
- XFire. I used XFire last year, when it was still in beta, and found it a good alternative to Axis. Now, after Dan’s presentation, I think it’s really great, probably the best tool for developing, installing and running web services
- Netbeans, Netbeans, Netbeans… yes, I know I’m an Eclipse guy, but Roman has spent a lot of time explaining me all the features of Netbeans 5.5, and they are great! My feeling is that the “editing experience” (editor, code completion, shortcuts) of Eclipse is still superior, but some Netbeans tools are simply amazing (f.i. the Matisse GUI builder, the Visual WebPack, Java EE 5 integration, Glassfish Integration).
- Geertjan (a Dutch Sun’s guy I met in Prague last November) has created a Netbean plugin for Wicket
- Mule. For some reasons, I’ve always considered ServiceMix as the best choice for open source ESB, but Mule really deserves a try.
- Spring OSGi. Yes, I know that a lot of Interface 21’s presentation are becoming more and more fluffy-marketing presentations (especially Rod Johnson’s..), but Spring OSGi seems to be interesting
- Seam. Now that it has become a JSR, Seam deserves some attention
- Apache Geronimo is maturing month after month, and seems to be ready for prime time
- Apache Derby/JavaDB. Can it be a good choice for simple applications or as a development database?
- Java 6. There are some interesting new features, but I need to spend some time on it..
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