DZone.com has just released the latest in its series of RefCardz. This latest cheat sheet is for IntelliJ IDEA 8.1. The DZone Refcards are "Free Cheat Sheets for Developers" and provide a wealth of information on key topic of interest to many types of developers, including Java developers. With this latest ref card, all of the popular Java IDEs are now covered:

• Getting Started With Eclipse
• NetBeans IDE Java Editor
• IntelliJ IDEA 8.1

There are now over 50 RefCardz available with more in the pipeline. The RefCardz schedule references future releases for JavaFX, JSF 2.0, Spring Dynamic Modules and Maven.

Packt is delighted to announce the launch of our Packt Author Website. Available at http://authors.packtpub.com, this new website is designed to be a one-stop resource for potential authors, covering all aspects of developing a book title – from the initial idea, right through to the editorial and publication processes that drive a book to market.

Packt Publishing is an IT publishing company that focuses on producing cutting-edge books for communities of Developers, Administrators, and Newbies alike. We develop books and publications that share the experiences of IT professionals in adapting and customizing today's systems, applications, and frameworks. Established in 2004, the company has published more than 230 titles.

The author website contains information on submitting title ideas, understanding the writing process, how our editorial team operates, and all Packt's latest news. There are articles on topics such as Why You Might Want to Write a Book, and Our History with Open Source. With regular updates from Authors, Packt Editors and the Marketing team, the site will develop into an invaluable resource for people who want to know more about writing for Packt, and how to make it happen.


Packt invites aspiring authors to visit the website at http://authors.packtpub.com. For more information, please write to us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Hi,

Here is an update on JAX India 2009, an International Conference on Java Technologies to be held in Bangalore between April 06 and 10.

1) Liferay, SAP, Signsoft, isc2 and many other companies have stepped in as sponsors to support the popular event.

2) Some of the renowned speakers, who have confirmed their participation, are:

*·    Axel Angeli, Logosworld, SOA Evangelist
*·    Neal Ford, Software Thinker, Meme Wrangler @ ThoughtWorks Inc.
*·    Prakash G.R, Eclipse Platform UI Team, IBM
*·    Harshad Oak, Rightrix Solutions
*·    Chris Aniszczyk, IBM Lotus
*·    Steven Bristol, Ruby on Rails Core Contributor,
*·    Michael Johann, IT Consultant, Guru
*·    Mike Keith, Java EE Expert @ Oracle Corp.
*·    Kito Mann, Editor-in-chief of JSF Central and the author of JSF in Action
*·    Ketan Padegaonkar, Consultant and Developer at ThoughtWorks
*·    Craig Russell, Architect at Sun Microsystems

3) The agenda of the conference has been finalized to include following tracks and toopics

Java

*·    Ten Ways to Destroy Your Object Relational Mapping Project
*·    Don't Know Jack About Object-Relational Mapping?
*·    What's new in Spring 3
*·    Spring and JPA

Eclipse

*·    Eclipse Commands
*·    OSGi for Eclipse Developers
*·    Single Sourcing: Extend your RCP Application to the Web with RAP
*·    Eclipse User Interface Testing with SWTBot, Part 1
*·    Eclipse User Interface Testing with SWTBot, Part 2
*·    OSGi Service Platform by example
*·    Open Source Java Persistence
*·    Eclipse Modeling – Overview
*·    Eclipse RT, the Runtime Project
*·    Intro to Eclipse RCP (Rich Client Platform)
*·    Advanced Eclipse RCP development

Architecture

*·    Social Computing, Collaboration and Enterprise 2.0 with Liferay.
*·    So you want to be an Architect
*·    Lucky Number 6 for Java EE
*·    OSGi and Java EE: Friends or Foes?
*·    Spring Dynamic Modules by example
*·    Test-Driven Design
*·    Unit Testing that Sucks Less: Small Things that Make a Big Difference

Web

*·    Google Web Toolkit: Making a better Web
*·    Writing Killer JSF 2.0 UI Components
*·    JSF 2.0 in Action

SOA

*·    Event Driven Architecture with Esper
*·    The brave new world of cloud computing
*·    Atomic Communication Patterns for the Enterprise Service Bus

Agile

*·    Communication Skills for Geeks
*·    Dynamic Languages
*·    All About Merb
*·    REST with Rails
*·    Introduction to JRuby
*·    Introduction to JRuby on Rails
*·    Dive Into Grails

As you know, JAX India 2009 has been planned to meet the needs of IT professionals at every level. Whether you are a decision maker seeking to evaluate technologies or a developer looking for a window to latest developments or an entrepreneur pursuing business opportunities, JAX India 2009 is the right destination to head to.

For more information contact JAX Hotline:
Mobile: +91 98457 30380, 99867 17738, Tel: +91 80 41124392 / 93
Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Website : www.jaxindia.com

With best wishes,
JAX Team

JBoss have released the first public beta of JOPR.

JOPR is described as "an enterprise management solution for JBoss middleware projects and other application technologies."

JOPR allows users to manage the application server and some third party products such as Hibernate, PostgreSQL, Tomcat and JMX Servers via a plugin system.

JBoss have released a "sneak peek" which includes details and screen shots of the new features. Amongst the features are many UI changes such as a navigation tree, subsystems view and a more streamlined UI.

Since this is a beta product, JBoss are asking for users to try the system and report feedback prior to the product being made available as GA.