Javapolis 2007 Technology Highlights

Tech highlights from Javapolis 2007:

• Java Content Repository
  • now supported by many vendors
  • slick demo of a Jackrabbit-based commercial product from day.com
  • JCR 2.0 is in the pipeline
• Glassfish open source application server
  • is now the reference implementation of the Servlet API
  • v3 (currently in beta) is more modular. The demo had a fast startup time.
• Resin (commercial servlet container) claims to serve static content faster than Apache
• FindBugs will find a lot of potential Java bugs for you!
• Groovy
  • provides a combination of modern scripting features and tight Java integration. For example, Groovy classes can implement Java interfaces.
  • v1.5 offers signficant performance gains
• JRuby on Rails = Rails + support for calling Java code
• JavaRebel is a commercial product that enables auto-reloading of classes without restarting the server