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September 2007 Archives

An article on multi-core client side development in Java

Yesterday JavaWorld.com published a new article titled "Multicore processing for client-side Java applications". You're welcome to take a look and let me know what you think. Here's a summary of the article:

It's a well-known fact that hardware companies are abandoning the race for single-CPU speed and instead are focusing on multicore processors. Despite the fact that many algorithms can be easily parallelized, most client-side Java code is still written for single-CPU systems. This article shows you how to fine-tune a core JDK array-sorting algorithm for improved processing speed of as much as 35%.

Key Largo, Edelweiss and Caireann are finally released

I'm very pleased to announce releases for the main three projects that i'm working on:

• Release 4.0 of Substance look-and-feel (code-named Key Largo)
• Release 3.1 of Laf-Widget layer for LAFs (code-named Edelweiss)
• Release 2.0 of Flamingo component suite (code-named Caireann)

• Six new skins: Nebula, Nebula Brick Wall, Autumn, Magma, Mist Silver and Mist Aqua.
  
• State-aware theme transitions
• Smart tree scroll
• Glowing icons (buttons, option pane)
• Support for JXPanel translucency
• SwingX UI delegates in SwingX plugin
  
• Border painters
• New title painters: Brushed Metal, Marble Noise
  

Some applications may need to follow the instructions in the migration guide. The latest stable NetBeans module available here installs Substance as the look-and-feel in NetBeans 6.0 and allows playing with various skins, themes and watermarks.

Work has begun on the next releases, Lima for Substance, Foxglove for Laf-Widget and Deirdre for Flamingo.

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