ProNetBeans.com: The Source for Learning NetBeans is published by Adam Myatt, author of our forthcoming IDE 6 Rich Client Platform Edition.

This is simply my list of top 5 2007 Java technology winners in open source, which I’m sure will upset some and surprise others; so, enjoy…

The next book in our Spring series has just published, Beginning Spring 2 by Dave Minter. Click here for An Introduction to Spring, an excerpt from this new book.

Here is a link to the new Apress Editorial Calendar. It’s a rolling calendar from years past looking into 2008. Enjoy.

Here is a JavaWorld.com excerpt from newly published Jeff Friesen Apress book, Beginning Java SE 6 Platform: From Novice to Professional.

Reviewed by Struts2 co-creator Patrick Lightbody, Practical Apache Struts2 Web 2.0 Projects by Ian Roughley has just published, and should be available at your bookstore. Click here for a sample chapter excerpt on Web 2.0 and Struts2.

Here are a couple of links to JavaWorld.com articles on the new more agile and lightweight Apache Struts 2.0 Java MVC Web application development framework and APIs.

• Struts 2.0 in Action

• Adopting Struts 2.0

For more on Struts 2, check out our new Apress book, Practical Apache Struts2 Web 2.0 Projects.

This book is written by practicing Struts developer and Struts contributor, Ian Roughley, and reviewed by the Apache Struts2 project co-creator, Patrick Lightbody. Enjoy.

From TheServerSide.com: In Practical JRuby on Rails Web 2.0 Projects, JRuby core developer Ola Bini shows how to leverage JRuby and Rails in a Java environment – including how to use JRuby from within an EJB (and how to use EJBs from JRuby), integration with message-oriented systems, using web services from JRuby, and managing deployments. These two chapters provide an introduction to JRuby and Rails…

Published with the Java developer in mind, the new firstPress technical e-Brief on JavaFX Script: Java Scripting for Rich Internet/Client-side Applications explores Sun’s newly emerging Java RIA platform and scripting language that have the potential to be critical for tomorrow’s industry….

SpringFramework.org has announced the availability of Release Candidate 1 of the new Spring Framework 2.5.

If you’re ready to dig into it, then check out the official Spring 2.5 RC1 Reference documentation, which is like a book in terms of quality and substance.

The First International Grails eXchange, sponsored by Apress, is being held October 17th-19th at the Barbican Centre, London, UK…

Ola Bini is one of the core team of developers working on JRuby and the author of Practical JRuby on Rails Web 2.0 Projects, announced separately here on Ruby Inside. In conjunction with the launch of the book, I wanted to ask Ola some questions about his involvement with JRuby, how he used his knowledge to write the book, and where JRuby’s future is heading from here….

Bringing the power of what seems to be the world’s most popular Web application framework, Rails (Ruby on Rails), to Java is now simpler than ever thanks to the JRuby project.

To help learn, understand and use the JRuby project, the highly anticipated Practical JRuby on Rails Web 2.0 Projects by JRuby core developer, Ola Bini, has published and is already available on Amazon.com and other retailers.

This book will empower you to develop Rails applications, even if you’ve never used Ruby. And you later perhaps integrate into your already existing Java/Spring stack. The power of Rails is now in your hands, using this book. Enjoy.

As many Java developers consider Java EE 5, Spring or other enterprise Java alternatives, there are many in their institutional structure that still use J2EE 1.4. For those that are, Apress is here to help…

Here is a sample chapter book excerpt on a gentle introduction to the Spring Framework, as available in the newly published Building Spring 2 Enterprise Applications by i21 (founders/makers of Spring) as well as Bram Smeets and Seth Ladd.