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…

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.

Here’s the latest Apress 2007 Java (Books) Editorial Calendar…

The Open Source Convention (OSCON) is this week, up in Portland, OR, and underway; and Apress is there…

Check out this chapter excerpt from Pro Apache Geronimo, which covers Web Application Development with Geronimo.

As reported on TheServerSide.com, Apache Geronimo 2.0-M6-rc1 has passed all tests in the Java EE 5.0 Certification Test Kit…

Get an introduction to the new Apache Tomcat 6 from this chapter excerpt as found in the newly released Pro Apache Tomcat 6.

LinuxPlanet: Sun Microsystems has partnered with Canonical to release a complete Java stack for Ubuntu users. The stack is made up of Sun software…

Check out this DevX article on the battle brewing between IBM and Red Hat JBoss over the open source J2EE/Java EE application servers, Apache Geronimo and JBoss Application Server, respectively.

Apress has just published Pro Apache Tomcat 6. Written by Matthew Moodie and edited by Kunal Mittal, this book addresses the latest JSP/Servlet API reference implementations found in Java EE 5 and some in Java SE 6.

Apache Struts 2, otherwise known as Struts Action Framework 2, combines the best of Struts 1.2 + J2SE 5 compliance + WebWork Framework to get…

Today, Sun announces the following news around new products and services that allow developers to bundle Solaris with an enterprise Apache, MySQL, and PHP/Perl/Python stack solution.

DevX.com: This article introduces you to the Apache Geronimo GBean framework architecture and shows you how to build and deploy a simple GBean.

Check out this chapter excerpt on Struts Fundamentals from the recently published Pro Apache Struts with Ajax by John Carnell, Spring’s Rob Harrop and Kunal Mittal.

Artima: Jini has been accepted as an open source project under Apache incubator as Apache River. This may be the first of Sun’s major open source projects. NetBeans, OpenSolaris, etc. may follow, imo.

Here are my top ten predictions in Java for 2007…

Apache Geronimo 2.0-M1 has been released and is available for user download.

InfoQ.com posts this on IBM’s response to Sun GPL’ing Java last week. Essentially, IBM says what Sun did is good, but why not put under Apache license or just let Apache Harmony take its course…

How about a treat… Apress recently published the new Pro Apache Struts with Ajax, a revision of Pro Jakarta Struts by John Carnell and Rob Harrop. This book covers covers the latest in Apache Struts 1.2.x, still the most popular and probably the most widely adopted open source MVC-based Java Web application framework out there…