OnJava.com have a detailed article giving an overview of getting started with the Google Web Toolkit.
I still haven’t had time to look at this yet, but it is definitely high on my list to check out.
ZDNet: Getting started with the Google Web Toolkit
ZDNet have a quick start guide in Ed Burnette’s blog entry showing you how to get started with the Google Web Toolkit (GWT).
The GWT was annouced this year at JavaOne and gives Java developers a pure Java approach to developing AJAX applications, by converting the Java code into HTML and Javascript. The GWT gives you a Java API which will be familiar to Java developers, and allows you to develop your app using the provided Java components, and then when ready generate the HTML and Javascript representation of the app with AJAX functionality. This is an awesome approach to avoiding Javascript development, which is hard to debug and develop (in comparison with Java and the rich IDE tools available).
First solid state notebook – Samsung Q30
The Samsung Q30 is the first solid-state notebook, using flash memory in place of a harddrive. The initial model has a 32GB solid state drive, which allows Windows to boot in half the time of traditional moving part harddrives.
I’m surprised its not faster than this, but its an interesting step in what I think is the right direction. How long will it now take before we get to an ‘instant on’ notebook?
Reg Developer: Interview with Jim Gray
Reg Developer have an iinterview with Jim Gray on their site, well known for his work on database theory in the 1970s, and currently working with Microsoft as manager of Microsoft Research’s eSciences group at the Bay Area Research Center (BARC) in San Francisco.
The interview covers transactions, using parallel processors such as GPUs for intensive processing, and why developers have a hard time adapting to thinking of problems in terms of parallel processing.