<h2><a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/illegalargument/84_Unsupported_Operation_Episode_84.mp3">Unsupported Operation 84</a></h2> <h3>Misc</h3> <ul> <li>Not really “new”, but I rediscovered the fact that since Git 1.8.2, that submodules now support following a branch rather than a fixed commit SHA1 - this actually makes them somewhat usable.</li> <li><a href="https://jdk8.java.net/">JDK8 Build 91 available</a> - Sadly, this didn&#39;t fix my method handle issue. </li> <li>Atlassian <a href="http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/whats-new">JIRA 6 was released</a> - teases with <a href="http://blogs.atlassian.com/2013/04/beta-program-atlassian-bamboo/">Bamboo 5</a> updates </li> <li>Yourkit Profiler 2013 EAP launched, personal licences only US$99 until June 4, 2013.</li> <li><a href="http://www.infoq.com/news/2013/01/spring4">Spring 4</a> announced, indicates support for JSE8 and Groovy 2 as the first class language, pushing Groovy 2 bigtime.</li> <li>Action Launcher Pro 1.7 for Android was released - best launcher ever. Adds support for icon packs and just makes it that bit more... awesome.</li> <li>Big changes for <a href="http://www.redline.st/blog/2013/05/25/making-things-simpler.html">Redline Smalltalk</a> - now scans classpath for .st files, so works nicely with artifacts/jar files etc. etc.</li> <li><a href="http://developers.slashdot.org/story/13/05/23/1752201/google-code-deprecates-download-service-for-project-hosting">Google Code removes file downloads</a></li> </ul> <h3>Maven - Spotlight Plugin of the Week</h3> <ul> <li>maven-shade-plugin</li> </ul> <h3>Apache</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/maven-044/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.1.0-alpha-1/">Apache Maven 3.1-alpha-1</a> available for testing/voting. <a href="https://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10500&amp;version=18967">Release Notes</a>.</li> <li>Maven ShadePlugin, version 2,1 supporting the above 3.1 release</li> <li>Open Web Beans 1.2</li> <li>Apache Ant 1.9.1</li> <li>Apache Wicket 6.8</li> <li>Commons-Logging 1.1.3 (please still remove it from your archives)</li> <li>Subversion 1.8-rc2</li> <li>JSPWiki incubating 2.9.1</li> </ul> <h3>Clojure</h3> <ul> <li>MD did a short <a href="http://slid.es/talios/clojure-maven-plugin">clojure-maven-plugin</a> history presentation at the 2nd Auckland Clojure Meetup, this seems to have awaked the bug reporters...</li> <li>Released 1.3.16 and then followed up with 1.3.17 of the clojure-maven-plugin</li> </ul> <h3>Scala</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://issues.scala-lang.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&amp;requestId=12206">Scala 2.10.2-RC1 now available</a></li> <li><a href="http://code.technically.us/post/51314714616/implicit-ly-dispatch-0-10-1">dispatch 0.10.1</a> released, HTTP client library</li> <li><a href="https://leanpub.com/ScalaOnAndroid/">Scala on Android</a> - new book from Lean Pub, being written by Geoffroy Couprie (@gcouprie)</li> </ul> <h3>Groovy</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://speakerd.s3.amazonaws.com/presentations/38ba7100a5be013000c342db8da5a4ed/Lift_off_with_Groovy_-_GR8Conf_Europe_2013.pdf">Groovy 2.1 showcased</a> and goes type checking mad</li> <li>Groovy 2.1 type <a href="http://blog.andresteingress.com/2013/01/25/groovy-2-1-type-checking-extensions/">checking extensions for SQL</a> inside a string discussed</li> <li>Cedric shows Groovy type checking printf type and number of params Docs for <a href="http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GROOVY/Type+checking+extensions">type checking extensions</a> released by Cedric</li> <li><a href="http://slid.es/musketyr/what-is-new-in-gaelyk-2-0">Gaelyk 2.0 released</a></li> </ul>