I was just reading a post on The Planetarium about the latest JavaFX samples. I realized that when JavaFX v1.2 was released last month, I never did go and have a look at new ones.

There's now sixty or so applets posted in the JavaFX sample gallery. The latest ones to catch my eye are:

• Project Management System – Highlights the new UI Controls.
• Shopping Mashup – Using web services to show products from Yahoo Shopping based on delicious tags.
• Reversi Game – The classic counter game.
• Sudoko - A slick Sudoku puzzler.
• Twitter Client – Using the twitter API to keep track of the endless tweets.

A note for Mac users, with the latest version of Java Mac for OS X there is a new security warning popping up when running JavaFX applets. Full details can be found on this post on the JavaFX blog. Read the comments if you want to know a little bit more about the what happens to produce the warning.

Hot on the heels of the latest Eclipse release comes version 6.7 of Netbeans. The main enhancement focuses on the increased support for developer collaboration. Netbeans now works hand in hand with Project Kenai, Sun's open source project hosting site. Developers can create and manage these projects directly from within the IDE.

There's also improvements for development with Java, C/C++, PHP, Groovy, and Ruby. The full list of new features can be found on the release information page and the new version can be downloaded at the normal Netbeans download page.

A declaration statement is used to declare a variable by specifying its data type and name. For example, the following three declaration statements declare int, boolean and String variables:

int number;
boolean isFinished;
String welcomeMessage;

In addition to the data type and name, a declaration statement can initialize the variable with a value Read more...

As it's the end of June, it should come as no surprise to see the next version of Eclipse appearing on the horizon. Galileo (or if you prefer Eclipse v3.5) is a collaboration of epic proportions - 33 projects and 44 different organizations come together to make the IDE into a truly extensible development platform.

If you want to find out more about what Galileo has to offer there is a virtual conference on June 26th, 10.00am to 3.00pm EST. Otherwise, if you just want to go ahead and try it for yourself, the various bundles are available at the normal Eclipse download page.