Happy New Year!
I don't want to get into the almost inevitable year-end mood, commenting
on all the things that happened in 2002. Just one thing, I would really
like to see M$ ship a recent version of the Java JRE with all Windows
installations in 2003 ;-)
Anyway, the conversion of the user group from Yahoo-Groups to the
CarlsbadCubes.com Website has been completed.
As far as I can tell all but one account have been transferred an the
number of subscribers currently totals 334.
Links to the forum are available at the CarlsbadCubes web site
http://www.CarlsbadCubes.com
Moreover, you can manage your subscription following this URL:
http://jupiter.lunarpages.com/mailman/listinfo/forum_carlsbadcubes.com
The Thread archive is available here:
http://jupiter.lunarpages.com/pipermail/forum_carlsbadcubes.com/
Theodore:
Theodore "Release Candidate 1" is available through JavaWebstart here:
http://www.carlsbadcubes.com/theodore/
Theodore 1.0 final release should become available in the first or
second week of January and the work on a subsequent version, which will
add new features, will start immediately thereafter.
XML2Swing/Swinglet:
In the meanwhile, the work on XML2Swing/Swinglet progressed well. An
Editor (code-named Franklin), in its functionality comparable to
Theodore is in the making. Just like the Theodore class extended
Thinlet, Franklin extends Swinglet and therefore, Franklin serves as the
first real test case for Swinglet, I already discovered (and fixed) some
short comings. I'm planning on making a Franklin pre-view release
available in the second week of January. At the same time, Swinglet
should go opensource on SourceForge.
What's in a name.
Unfortunately, the terms "Swinglet" and "XML2Swing" are already used
elsewhere. If you think you have a cool name for how to label the core
library/technology, which converts XML into a javax.swing object tree,
please let me know.
Have a great year 2003.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way.....
--
Wolf Paulus
