Guest Post: looking forward to learning more about the wide array of projects in the Apache fold at ApacheCon
[this post is available online at https://s.apache.org/RkWd ] by Ken Fogel, Co- Chairperson and Co-Program Coordinator, Computer Science Technology at Dawson College I am an instructor in the Computer Science Technology Program at Dawson College https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/computer-science-technology/ in Montreal, the host city this year for ApacheCon. Our program, unlike those found in universities, takes, primarily, students right from high school and over three years trains them to be software developers. Our program focuses on the practical aspects of being a developer and focus on preparing our students for the workplace on their first day on the job. Our primary teaching language is Java. The open source community around Java is one of the most vibrant in the industry. In our program we use primarily open source tools and libraries. We encourage our students to participate in open source projects where we can. When I started in the industry the concept of open source was unheard of. There was Trial Ware and Nag Ware. You bought software from Microsoft and IBM. Things are very different now. It is not the software that is the revenue stream but the value the software brings to a solution. From this approach, in my opinion, comes the concept of open source. For example, its not the server that is the product but the web site that runs on the server. As an instructor for over 30 years it is easy for me to loose touch with the industry outside the walls of Dawson College. Attending industry conferences rather than academic conferences is what has allowed me to keep in contact with the industry. I have learned a great deal about the real world of software development that I have brought into my classroom. I have also had the opportunity to contribute to these conferences. This year a new project has joined the Apache fold, NetBeans http://netbeans.apache.org/ . I have been a proponent of NetBeans in the classroom for many years. It has allowed me to focus on teaching software development skills rather than being the technical support for the IDE. It does not get in the way of my students as they learn about programming and put there skills into practice. At this year's ApacheCon I am looking forward to learning more about the wide array of projects in the Apache fold. Not only that but I will also be presenting NetBeans at this year's conference https://apachecon.dukecon.org/acna/2018/#/scheduledEvent/7e6b57d36ccd834f2 . Come and join us to be inspired by what Apache has to offer and to discover why NetBeans may be, not only the best IDE for education, but possibly the best IDE for commercial development. ApacheCon, the official global conference of The Apache Software Foundation, showcases "Tomorrow's Technology Today" across 350+ Apache projects and their communities. We are celebrating ApacheCon's 20th Anniversary 23-27 September 2018 in Montreal. 100+ sessions, keynotes, BarCamp, Hackathon, BoFs, Lighting Talks, evening events, excellent networking opportunities, and much more. Join us! http://apachecon.com/ Follow us! https://twitter.com/ApacheCon # # # NOTE: you are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the announce@apache.org distribution list. To unsubscribe, send email from the recipient account to announce-unsubscr...@apache.org with the word "Unsubscribe" in the subject line.
[ANNOUNCE] Apache POI 4.0.0 released
The Apache POI project is pleased to announce the release of POI 4.0.0. Featured are a handful of new areas of functionality, and numerous bug fixes. See the downloads page for binary and source distributions: https://poi.apache.org/download.html Release Notes Changes The most notable changes in this release are: - Removed support for Java 6 and 7 making Java 8 the minimum version supported - Unsplit packages for Jigsaw / Java 9 compatibility - OutputStreams aren't closed by write(OutputStream) methods anymore - Depends on new XMLBeans 3.0.1 release - New ooxml-schema version 1.4 - use via poi-ooxml-schema (preferred) or ooxml-schema artifact - OPOIFS* classes removed / NPOIFS* classes renamed to POIFS* - new XDDF classes for shared diagram/chart functionality of X**F modules A full list of changes is available in the change log: https://poi.apache.org/changes.html. People interested should also follow the dev mailing list to track further progress. Release Contents This release comes in two forms: - pre-built binaries containing compiled versions of all Apache POI components and documentation (poi-bin-4.0.0-20180907.zip or poi-bin-4.0.0-20180907.tar.gz) - source archive you can build POI from (poi-src-4.0.0-20180907.zip or poi-src-4.0.0-20180907.tar.gz) Unpack the archive and use the following command to build all POI components with Apache Ant 1.8+ and JDK 1.8 or higher: ant jar Pre-built versions of all POI components are also available in the central Maven repository under Group ID "org.apache.poi" and Version "4.0.0" All release artifacts are accompanied by MD5 checksums and PGP signatures that you can use to verify the authenticity of your download. The public key used for the PGP signature can be found at https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/poi/tags/REL_4_0_0_FINAL/KEYS About Apache POI --- Apache POI is well-known in the Java field as a library for reading and writing Microsoft Office file formats, such as Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, Publisher and Outlook. It supports both the older (OLE2) and new (OOXML - Office Open XML) formats. See https://poi.apache.org/ for more details Thank you to all our contributors for making this release possible. On behalf of the Apache POI PMC, Andi signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[ANNOUNCE] Apache Commons Weaver 2.0 released
The Apache Commons Team is pleased to announce the availability of:
Apache Commons Weaver 2.0
Apache Commons Weaver provides an easy way to enhance compiled Java
classes by generating ("weaving") bytecode into those classes.
The release notes can be reviewed at:
http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/weaver/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
Distribution packages can be downloaded from:
https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-weaver/download_weaver.cgi
When downloading, please verify signatures using the KEYS file available at:
http://www.apache.org/dist/commons
Maven artifacts are also available in the central Maven repository:
http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/commons/
The Apache Commons Team
The Apache News Round-up: week ending 7 September 2018
[this announcement is available online at https://s.apache.org/tqoe ] Welcome, September. Here's what the Apache community has been working on over the past week: Success at Apache –a monthly blog series that focuses on the processes behind why the ASF "just works". - 赢在 Apache: If it helps others, all the better. by Sally Khudairi https://s.apache.org/Et2y ASF Board –management and oversight of the business affairs of the corporation in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws. - Next Board Meeting: 19 September. Board calendar and minutes http://apache.org/foundation/board/calendar.html ApacheCon™ –the ASF's official global conference series, now in its 20th year. - 24-27 September: T-17 days to Montreal. Don't miss 100+ Apache project and community sessions, from CloudStack to Spark to Tomcat to Geospatial to Hackathon, BarCamp, and more. Join us! http://apachecon.com/acna18/ - NEW DATE: 4 December: Apache Roadshow DC and Open Source Job Fair. CFP open through 15 October http://www.apachecon.com/usroadshow18/ ASF Infrastructure –our distributed team on three continents keeps the ASF's infrastructure running around the clock. - 7M+ weekly checks yield snazzy performance at 99.43% uptime. http://status.apache.org/ ASF Operations Factoid –this week, 313 Apache contributors changed 391,173 lines of code over 1,733 commits. Top 5 contributors, in order, are: Harbs, Andrea Cosentino, Raphael Luta, Jonathan Hung, and Carlos Sanchez Gonzalez. Apache BookKeeper™ –a reliable replicated log service. - Apache BookKeeper 4.7.2 released https://bookkeeper.apache.org/ Apache Daffodil (incubating) –an implementation of the Data Format Description Language (DFDL) used to convert between fixed format data and XML/JSON. - Apache Daffodil (incubating) 2.2.0 released https://daffodil.apache.org/ Apache Directory™ –provides directory solutions entirely written in Java. - Apache Directory LDAP API 2.0.0.AM2 released http://directory.apache.org/ Apache HBase™ –the Hadoop database; a distributed, scalable, Big Data store. - Apache HBase 2.0.2 released http://hbase.apache.org Apache Jackrabbit™ –a scalable, high-performance hierarchical content repository designed for use as the foundation of modern world-class Web sites and other demanding content applications. - Apache Jackrabbit 2.14.6 and Jackrabbit Oak 1.8.7 and 1.9.8 released http://jackrabbit.apache.org/ Apache JSPWiki™ –a feature-rich and extensible WikiWiki engine built around the standard JEE components (Java, servlets, JSP). - Apache JSPWiki 2.10.5 released https://jspwiki-wiki.apache.org/ Apache OpenMeetings™ –provides video conferencing, instant messaging, white board, collaborative document editing and other groupware tools. - Apache OpenMeetings 4.0.5 is released http://openmeetings.apache.org Apache OpenWebBeans™ –an ALv2-licensed implementation of the "Contexts and Dependency Injection for the Java EE platform" specification which is defined as JSR-299. - Apache OpenWebBeans-2.0.7 CDI container released http://openwebbeans.apache.org Apache Qpid™ –implements the latest AMQP specification, the first open standard for enterprise messaging. - Apache Qpid for Java 6.1.7 released https://qpid.apache.org/ Apache SystemML™ –a machine learning platform optimal for Big Data. - Apache SystemML 1.2.0 released http://systemml.apache.org/ Apache Tomcat™ Connectors –an Open Source implementation of the Java Servlet, JavaServer Pages, Java Expression Language and Java WebSocket technologies. - Apache Tomcat Connectors 1.2.44 released https://tomcat.apache.org/ Did You Know? - Did you know that the following Apache projects are celebrating anniversaries this month? Apache ServiceMix (11 years); Hive, Pig, and Shiro (8 years); Airavata, Bigtop, SIS, and Stanbol (6 years); Curator (5 years); Storm (4 years); Yetus (3 years); DRAT, RocketMQ, and Royale (2 years). Many happy returns! https://projects.apache.org/committees.html?date - Did you know that during FY2018 ASF project contributors have added $624,946,835 worth of code? https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/the-apache-software-foundation-announces37 - Did you know that Lufthansa uses Apache Wicket for its pre-flight eShop? http://wicket.apache.org/ Apache Community Notices: - ASF Annual Report for FY2018 https://s.apache.org/FY2018AnnualReport - The Apache Software Foundation Celebrates 19 Years of Open Source Leadership "The Apache Way" https://s.apache.org/gK4Q - Read "Open – For Business – At the ASF" by Merv Adrian, VP Research at Gartner https://blogs.gartner.com/merv-adrian/2018/03/27/open-for-business-at-the-asf/ - The Apache Software Foundation 2018 Vision Statement https://s.apache.org/zqC3 - Apache in 2017 - By The Digits https://s.apache.org/h8do - Foundation Statement –Apache Is Open. https://s.apache.org/PIRA - "Success at Apache" focuses on the processes behind why the ASF "just works". https://blogs.apache.org/founda
[ANNOUNCE] Apache Qpid Proton 0.25.0 released
The Apache Qpid (http://qpid.apache.org) community is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Apache Qpid Proton 0.25.0. Apache Qpid Proton is a messaging library for the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol 1.0 (AMQP 1.0, ISO/IEC 19464, http://www.amqp.org). It can be used in a wide range of messaging applications including brokers, clients, routers, bridges, proxies, and more. The release is available now from our website: http://qpid.apache.org/download.html Release notes can be found at: http://qpid.apache.org/releases/qpid-proton-0.25.0/release-notes.html Thanks to all involved, Robbie
