Software Development Events of 2008

December 31, 2008 at 12:08 pm · Filed under Daily Life

As a java programmer and a typical internet user, these are the most important events according to me.

  1. Google Chrome
    Chrome became my primary web-browser in a short time because loads fast, page rendering time is shorter than other browsers and has a simple user interface. Chrome is also based on inter process communication architecture, it means a new process is started for every new tab so if a tab crashes, it does not affect other tabs or whole browser. You can go on just by killing failed tab’s process.
  2. Java SE 6 Update 10
    Minor version number, major improvements. Java SE 6 Update 10 came with many new features like Java Kernel, new generation Java Plug-in, Java Deployment Toolkit and new update system. Probably all of these for make Java stronger at client side. We will see in 2009.
  3. Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede)
    Ganymede was released at 25 June 2008. 
  4. NetBeans 6.1 and NetBeans 6.5
    I am not using NetBeans intensively but, NetBeans started to take my attention after release of 5.5
  5. Firefox 3
    Firefox 3 is released at 17 June 2008. 
  6. OpenSolaris
    In March 19, 2007 Sun hired Ian Murdock (founder of Debian) to lead Project Indiana. In May 2008 a version which name is OpenSolaris 2008.05 released and current version is OpenSolaris 2008.11. Project Indiana could not take as much as attention which I supposed but it is good to see OpenSolaris as a upcoming Linux and Windows competitor. 

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