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Google has come out with an API for developing AJAX based web applications using Java. The idea is that you use their API to author your web application interface using the Java language, then compile your source using the google web toolkit compiler, and it will spit out code that works in many browsers including IE, Firefox, Safari, and Opera. Cool concept. It supposedly even has a built in browser emulator that allows you to debug your code in Java.

I can’t wait to try it out! Further reports to come in the near future.

Check it out here: http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/.

There’s been a lot of activity lately regarding ESBs (Enterprise Service Bus). JSR-208 was finalized in August 2005, and since then a couple of implementations have been completed and become available. These include eXo ESB and LogicBlaze, both of which are open source implementations.

Then you have IBM, BEA, and Oracle lining up around the SCA and SDO specifications.

It makes me wonder - is JBI competing with SCA and SDO?

I’ll be looking into this. More to come soon.