See also: last week's Development page.

Development tools

COBOL

Java

No updates to the JDK 1.2 status have been posted in the last couple of weeks.

Perl

Mark-Jason Dominus has made available his Very Very Short Tutorial on Modules for perl.

EarthWeb, which recently purchased The Perl Journal (TPJ), posted a letter to TPJ readers. It sounds like they'll try to address some of the complaints they've received, but others, such as the amount of advertising on the on-line site, will not be resolved. "Advertising. We definitely plan to offer advertising on the Perl Journal site. Just as in print, ad revenues keep subscription prices lower than they would otherwise be. We will try to keep the site from being too busy, but we can't restrict ads to Perl-only products. As always, you have the right to not read or click on ads that don't interest you. "

Python

Jpython 1.2 beta 2 is out, it's another bug fix release. See the announcement for details.

Stackless Python 0.2 is available for those who feel like experimenting with an especially twisted piece of code. Details in the announcement.

XML-RPC 0.9.8 is available. This module allows for communication with other processes with Userland's XML-RPC protocol. With Userland's move to Linux (more information in the Commerce section), Zope, too, will soon speak this protocol. More information in the announcement.

Section Editor: Liz Coolbaugh

Development projects

Ganymede

Gnome

Next, he mentions that his request for Visual Basic help was answered by over 30 people ... he got everything he needs and is just now waiting for review from his lawyer before he digs into the Excel IDL.

The Gnome Multimedia Framework is now available for review. Havoc comments that, yes, Gnome is moving outside the strict desktop arena and into other areas where development can "make the free Unix clones a nice platform for desktop use".

Help closing bug reports has also been requested in this week's summary. If you've reported a bug and notice that it has been fixed, you can help them out by making sure the bug has actually been closed. Sometimes the developers have difficulty verifying that, especially if the bug is difficult to reproduce.

And last, Gnome for Kids may be a new project developing, to produce an interface for the computer for kids four years old or younger. If you have an interest in this area, check it out. It is just starting out and, as always, all volunteer.

High Availability

KDE

MagicPoint

Midgard

Wine

In addition, the Micro-Windows project came to their attention. It might make a good base for a WineCE project. Patrik Stridvall is now working with Micro-Windows author Greg Haerr on a possible merge of Micro-Windows with Wine.

For more Wine development news, check out the Wine Kernel Cousin, which summarizes several threads from the wine-devel list.

Zope

A new ZClasses tutorial is available, thanks to Amos Latteier. The tutorialdescribes Zope 2.0, and comes with a warning that it's not quite ready for prime time yet.

ZScript 0.5 is available. ZScript is a DTML preprocessor aimed at those (like your editor) who get awfully tired of typing things like:

	<!--#var foo-->

And, speaking of 2.0, Zope 2.0 alpha 3 has been released, some information can be found on the Zope 2.0 download page.

Folks trying to mix Zope and LDAP may want to look at the Zope LDAP connection object announced by Scott Robertson.

Section Editor: Liz Coolbaugh

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