This week, we're delighted to have Khalid Mughal, Torill Hamre and Rolf Rasmussen helping to answer questions about their new book Java Actually. They will hang out in the Java in General (beginner) forum.

The promotion starts Tuesday, April 24th 2007 and will end on Friday, April 27th 2007.

We'll be selecting four random posters in this forum to win a free copy of the book provided by the publisher, Thomson Business Press.

Please see the book promotions page to ensure your best chances at winning!

This week, we're delighted to have Ganesan Ponnusamy helping to answer questions about the new software Java/J2EE Skill Evaluation Lab for Developers & Architects. He will hang out in the Jobs Discussion forum.

The promotion starts Tuesday, April 17th 2007 and will end on Friday, April 20th 2007.

We'll be selecting four random posters in this forum to win a free copy of the book provided by the publisher, EPractice Labs.

Please see the book promotions page to ensure your best chances at winning!

We've added a new page with OS X-specific content related to Java development to the FAQ section at MacOsxFaq. It contains links to articles and software packages that are particularly useful for development targetting OS X.

This is a wiki page, so everybody can add content, or -if you're uncomfortable editing pages- you can send updates to one of the moderators, who will be happy to include it.

Marc and Jason reviewed Everyday Scripting with Ruby for Teams, Testers, and You by Brian Marick and both gave it 9 out of 10 horseshoes.

If you're new to Ruby, Everyday Scripting with Ruby is the best bang for your Ruby buck. ... Other books and tutorials made me familiar with Ruby; this gem made me comfortable with it. ... This title is aimed squarely at using Ruby for scripting. "Everyday Scripting with Ruby" is a task-oriented tutorial that will help the reader quickly become productive writing useful scripts.

You can read the full review and discuss it here.

Jeanne reviewed Google Web Toolkit: GWT Java Ajax Programming by Prabhakar Chaganti and gave it 8 out of 10 horseshoes.

I learned a lot about GWT reading this book. The book assumes you know Java and web programming (HTML/JavaScript/Web packaging) well. ... I think this book and the website complement each other nicely by providing different perspectives.

You can read the full review and discuss it here.

This week, we're delighted to have Dave Crane, Jord Sonneveld and Bear Bibeault helping to answer questions about their new book Ajax in Practice. They will hang out in the HTML and JavaScript forum.

The promotion starts Tuesday, April 10th 2007 and will end on Friday, April 13th 2007.

We'll be selecting four random posters in this forum to win a free copy of the book provided by the publisher, Manning.

Please see the book promotions page to ensure your best chances at winning!

This week, we're delighted to have Prabhakar Chaganti helping to answer questions about his new book GWT Java AJAX Programming. He will hang out in the HTML and JavaScript forum.

The promotion starts Tuesday, April 3rd 2007 and will end on Friday, April 6th 2007.

We'll be selecting four random posters in this forum to win a free copy of the book provided by the publisher, Packt.

Please see the book promotions page to ensure your best chances at winning!