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Chet Haase, Sun Microsystems

Chet Haase

In his work with Sun Microsystems, Chet Haase is in a unique position to discuss the current status of Java. Co-author of an upcoming book on developing desktop Java effects, he joins Phil, Scott, and Ben to talk about how Sun is working on improvements to the consumer Java client.

Chet first reviews his background and how he came to work for Sun Microsystems. The talk then turns to the company's applet strategy. The group also evaluates the status of JavaFX scripting. The conversation is technical in nature, but interesting in its review of an important tool in online technology.

Presentation: "Java Comes Home to the Consumer"

Time: Wednesday 13:00 - 14:00

Location: Cornell

Abstract:

Come hear how Java is changing to meet the needs of the consumer web. This talk will discuss the current and future developments of the Java platform that are keeping Java vibrant today and tomorrow:

  • The Consumer JRE release addresses the pain points of Java deloyment and performance that make application installation, startup, and execution more consumer-friendly than ever.
  • The Java Media Components project addresses the need for multimedia in consumer applications.
  • The new Java FX Script allows developers to create dynamic and powerful Swing applications much more easily than before.

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Presentation: "Panel: What will the future of Java development be?"

Time: Wednesday 17:15 - 18:15

Location: City

Abstract:

The Java of today bears little resemblance to the 1.0 Java release in 1995 - Swing, Java EE, Java ME, Generics, Annotations, and Dynamic languages are a few examples of major changes or innovations which have occurred to the base Java platform. Over the course of the last 12 years, the Java language and the associated APIs have grown and adopted to match a wide variety of applications.

This panel discussion with several influential leaders of the software development community will discuss and debate how the Java language and APIs will look in the future based upon the lessons we have learned from the past. In particular, it will focus on how application development will change, and the variety of enabling features that we can expect to have available to us as developers in the next few years, starting with Java 7.