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"How does Shale fit (with)in Struts?" these are one of the questions Dion Almaer asks Shale developer David Geary during this short JavaPolis interview. David talks about the JSF common gotchas which Shale wants to address and how it compares to Apache MyFaces.

Web services are the building blocks of modern Service Oriented Architectures (SOAs). When used properly, they offer excellent interoperability for an ever-increasing range of enterprise requirements. But before you can achieve the benefits you have to navigate the hazards, starting with basic choices such as REST vs. SOAP and going on to issues of interface structuring, XML Schema compatibility, and service evolution over time. XML and Web Services consultant Dennis Sosnoski gives you the guidance you need to make informed decisions on all these areas, including a look at the capabilities for reliable messaging and transactional operations being added by the new generation of SOAP Web services frameworks. Want to get to SOA? Despite what some vendors say, you don't always need to take a bus...

In this nice interview you'll hear what exactly Joshua Bloch and Neal Gafter do at Google and how Java fits in.
What they like to see in the Dolphin release?
Will we see a second edition of Effective Java?
What does Neal think of project Link?
And what is going on with Neal and frogs?

These are just a few questions which Ted Neward asked the Java Puzzlers.

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Duration: 45min

In this JavaPolis keynote you'll receive an overview of the next release of the Java Platform called Mustang (Java SE 6) and some early ideas on Dolphin (Java SE 7). Graham Hamilton, Vice President and Fellow Java Platform Architect at Sun Microsystems, also covers the near future release of Java EE 5 including topics such as AJAX, EJB3, JAX-WS and Microsoft Indigo, JMX, Dynamic Languages and more.

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Duration: 47m20s