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The new release is available for download.

Arun Gupta has posted a nice article on his blog describing the new features:

PHP

• Enhanced Code Completion
• Database-related code snippets
• Multiple project configurations
• Find Usages

Ajax

• JavaScript Debugger
• JavaScript Library Manager
• Bundled JavaScript Libraries

Groovy

• Editor
• Java SE Project Integration
• Grails support

Java

• Javadoc Analyzer
• Call Hierarchy
• CamelCase code completion

Debugger

• New Multithreaded Debugging Support
• Debugging Window
• Current Thread Chooser

Additional enhancements have been made to

• Web Frameworks (Spring, Hibernate, JSF, JSF CRUD Generator, JPA)
• Ruby
• Database
• Mobility
• GUI Builder
• Web Services
• Improvements to XML and Schema Tools

Thanks to this post by Marco Cantù, I’ve found two interesting articles by Justin James about the future of the Embarcadero/CodeGear development environments:

• CodeGear: Working hard to rejuvenate its legacy;
• CodeGear: Extending the Borland legacy to Ruby and PHP developers.

Justin states that ”CodeGear’s .NET products are expanding in new directions, which include RIA development and targeting other platforms (through systems such as Mono)”.

Will we be able to write rich internet applications using Delphi and targeting both .NET and Mono platforms?

Arun Gupta has posted an interesting presentation which introduces GlassFish and related technologies (Metro, JRuby-on-GlassFish and jMaki).

Click here to download the pdf.

Mono 1.2.6 has been released.

This new version permits to develop Silverlight 1.1 and ASP.NET AJAX applications for the Linux platform.

Click here to download.

Click here to read a list of the new features.

Download it from here.

In this screencast Aaron Gupta shows how to create secure and reliable web services using GlassFish, Metro and the new NetBeans 6.0 IDE.

WSO2 Web Services Framework for Ruby (WSO2 WSF/Ruby) is a Ruby extension to WSO2 WSF/C which can be used for both consuming and providing Web Services in Ruby.

I’m using the new NetBeans 6.0 Release Candidate 1 as a Ruby IDE for test purposes, it seems to work very well.

I’ve found these useful screencasts:

• How to develop a JRuby application with NetBeans and GlassFish, by Aron Gupta (click here to watch);
• How to create a WebLog using NetBeans Ruby support, by Tor Norbye (click here to watch).

I’ve just tried to run PHP applications inside IBM WebSphere 2.0 Community Edition using the free PHP Integration Kit available on the IBM site, but it seems no more supported.

A better tool, based on a Open Source project called PHP/Java Bridge, can be downloaded from SoundForge.

The installation is very simple:

- install PHP (remember to enable the java extentions in the php.ini file);

- install WAS CE 2.0;

- log-on to the administration console and deploy JavaBridge.war included with the bridge.

Click here to read an article explaining the configuration of a Fedora 8 Server using LAMP, Email, DNS, FTP, ISPConfig.

If you use other distributions take a look here:

• The perfect server using Debian Etch (Debian 4.0);
• The perfect server setup using Linux OpenSuse 10.3 (32 bit);
• The Perfect Server – Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (Ubuntu 7.10).