A basic introduction to the Unified Modeling Language (UML).

Additional resources:
* Understanding the Unified Modeling Language (UML)
* UML Tools Directory
* UML Planet

Shows how to draw a picture in Java using a custom DrawingPanel class. Download source code from http://java.martincarlisle.com

Watch Bob Muglia announcing the general availability of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 and discussing the 50-plus partners simultaneously shipping product with the release.

This video show the relationships between Unified Modeling Language use cases and sequence diagrams.

A short presentation of the Capability Maturity Model.

Richard Bair, JavaOne 2009 RockStar, Devoxx speaker, and JavaFX team lead, gives an overview of JavaFX at the kick-off of the Silicon Valley JavaFX Users Group. Late-breaking news on JavaFX 1.3 Controls, Styling, and Layouts are revealed as well!

Participants of the Devoxx java-focused conference talk briefly about one new thing they’d learned at the conference.

Peter Pilgrim makes an introduction to the Java FX platform, presenting its scripting language, the standard deployment method of applications, client integration with the server and what’s planned for its future.
http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Java-FX-Peter-Pilgrim

This is part 1 of a series of screencasts illustrating some of the ideas found in “Prism” or the “Composite Application Guidance” from the Patterns and Practices team that can be used to build Silverlight applications in a way that lends itself to testability and modularity. In talking to customers building business applications with Silverlight I find that Prism (and it’s friend Unity) is frequently mentioned but not everyone has seen it and so I thought I would explore it myself and capture some of the results of that exploration …

Dave Mendlen of Microsoft discusses availability of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2, the March 22 launch date, and the simplified product lineup for Visual Studio 2010, including the Ultimate Offer and new MSDN subscriber benefits.