There seem to be a fair number of people blogging on the subjects of Java, J2EE and/or Eclipse.
Many of them can be found via Mike Cannon-Brookes' java.blogs page. Mike's weblog, rebelutionary, is worth a read. I'll touch on some of his writing elsewhere...
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A disproportionate number if these are Radio weblogs. I wonder why?
Also well worth reading for J2EE news - The Server Side.
Update 13th September: Pushing the envelope is another interesting Java related blog.
BEA WebLogic JRockit 7.0 is a high-performance Java Virtual Machine (JVM).
It's a specialised server-side JVM, providing a management console. It features advanced garbage collection options and lighweight threads. It's free as in beer, but not as in speech.
Might well be worth a look.
Crossbar is an open source server-side reporting framework.
It can pull data from any JDBC accessible database. Ad-hoc queries, simple SQL based reports and more complex model-based reports are all handled by the same presentation layer.
Also, I came across iText, another Java based PDF generator - another is PJ Classic. I'll compare these if and when I need to generate PDF.
The Improve Struts Configuration File Editor for Eclipse includes a graphical view of your Struts actions and JSPs, and includes a struts-config file editor.
If you are using JSPs, you need Struts.
Improves' plug-it makes use of the SolarEclipse plug-in for JSP editing.
Another interesting Eclipse plug-in is CompleteClipse - an enhanced auto-completion widget. Looks interesting.
I'll have a play with both of these at some point.
Oh yes, a couple more interesting ones - XML buddy features syntax highlighting and DTD driven auto-completion, and the Sysdeo Eclipse Tomcat Launcher plug-in, uh, launches Tomcat, but also gives you integrated servlet debugging (with JSP debugging to come), and creates & deploys WAR files.
There are now a huge number of Eclipse plug-ins available - 133 as at the time of writing, according to Eclipse-plugins.2y.net. Looks like Eclipse's promise as a framework for all manner of development tools is starting to come true.