New release of leJOS NXJ out

A new release of leJOS NXJ, the Java platform for the NXT, is out!
The new version 0.8 contains plenty of new features, bug fixes and improvements, including

• Controlling the NXT from the computer 
• Faster bootup times
  
• Support for RS485
  
• Support for RFID, RCX Rotation Sensor, and EOPD sensors
  
• Support for Java 1.6 classes 
  
• Support for Generics, Enum classes and foreach loops
  
• Support for subsumption architectures
  
• NXJControl utility for quick control of motors and sensors
  
• Wider support in the lejos.navigation packages
  
• javax.microedition.location for Bluetooth GPS
  
• Lots of sample code in the 'samples' directory

Alongside with that, a new associated version of the Eclipse plug-in for leJOS NXJ is available.

Eclipse plugin for leJOS NXJ

Version 0.7 of the leJOS NXJ Eclipse Plugin is available now. It supports the most recent version of leJOS NXJ, the Java platform for the NXT, on Windows (XP or Vista), MAC OSX and Linux.

With this plugin, you can use the popular Eclipse development platform for programming your NXT robots with Java.

Use Eclipse's Update Manager to install it from the remote update site as follows:

Name: leJOS NXJ (or whatever you like)
URL: http://lejos.sourceforge.net/tools/eclipse/plugin/nxj/

For configuration and usage, consult the leJOS NXJ topic in Eclipse's Help->Help contents view after installation.