http://www.dzone.com/links/users/links/255959.html DZone: fresh links for developers en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:18:35 GMT The DZone community 2008-08-29T01:18:35Z en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. http://www.dzone.com/links/feed/user/255959/rss.xml http://www.dzone.com/images/std/dzone.com_258x55.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/ http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/happy_international_invokedynamic_day.html I have been working furiously this summer, patching the OpenJDK HotSpot JVM for the JSR 292 implementation of dynamic invocation. In the wee hours of this morning, the JVM has for the first time processed a full bootstrap cycle for invokedynamic instructions, linking the constant pool entries, creating the reified call site object, finding and calling the per-class bootstrap method, linking the reified call site to a method handle, and then calling the linked call site 999 more times through the method handle, at full speed. java news other languages Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:10:20 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/107487.html yardena 2008-08-27T14:10:20Z I have been working furiously this summer, patching the OpenJDK HotSpot JVM for the JSR 292 implementation of dynamic invocation. In the wee hours of this morning, the JVM has for the first time processed a full bootstrap cycle for invokedynamic instructions, linking the constant pool entries, creating the reified call site object, finding and calling the per-class bootstrap method, linking the reified call site to a method handle, and then calling the linked call site 999 more times through the method handle, at full speed.]]> 107487 2008-08-27T05:44:36Z 2008-08-27T14:10:20Z 17 0 147 2 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/107487.jpg yardena http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/255959.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/the_busy_java_developers_guide_to_scala_building.html Domain-specific languages have become a hot topic; much of the buzz around functional languages is their applicability to build such languages. In this, the eighth article in The busy Java™ developer's guide to Scala, Ted Neward starts building a simple calculator DSL that demonstrates the power of functional languages for building "external" DSLs. Toward that end, he explores a new feature of Scala, case classes, and revisits an old functional friend, pattern matching. java other languages Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:26:41 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/107261.html yardena 2008-08-26T17:26:41Z Domain-specific languages have become a hot topic; much of the buzz around functional languages is their applicability to build such languages. In this, the eighth article in The busy Java™ developer's guide to Scala, Ted Neward starts building a simple calculator DSL that demonstrates the power of functional languages for building "external" DSLs. Toward that end, he explores a new feature of Scala, case classes, and revisits an old functional friend, pattern matching.]]> 107261 2008-08-26T14:28:32Z 2008-08-26T17:26:41Z 16 0 273 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/107261.jpg yardena http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/255959.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/adobe_flex_actionscript_flexes_its_muscles.html This blog-post examines ActionScript and JavaScript in the perspective of Object Oriented programming. The article starts with showing how these languages derive some basic concepts from Smalltalk (well, actually Self), and perhaps Scheme, while keeping Java-like syntax, goes through comparisons and observation about the languages and their platforms and in the end discusses the future of web programming. flash-flex javascript other languages trends Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:06:18 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/105646.html yardena 2008-08-22T12:06:18Z This blog-post examines ActionScript and JavaScript in the perspective of Object Oriented programming. The article starts with showing how these languages derive some basic concepts from Smalltalk (well, actually Self), and perhaps Scheme, while keeping Java-like syntax, goes through comparisons and observation about the languages and their platforms and in the end discusses the future of web programming.]]> 105646 2008-08-21T08:32:12Z 2008-08-22T12:06:18Z 11 0 332 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/105646.jpg yardena http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/255959.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/top_3_reasons_why_constructors_are_worthless.html In my last post, I made an offhand reference to the fact that object constructors are worthless in Java. I was asked why this is, so I thought I'd fill in the details. java opinion Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:27:46 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/104541.html yardena 2008-08-18T13:27:46Z In my last post, I made an offhand reference to the fact that object constructors are worthless in Java. I was asked why this is, so I thought I'd fill in the details.]]> 104541 2008-08-18T09:35:08Z 2008-08-18T13:27:46Z 12 0 805 4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104541.jpg yardena http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/255959.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/are_scalas_case_classes_a_failed_experiment.html Otaku, Cedric's weblog: Ever since I first read about case classes, I have been confused about their utility, and my puzzlement has not abated. Either I am missing something big or this feature is something that has been vastly over-hyped and that should be avoided as much as possible. opinion other languages Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:40:29 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/89783.html yardena 2008-06-24T17:40:29Z Otaku, Cedric's weblog: Ever since I first read about case classes, I have been confused about their utility, and my puzzlement has not abated. Either I am missing something big or this feature is something that has been vastly over-hyped and that should be avoided as much as possible.]]> 89783 2008-06-24T10:54:24Z 2008-06-24T17:40:29Z 9 0 218 2 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/89783.jpg yardena http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/255959.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/newsweek_microsoft_after_gates.html Since Gates and his partner Paul Allen invented the PC software industry (they formed Microsoft to write the first program for the very first personal computer, the Altair), one can say that an era is truly ending. microsoft trends Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:24:52 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/89287.html yardena 2008-06-23T21:24:52Z Since Gates and his partner Paul Allen invented the PC software industry (they formed Microsoft to write the first program for the very first personal computer, the Altair), one can say that an era is truly ending.]]> 89287 2008-06-22T19:11:47Z 2008-06-23T21:24:52Z 7 0 152 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/89287.jpg yardena http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/255959.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/common_java_unchecked_exception_types.html I've noticed a lot of confusion about what type of unchecked exception is the right one to throw under various circumstances. Here's a very simple explanation of the most common types. how-to java Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:32:33 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/87922.html yardena 2008-06-17T13:32:33Z I've noticed a lot of confusion about what type of unchecked exception is the right one to throw under various circumstances. Here's a very simple explanation of the most common types.]]> 87922 2008-06-17T06:48:33Z 2008-06-17T13:32:33Z 8 0 305 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/87922.jpg yardena http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/255959.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/steveys_blog_rants_rhinos_and_tigers.html Steve Yegge transcribes his talk at Google I/O on Server-side JavaScript and Rhino. Among other things he discusses VMs, language interoperability, static vs. dynamic typing, Scala... Disclaimer: slightly longer than usual. frameworks java javascript other languages Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:39:28 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/87433.html yardena 2008-06-16T06:39:28Z Steve Yegge transcribes his talk at Google I/O on Server-side JavaScript and Rhino. Among other things he discusses VMs, language interoperability, static vs. dynamic typing, Scala... Disclaimer: slightly longer than usual.]]> 87433 2008-06-15T05:46:25Z 2008-06-16T06:39:28Z 10 0 164 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/87433.jpg yardena http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/255959.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/interoperability_happens_gotta_love_virtualization.html "I'm doing an operating system install. On my laptop. In a virtual machine image. Using an ISO I downloaded while at the airport. And I'm writing this blog post as I do it. ... I don't know about you, but forget mashups and Web 2.0, I think virtualization stands out as the most important technical innovation of the decade." open source opinion trends unix-linux Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:57:32 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/84846.html yardena 2008-06-03T20:57:32Z "I'm doing an operating system install. On my laptop. In a virtual machine image. Using an ISO I downloaded while at the airport. And I'm writing this blog post as I do it. ... I don't know about you, but forget mashups and Web 2.0, I think virtualization stands out as the most important technical innovation of the decade."]]> 84846 2008-06-03T20:57:32Z 5 0 17 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/84846.jpg yardena http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/255959.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/book_excerpt_and_interview_effective_java_second.html Effective Java, Second Edition by Joshua Bloch is an updated version of the classic first edition. Addison-Wesley, made an excerpt available to InfoQ which includes the contents of the fifth chapter, entitled 'Generics'. InfoQ asked Bloch several questions about the areas that the new edition covers. books java Wed, 14 May 2008 10:01:12 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/80871.html yardena 2008-05-14T10:01:12Z Effective Java, Second Edition by Joshua Bloch is an updated version of the classic first edition. Addison-Wesley, made an excerpt available to InfoQ which includes the contents of the fifth chapter, entitled 'Generics'. InfoQ asked Bloch several questions about the areas that the new edition covers.]]> 80871 2008-05-14T05:17:57Z 2008-05-14T10:01:12Z 13 0 495 2 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/80871.jpg yardena http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/255959.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/patterns_of_learning_through_languages_weiqi_gaos.html Code To Joy has ignited a debate on the topic of You Should Learn New Languages. The post is in response to a Gustavo Duarte post titled Language Dabbling Considered Wasteful, which was carried on InfoQ four days ago. As always, I claim that both sides have their points. When I read Gustavo for the first time, I said to myself, "I couldn't agree more." And when I read Michael's response, I said to myself, "That's totally what I want to say—fifteen years ago." Yes, I'm setting this up as the opinion of the young vs. that of the old. c-and-cpp java opinion other languages Thu, 15 May 2008 06:32:54 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/80806.html yardena 2008-05-15T06:32:54Z Code To Joy has ignited a debate on the topic of You Should Learn New Languages. The post is in response to a Gustavo Duarte post titled Language Dabbling Considered Wasteful, which was carried on InfoQ four days ago. As always, I claim that both sides have their points. When I read Gustavo for the first time, I said to myself, "I couldn't agree more." And when I read Michael's response, I said to myself, "That's totally what I want to say—fifteen years ago." Yes, I'm setting this up as the opinion of the young vs. that of the old.]]> 80806 2008-05-13T17:59:02Z 2008-05-15T06:32:54Z 9 0 404 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/80806.jpg yardena http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/255959.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/scala_a_scalable_language.html In this article, which is based on Chapter 1 of the book, Programming in Scala, you'll get an overview of the Scala language and insights into its design books other languages Tue, 06 May 2008 19:35:53 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/79587.html yardena 2008-05-06T19:35:53Z In this article, which is based on Chapter 1 of the book, Programming in Scala, you'll get an overview of the Scala language and insights into its design]]> 79587 2008-05-06T16:40:06Z 2008-05-06T19:35:53Z 8 0 230 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/79587.jpg yardena http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/255959.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/java_theory_and_practice_going_wild_with_generics.html One of the most complicated aspects of generics in the Java™ language is wildcards, and in particular, the treatment and confusing error messages surrounding wildcard capture. In this installment of Java theory and practice, veteran Java developer Brian Goetz deciphers some of the weirder-looking error messages emitted by javac and offers some tricks and workarounds that can simplify using generics. how-to java Tue, 06 May 2008 22:26:54 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/79586.html yardena 2008-05-06T22:26:54Z One of the most complicated aspects of generics in the Java™ language is wildcards, and in particular, the treatment and confusing error messages surrounding wildcard capture. In this installment of Java theory and practice, veteran Java developer Brian Goetz deciphers some of the weirder-looking error messages emitted by javac and offers some tricks and workarounds that can simplify using generics.]]> 79586 2008-05-06T16:35:21Z 2008-05-06T22:26:54Z 11 0 610 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/79586.jpg yardena http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/255959.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/the_busy_java_developers_guide_to_scala_of_traits.html Scala doesn't just bring functional concepts to the JVM, it offers us a modern perspective on object-oriented language design. In this month's installment of The busy Java developer's guide to Scala, Ted Neward shows you how Scala exploits traits to make objects simpler and easier to build. As you'll learn, traits are both similar to and different from the traditional polarities offered by Java™ interfaces and C++ multiple inheritance. java other languages Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:10:03 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/78467.html yardena 2008-04-30T17:10:03Z Scala doesn't just bring functional concepts to the JVM, it offers us a modern perspective on object-oriented language design. In this month's installment of The busy Java developer's guide to Scala, Ted Neward shows you how Scala exploits traits to make objects simpler and easier to build. As you'll learn, traits are both similar to and different from the traditional polarities offered by Java™ interfaces and C++ multiple inheritance.]]> 78467 2008-04-30T06:31:21Z 2008-04-30T17:10:03Z 14 0 266 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/78467.jpg yardena http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/255959.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/scala_dont_get_thrown_for_a_loop.html Scala was written specifically for the Java™ platform, so its syntax is designed to make Java coders feel at ease. At the same time, Scala brings to the JVM the inherent power of functional languages -- and those functional design concepts take some getting used to. In this installment of The busy Java developer's guide to Scala series, Ted Neward starts introducing you to the subtle differences between the two languages, starting with control constructs such as if, while, and for. As you'll learn, Scala gives these constructs a power and complexity you won't find in their Java equivalents. java other languages Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:12:39 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/77161.html yardena 2008-04-22T22:12:39Z Scala was written specifically for the Java™ platform, so its syntax is designed to make Java coders feel at ease. At the same time, Scala brings to the JVM the inherent power of functional languages -- and those functional design concepts take some getting used to. In this installment of The busy Java developer's guide to Scala series, Ted Neward starts introducing you to the subtle differences between the two languages, starting with control constructs such as if, while, and for. As you'll learn, Scala gives these constructs a power and complexity you won't find in their Java equivalents.]]> 77161 2008-04-22T22:12:39Z 3 0 30 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/77161.jpg yardena http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/255959.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/software_transactions_a_programming_language_pers.html Last week, UWTV published a webcast by Dan Grossman that gave an overview of the state-of-the-art for Transactional Memory. The focus of his talk is to explore the impact of transactions on the semantics and implementation of a programming language, and study how scalable mutithread transactions can be, he also draws an interesting analogy between Transactional Memory and Garbage Collection. other languages research Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:13:46 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/71814.html yardena 2008-03-20T11:13:46Z Last week, UWTV published a webcast by Dan Grossman that gave an overview of the state-of-the-art for Transactional Memory. The focus of his talk is to explore the impact of transactions on the semantics and implementation of a programming language, and study how scalable mutithread transactions can be, he also draws an interesting analogy between Transactional Memory and Garbage Collection.]]> 71814 2008-03-20T11:13:46Z 3 0 17 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/71814.jpg yardena http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/255959.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/langnet_conference_talks_online.html Not just .NET languages - if you look for new and cool in programming languages, check this out. .net other languages Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:25:36 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/68239.html yardena 2008-02-27T20:25:36Z Not just .NET languages - if you look for new and cool in programming languages, check this out.]]> 68239 2008-02-27T08:11:57Z 2008-02-27T20:25:36Z 9 0 107 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/68239.jpg yardena http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/255959.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/free_programming_books.html Nice collection of free programming books - some in PDF, some zipped HTMLs and some on-line. Programming languages, databases etc. Searchable. books database java tools Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:54:48 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/67806.html yardena 2008-02-24T21:54:48Z Nice collection of free programming books - some in PDF, some zipped HTMLs and some on-line. Programming languages, databases etc. Searchable.]]> 67806 2008-02-24T21:54:48Z 3 0 57 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/67806.jpg yardena http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/255959.gif