The Ghost of OpenGL 3.0
OpenGL 3.0 seems to become more and more of a promise that’s bound to be broken; like a friend who promises you to give back the money you loaned him,... more »
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Poll Results: What Javascript Library Do You Use?
…and the jQ’s have it! The the time of this writing over 1500 people have responded to our latest poll “What Javascript Library Do You Use?” making it... more »
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I want enums in PHP
I'm currently working about equally in PHP and Java. I can't say I've fallen in love with Java. But Java does have a feature or two that would be... more »
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The hidden value of processing.js
The ever wonderful John Resig finally posted his totally awesome processing.js code to the web. If you haven’t seen it, you should go take a look. The... more »
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Should you really learn another language?
Blogger Gustavo Duarte cursed in church when he said that learning new programming languages is often a waste of time. He initially called his post,... more »
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invokedynamic: Is It What We Really Need?
invokedynamic from prospective of Groovy Core Developer
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Web Frameworks: Comfort vs. Expediency?
Two nights ago I had a conversation with Craig McLanahan, among others, in a slightly dubious sports bar near the JavaOne conference site. When the... more »
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Next-Generation Object-Oriented Databases: An Interview with db4objects' Anat Gafni
Object-oriented databases complement relational databases in important ways, says Anat Gafni, VP of Engineering at db4objects, the company behind the... more »
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Why are you still not using Hudson?
This week Hudson was awarded the Duke’s Choice Award in the Developer Solutions category at JavaOne. In the space of a couple of years, Hudson has... more »
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The coolest thing I saw at JavaOne 2008 was...
...the Livescribe Smartpen, which comes with a Java-based development kit. The pen is cool: it's a pen with ink, but it also has a tiny camera in... more »
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4 Principles of Not Wasting Time
There are so many postings out there on all sorts of blogs about how not to waste time that I’m not sure I can contribute something very meaningful... more »
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Power of Interface in Java
What is the power of "Interface" in Java and support your answer with a practical example which could be understood by most Java programmers?
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PHP Has No Culture of Testing
Charles Nutter, a Sun engineer who has worked on the JRuby project, commented on PHP in a panel discussion at Sun's CommunityOne conference. I will... more »
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JavaFX To Be Closed Source, Non-Free?
I’ve been aware of JavaFX, Sun’s new Rich Internet Application (RIA) platform, since it was first announced a year ago at JavaOne 2007 (and before... more »
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The State of Enterprise Architecture
As organizations continue to grow their IT investments (bought, borrowed, or built) and concepts like Business Process Management (BPM) and Service... more »
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What's Actually Interesting About JavaFX - From The Technical And Business Perspective
Java FX wasn't that great news. Netbeans 6.0 plugin was already available for ages (at least months) - so you could play with it. However there... more »
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What is Java good at
Java was the language designed for us to figure out what was going wrong at compile time not run time. We were supposed to be able to not have to... more »
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Thinking in Language
A couple of folks have taken me to task over some of the things I said... or didn't say... in my last blog piece. So, in no particular order, let's... more »
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The New Yorker publishes an article proving the patent system is broken
Quotes Bill Gates: "They also came up with this idea to stop hurricanes. Basically, the waves in the ocean have energy, and you use that to lower the... more »
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James Gosling Interview at JavaOne 2008 - Scala, Multi-core, Working Below the VM, and Epigraphs
While we may have recorded this episode at JavaOne 2008, we spent most of our time talking about more general programming and Java concerns: Scala and... more »
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SpringSource Application Platform + Bundle Repository
Viewpoint on Spring S2AP and OBR announcements from OSGi Alliance's senior architect
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The JVM is Great, But...
Much of the interest in dynamic languages like Groovy, JRuby, and Scala comes from running on the JVM. That lets them leverage the tremendous R&D... more »
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Agile Project Management is not enough!
Agile project management, using methods such as Scrum and eXtreme Programming, alone is not enough...
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Do You Reset Your Web Design?
They've been around for a while now: reset style sheets. They're becoming more commonplace among web designers, and even Yahoo is using a reset... more »
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An Inconvenient Truth: A Global Software Crisis
Every project manager or project sponser would love to have a model that churned out the probability of a project succeeding or failing. We may never... more »
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