Top seven UML cheatsheets
Great quick reference guides for the UML notation
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Using groovyc To Compile Groovy Scripts
For most Groovy scripts I use, I simply run the script from its Groovy source code as-is and allow the compilation to take place... more »
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WebORB for Java v.4.0 is Here!
The wait is finally over! You can now download WebORB for Java 4.0. Just as we did with WebORB for .NET 4.0, we’ve added many new... more »
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HTTP Optimization the easy way: Part 1, how do I know?
Modern websites necessarily make a lot of requests for resources back to the server. Through books like those by Steve Souders we’ve... more »
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I am an Exception Extremist
Had a code review today, and I realized that I am an exception extremist, an exception bigot if you will. I don’t like exceptions. ... more »
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What’s missing from desktop linux
I’m a Linux user, I use Xubuntu on my laptop (Ubuntu, with the Xfce desktop), I like it quite a lot, it might lack some visual appeal,... more »
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Nobody cares what tools you use
I’ve spent almost all of my career with something along the lines of “freelancer”, “consultant”, or “contractor” on my business cards and... more »
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Clojure or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Parentheses
I'm a longtime Java, Ruby, and Python programmer. Yet Clojure is the first language I've used that I truly enjoy using on a daily basis.
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Nice and Naughty Transactions in Hibernate and Spring
I came across a very interesting fact about Spring transaction management.
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7 Things About Java 7 (Video)
In this video, Ben Evans gives a talk on java 7. This presentation carries information about what to expect in the furture java sdk... more »
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IT Salaries: Want to Earn More? Fire People
The CEOs who oversaw the largest layoffs at their companies during the recession earn more than their peers, new research shows.
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Tim Bray · A Story of O
‘Developer mindshare’... what’s that, and why would Oracle care?”
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ThoughtWorks Technology Radar
The ThoughtWorks Technical Advisory Board consists of a group of senior technical leaders within ThoughtWorks. They produce the... more »
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How to Track Six Key Metrics for Your Web App
I’d like to share six very important things you should be measuring in your recurring revenue web app. We launched TVM several months... more »
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the New Axis of Evil (Oracle)
There’s a wide sense of lament since Oracle has taken over Sun and their intellectual property, including MySQL, Java, Solaris and their... more »
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The Joy of Clojure: Thinking the Clojure Way - Book Review
This review is based on an MEAP version of the book, which means that it is a work in progress and not all of the chapters are available... more »
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What is Dalvik?
When it comes to the Oracle lawsuit against Google regarding Android, many sites and news outlets say that “Android applications are written in Java”.
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Things I Love About IntelliJ IDEA: The Impossible is Possible
Grazer continues his series on "Things I Love About IntelliJ IDEA" and discusses some of the features that he feels are on the more exciting side.
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What's your motivation for programming?
Studies since the 1970s that show that Intrinsic motivation (from within) rather than Extrinsic motivation (external factors like money)... more »
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The problems with ACID, and how to fix them without going NoSQL
It is a poorly kept secret that NoSQL is not really about eliminating SQL from database systems (e.g., see these links). Rather, systems... more »
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A history of the Amiga, part
The flag was flying at half-mast when Dave Haynie drove up to the headquarters of Commodore International for what would be the last time.
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PostgreSQL 9.0.4 - Powerfull and Open Source Database System
PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system. It has more than 15 years of active development and a proven... more »
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Don’t TOUCH that debugger, you moron, READ the exception stack
There is a tendency to reach the debugger for every error that you run, but in most cases, it is the exception (and the exception stack)... more »
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The Twilight of Java
As a participant in the development scene for a number of years, including as a software developer, product manager, evangelist, and... more »
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Google Offering Programming Courses for Free Including Android Developement Course
I was just messing around on googles code site trying to find some open source code for a few apps so I could see how they were done... more »
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