Top 10 reasons for moving away from dzone
I used to be a big fan of dzone.com both as a reader and active contributor posting a number of articles, but unfortunately over last few... more »
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“My husband is a programmer; I have no idea what that means.”
I met my husband 11 years ago. I was carrying my guitar into my dorm room on freshman move-in day at the University of Southern Maine. I... more »
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Will DZone usurp Digg as the programmer's choice for all things development?
Over a year ago I noticed a small surge in traffic coming from a Web site that I did not recognize. The name of the site was DZone, and a... more »
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Top 50 Programming Quotes of All Time
I hope you have enjoyed our collection of funny computer quotes, Linux quotes, and all those quotes that we have shared with you so far.... more »
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Top 9 of 97 Things every programmer should know
A review and comments on the O'reilly, "97 Things every programmer should know" book.
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Agile Ruined My Life
I read the reply to my comment on a popular hacker board with sadness: "Agile consultants ruined the software group I work in."
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Java is dead? 9 million devs disagree
Java is not dead…in fact, it’s got more than enough energy to kick your app in the butt. Too often, critics focus on niche issues and... more »
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What Programming Language to Learn (Next)
So you’re ready to learn a new programming language? You might be entirely new to the world of application development, in that case, welcome!
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Scala == Effective Java ?
I started reading Joshua Bloch's Effective Javalast week. I'll have to admit that I haven't read it before, but only because I've been... more »
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Java 7 What’s New, Performance Benchmark – 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 - How Fast is 7?
Java is one of the language which have overhauled it’s underneath technology totally. Even though, the basic concept of running inside... more »
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Advice From An Old Programmer
author of the book Learn Python The Hard Way talks about programming: languages do not matter, what you do with them matters...
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How I Hire Programmers
There are three questions you have when you’re hiring a programmer (or anyone, for that matter): Are they smart? Can they get stuff done?... more »
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38 Life Lessons I’ve Learned in 38 Years
I’ve been on this earth for nearly four decades. Being in a city like Paris, where there are buildings that measure their age by the... more »
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Dzone Instead Of Digg
Some stories can never reach the first page of Digg. But they can do really well on Dzone...
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JSF Sucks (Compendium of JSF rants/reviews)
This is a fairly large selection of links and real-life experiences collected from across the interwebs. And if you have any more such... more »
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Top reasons why IntelliJ IDEA is my favorite IDE
Many people ask me why I prefer IntelliJ IDEA over any other IDE. Following post lists the top reasons to also become a convert from... more »
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Programming will never be “easy”
There seems to be this idea going around the internet that the reason someone isn’t able to program, is because languages aren’t good... more »
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Ten Amazing Java Applications
Java is such a great language and platform for any kind of application. It is open, fast, powerful, runs on any platform, and there are... more »
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6 reasons why my VC funded startup did fail
During the dot com boom I founded a software startup with some friends - with me as the CTO. We developed a software for knowledge... more »
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5 things you didn't know about ... JARs
Many Java™ developers never think beyond the basics of JARs — only using them to bundle classes before shipping them off to the... more »
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IE6 Funeral
Internet Explorer Six, resident of the interwebs for over 8 years, died the morning of March 1, 2010 in Mountain View, California, as a... more »
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Forbes.com: Make Your Web Site 'Groovy'
For a company with a heavy investment in Java, Groovy should be a no-brainer. [...] Python is a great choice if you are making a heavy... more »
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Goodbye Google App Engine (GAE)
Choosing GAE as the platform four our project is a mistake which cost I estimate in about 15000€. Considering it's been my money, it is a... more »
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The worst job ever...and I mean ever
Years ago before I enlisted in the Marine Corps, the recruiter promised me everything he could promise before I went into boot camp, but... more »
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Top 20 Programming Lessons I've Learned in 20 Years
I've been programming since I was 11 and I've loved technology and programming every since. There are some hard and easy lessons I've... more »
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