Java on Google App Engine
Today, we're very excited to announce the availability of a new programming language for Google App Engine. Please welcome the Java runtime!
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Ultimate Programmer Reference
Awesome as-you-type search for most of the API references
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Complete list of DZone MVBs (Most Valued Bloggers)
DZone's MVB program brings together a group of highly talented bloggers, authors, and technologists actively writing about topics of... more »
Scala is my next choice
I have done Pascal, C, C++, Java, PHP, Ruby, Groovy and recently Scala, which I found it to be a unique language compared to anything... more »
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Why’s (Poignant) Guide to Ruby
This is just a small Ruby book. It won’t crush you. It’s light as a feather (because I haven’t finished it yet—hehe). And there’s a... more »
Alex Miller - Inside the Strange Loop
Alex Miller summarizes his experience of organizing and putting on the one-of-a-kind Strange Loop 2009 developer conference.
Twitter moves from Rails to Java
A colorful feather up Rails’ cap is on the ground now. Twitter has decided to go away from RoR in favor of Java, this time for their... more »
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All The Cool Kids Use Ruby
Really funny video for web developers, unless you use Ruby...
NetBeans IDE 6.7 Release Candidate 1 Available for Download
The NetBeans team is proud to announce the availability of NetBeans IDE 6.7 Release Candidate 1!
Python up, Ruby down: If that runtime don't work, then its bound to drizzown
This past week, I switched from programming in Ruby to programming in Python. Why did I do that? Well, that’s a story with a bunch of background.
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NetBeans IDE 6.8 Now Available for Download!
The NetBeans team is proud to announce the availability of NetBeans IDE 6.8!
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NetBeans 6.7 Released!
The only IDE you need! Runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris. NetBeans IDE is open-source and free.
Java on the Decline? Think Again
Some observations regarding Tiobe's unbiased assesment of language popularity, measured based on the world-wide availability of skilled... more »
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Performance of Rails, Wicket, Grails, Play, Lift, JSP
This post shows how to render a list of product objects with associated category object using the webframeworks Rails, Wicket, Grails,... more »
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Farewell to the 'J' in 'JVM'?
Sun CEO, Jonathan Schwartz, recently said, "we're just going to take the 'J' off the 'JVM' and just make it a 'VM'." What does that mean?... more »
The End of the Ruby Fad?
It seems more and more these days like people just don’t want to hear about Ruby. Ruby posts to link sites like DZone or Reddit get... more »
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Mashups with the Facebook Graph API and Neo4j
Today, we're going to show you how easy it is to use the Facebook Graph API to mash up data from Facebook with data in a locally hosted... more »
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7 reasons I switched back to PHP after 2 years on Rails
Back in January 2005, I announced on the O’Reilly blog that I was going to completely scrap over 100,000 lines of messy PHP code in my... more »
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13 reasons why Ruby, Python and the gang will push Java to die… of old age
Lately I seem to find everywhere lots of articles about the imminent dismissal of Java and its replacement with the scripting language of... more »
Strange Loop technical sessions announced!
It is a great pleasure to finally release the full list of technical sessions for Strange Loop. I've been seeing these sessions trickle... more »
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You are NOT a Software Engineer
You are not a Software Engineer. You do not build skyscrapers. You do not build bridges. You grow gardens. You are a Software Gardener.
Ruby is beautiful (but I’m moving to Python)
The Ruby language is beautiful. And I think it deserves to break free from the Web. Unfortunately, I think the future of Ruby is firmly... more »
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Java libraries and frameworks supported by Google App Engine
Community edited list of Java libraries and frameworks supported by Google App Engine
Should programmers be language independent?
As a software engineer I work with Java every day, and I enjoy the challenge of learning what the language has to offer. Although, there... more »
Choking on Java
As you can tell from my blog I am a long time Java developer who likes to flirt with dynamic languages. Not surprisingly my two favorite... more »
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