XML Enhancements for Java
Write efficient XML processing applications more easily using the XML Enhancements for Java (XJ) framework. XJ includes a set of extensions to Java... more »
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JavaFx: my experience so far
The long awaited date arrived, the JavaFx SDK (a preview as you probably know by now) was released on July 31st, I then jumped into the site to... more »
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The Seductions of Scala, Part II - Functional Programming
In this post, which I’m posting from Agile 2008, I discuss Scala’s support for functional programming (FP) and why it should be of interest to OO... more »
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“For” hack with Option monad in Java
There has been some discussion going on in the blogosphere about monads, and especially about the Haskell Maybe monad or the Scala option class. Those... more »
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Back to Basics: LinkedLists
I tend to subscribe to the belief that programmers with some C background are typically better off than those without. This is largely because C is... more »
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Java.next: Common Ground
I have chosen four languages which together represent "Java.next": Clojure, Groovy, JRuby, and Scala. At first glance, these languages are wildly... more »
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About AI and neural networks
In my last post I described the high-level architecture of my software, how the soccer match part is divided into a client that does the work on... more »
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Scala Collections for the Easily Bored Part 3: All at Once
In the previous installment of this series, we looked at how Scala’s collections provide common mechanisms for iteration, as well as many higher-order... more »
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The State of Java Build Systems
On the unsatisfying state of Java build tools and recent developments.
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Java and the closures hall of shame
Java and the closures hall of shame.
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JavaFX Too Late...But Who Cares
These RIA technologies [AIR / Silverlight / JavaFX] are popular the same way all these Web Frameworks are popular. Everyone thinks they are cool.... more »
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Dwemthy's Array^H^H^H^H^HList in Scally (Scala)
Last week the satanic Dwemthy’s Array was released into the quiet, pious town of Java programming. { A, B } Both Java permutations used reflection to... more »
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The Evolution Of LINQ And Its Impact On The Design Of C#
I was a huge fan of the Connections series, hosted by James Burke, when it aired on the Discovery Channel. Its basic premise: how seemingly... more »
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Approximation of pow() in Java, C and C++
For many application of the pow() method, an approximate value suffice. This text shows how to gain a *41* times speed increase by using an... more »
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Are Java Web Applications Secure?
One of the most extended belief about web applications is that most of them are insecure. This opinion is supported by statistics published by SANS... more »
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Guy Steele on Programming Languages
Sun Fellow Guy Steele is interviewed by Floyd Marinescu, co-founder of InfoQ, and Bobby Norton of ThoughtWorks. Guy works for the Programming Language... more »
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Threadless Concurrency with Actors for Elite Java Programmers
Threading in Java has long been the domain of the brave or foolish, weaving a brittle and intricate web of manual synchronization between threads, or... more »
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Scala, NetBeans, Maven, and yes, Lift now
Per recent changes, Scala for NetBeans can live with Maven for NetBeans, and yes, Lift web framework.
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Creating a PreferencesTabBarButtonUI (with Java)
The preferences widget in Mac OS X looks really nice. This sexier tab component was designed by one of the guys over at Panic for Coda, and was then... more »
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Scala Collections for the Easily Bored Part 2: One at a Time
As I hinted previously, this series is intended to delve into Scala’s extensive collections API and the many ways in which it can make your life... more »
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SubType Check Optimization in Java !
Lots of our friends keep on asking, why to use Java SE 5.0 or Java SE 6. And most of the time you need to reply something impressive, then only they... more »
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Actor concurrency for Java
Functional Java 2.8 contains a concurrency API that implements Actors as seen in Erlang and Scala. This allows a user to take advantage of multiple... more »
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Search Java Swing tutorial, guide and javadoc from your browser "quick search" field
This search engine for Swing and java2D index the following sites... more »
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Java is not Object Oriented
The Java programming language is one of the most taught, learned, written about, and programmed in programming languages today. Beginning its life in... more »
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If JavaFX is a flop will you...
What will you do if JavaFX bombs, now is your chance to say your say.
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