New Website for the Scala Language
The new website finally goes live! The existing content has been reorganized and updated, and finding the desired information should now be much... more »
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System.currentTimeMillis, System.nanoTime and Their Resolution
When reading about Robust Java Benchmarking, I came across some things I had not thought about myself. It turns out, that even though... more »
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JNode 0.2.7 - Java Based Operating System
JNode is a free, open source Java technology based operating system implemented in the Java language with a very small assembler nano-kernel.
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My experience of coding a GWT webapp (~900 classes, ~20 GWT modules)
We put our GWT-based job site in production on Monday. This is a summary of my experience coding the whole thing in GWT. Not sure how useful this is... more »
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No, your code is not so great that it doesn’t need comments
Code-commenting is so basic and so universal that every programmer, regardless of the language that they practise, thinks that they know all there is... more »
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Groovy Eclipse plugin updated to Groovy 1.5.6 and Eclipse 3.4
The Groovy Eclipse team released an updated version of the Groovy Eclipse plugin.
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How to Write 3v1L, Untestable Code
Few rules for writing untestable code for OO cowboys or writing good and testable code for TDD zealots with a good sense of humour from Google.
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FEST-Swing 1.0b1: Fluent interface for testing Swing GUIs
We are proud to announce the release of FEST-Swing 1.0-Beta1. FEST-Swing is a Java library that provides a fluent interface for functional Swing GUI... more »
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Tiburon - new language features for Delphi 2009
There are loads of new features in Tiburon for Delphi and C++Builder developers. New language features, more compatibility at the component level... more »
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WARNING! DNS cache Poisoning can put you in serious trouble!
Article on DNS cache poisoning and how to protect yourself from it
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Google Collections to the rescue
A few days ago, I was writing a piece of code that turned a line at a time into an Object. And it was using iterators. I had a RecordStream, which... more »
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Project Euler with Scala
I came across this interesting post about solving some Project Euler questions using Scala. Being a fan of Project Euler myself, I though I'll outline... more »
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A New Competitor to LCD
A pixel that uses a pair of mirrors to block or transmit light could lead to displays that are faster, brighter, and more power efficient than liquid... more »
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DNS Vulnerability Now in the Wild
Dan Kaminsky's upcoming Black Hat preso on the recently discovered DNS cache posioning vulnerability has just been upstaged by its release into the... more »
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The Source of Bugs
Bugs most commonly come from somebody’s failure to reduce complexity. Less commonly, they come from the programmer’s misunderstanding of something... more »
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JUnit 4 in 60 Seconds
Fast introduction to Junit 4 testing framework...
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Working longer hours does not equal greater productivity
If you are a developer or an entrepreneur in software, the best thing you can do is "work less but work smarter".
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My Guide To Effective Test Driven Development
When it comes to Test Driven Development (TDD), there are 4 kinds of developers: 1. The kind that doesn’t do it, and doesn’t care about it ... more »
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Java SwingBuilder 0.1.FINAL is out : open source competition for JavaFX in good old Java
Production-quality 0.1.FINAL release for the Java SwingBuilder project. Java SwingBuilder is an attempt to bring dynamic language-type productivity to... more »
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The busy Java developer's guide to Scala: Collection types
Objects have their place in Scala, but so do functional types such as tuples, arrays, and lists. In this installment of Ted Neward's popular series,... more »
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Eclipse Ganymede released
The Eclipse Foundation has announced the immediate availability of Eclipse Ganymede, the simultaneous release of 23 projects, following on from... more »
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Nokia Symbian deal winners and losers
After an expansion phase that saw the introduction of the iPhone, Android, LiMo, and JavaFX Mobile, the mobile phone platform landscape is shrinking... more »
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Taking JavaFX head-on: Java SwingBuilder 0.1.RC1 is here!
0.1 Release Candidate 1 for the Java SwingBuilder project. Java SwingBuilder is an attempt to bring dynamic language-type productivity to Java Swing... more »
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The multicore crises: Scala vs. Erlang
There has been a somewhat heated debate about Scala vs. Erlang on the blogosphere recently. The future will be multi-cored, and the question is how... more »
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Why you shouldn't be using S3 or Google App Engine
Recently a new 'hype' has been popping up, namely Amazon's S3 and Google App Engine. For those who don't know, S3 and App Engine are basically hosting... more »
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