java.net Weblogs by Daniel H. SteinbergWeblogs by Daniel H. Steinberg from Java.netThe Java Memory Model- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Brian Goetz reports on the spec developers may never take the time to read - JSR 133.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1197 Gosling on the SunMicrosoft Settlement- (Found July 2, 2008 ) "We're not a bunch of moronic secret subversive Microsoft lapdogs. We've worked very hard over the years to fairly balance the needs of all the various communities. Relax. Have a little faith."http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1194 Why write games in Java- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Athomas Goldberg has written an interesting blog about the place for Java in game development that can be extended to Java programming in other contexts.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1193 Run anywhere- (Found July 2, 2008 ) If the value proposition of Java is that you can "write once run anywhere", why doesn't the early access version of Java Studio Creator run on my Machttp://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1186 The grid in your future- (Found July 2, 2008 ) "The natural extension of grid computing is the Java grid .. because the principles behind Java have been to introduce a fundamental abstraction layer between the code and state, and the underlying platform."http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1184 A couple of questions- (Found July 2, 2008 ) We're launching polls today on java.net. Our first question asks which of the new J2SE 1.5 features you are most interested in using. Also, we've posted our second (not so) stupid question feature.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1182 The Book club- (Found July 2, 2008 ) We will launch the java.net book club later today as a forum hosted by John Mitchell. Our first book is Fred Brooks' "The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering".http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1181 Unicode support in J2SE 1.5- (Found July 2, 2008 ) While generics and the language enhancements in JSR 201 get all the press, there are other changes coming in J2SE 1.5 such as enhanced Unicode support.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1204 Intro to Variable Arguments- (Found July 2, 2008 ) What do you do if your method requires a variable number of variableshttp://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1210 Fragile Programming with RDD- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Using Resume Driven Development to decide on which technology to use in a project.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1214 |