java.net Weblogs by Daniel H. SteinbergWeblogs by Daniel H. Steinberg from Java.netThe Geronimo project- (Found July 2, 2008 ) In his blog entry, Alex Rupp announces today's release of Apache Geronimo's 'State of the Project'. Geronimo is an endeavor to create a J2EE compatible container. It is still early days for the project and it lives as part of the Apache incubator project. You can see where the project is headed by taking a look at the Geronimo site alpha version.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/429 JUGs- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Bruno Souza has agreed to manage the java.net JUG (Java User Groups) community. In his weblog entry The Strength of Java Users Groups, he asks "What part should JUGs play in the Java world"http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/431 The Evil Umpire- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Allen Holub has found himself writing an "is evil" series. Holub has long provided advice in terms that those that agree would characterize as "clear and concise" and those that disagree would characterize as "strongly worded." Past targets have included thread abuse, and the extends keyword. His latest article returns to a recurring theme of his on the overuse and misuse of accessor methods.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/434 Ode to Joy- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Bill Joy is leaving Sun after 21 years. In an "Ode to Joy", I opened up my vi editor and coded up a simple Jini application on my Mac OS X box with its BSD UNIX core.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/441 java.net's JOGL project- (Found July 2, 2008 ) If you've been around Java for a while you've tried many different models of getting graphics to the screen. The JOGL reference implementation for Java bindings to OpenGL is available on java.net from the JOGL project homepage.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/446 One bug at a time- (Found July 2, 2008 ) When chasing bugs in legacy code, Luke Francl finds that he can't run his entire suite of tests all the time. Francl has created an Ant task and supplemented JUnit so that he can run specific test methods in a particular class in his Test suite.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/449 Showing your faults- (Found July 2, 2008 ) It's nice to see a more experienced programmer get stuck - it helps remove the mystique. It unites us. It's not like kids applauding when someone drops and breaks a plate in the cafeteria - it's a sigh of relief to discover that other people have the same difficulties we do.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/452 Flipping the switch- (Found July 2, 2008 ) As of today, there is a single front page for java.net. There have been many changes to the site since we launched three months ago at JavaOne but this is the most visible.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/456 Tag Libraries- (Found July 2, 2008 ) There is always tension between programmers who design and develop JSP pages and the content providers who author or edit these pages. How much programming should a page author need to knowhttp://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/549 More free time- (Found July 2, 2008 ) There's plenty of pressure to run a leaner organization. You're being asked to squeeze every bit of productivity out of your team. Tell them to take half a day each week to "play".http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/555 |