java.net Weblogs by Daniel H. SteinbergWeblogs by Daniel H. Steinberg from Java.netWe almost lost JavaWorld- (Found July 2, 2008 ) The familiar smell of crisp autumn morning air filled with fallen leaves always makes me nostalgic. This year it seems heightened by almost losing JavaWorld magazine.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/574 Is anyone actually using ...- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Despite the economy, we still live in a boom time for new standards and APIs. While you try to keep up with the latest thing, it would be nice to figure out what is real and what isn't.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/577 An HTML client- (Found July 2, 2008 ) While others argue about Swing vs. the SWT, there are many who sidestep the issue by using an HTML based front end.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/583 What's in a name- (Found July 2, 2008 ) We've been looking at items that need renaming here at java.net.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/588 Why we wiki- (Found July 2, 2008 ) A wiki is a web site where every page is editable by anybody. It is a site that is easier for authors and harder for readers so what are wikis good forhttp://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/592 Asynchronous and Synchronous- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Much of the perceived performance problems with Swing can be addressed by working better with the Swing single threading model. Jonathan Simon writes that you need to "execute code in the appropriate thread" and take advantage of "asynchronous execution using SwingUtilities.invokeLater()."http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/596 That trick never works- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Hey Rocky, I know a great way to teach this difficult concept - watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/607 Geronimo- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Remember going to rock concerts when you were younger. The music, the t-shirts, the shared experience, and, of course, the musicians. Hanging with the Geronimo team feels a lot like that.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/678 Teachers should get FIT- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Imagine a class where, as a student, you don't have to try to outguess the instructor. You know exactly what is required and there are acceptance tests you can run to see how you are doing. This sounds like a lot of work for an instructor - creating a test harness for each assignment. In the featured article Extreme Teaching: Introducing Objects you see how the FIT framework along with the open source project Fitnesse can be used to create acceptance tests in a first course in teach Java...http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/401 From Vision to Beta- (Found July 2, 2008 ) What were we thinking Different people are bound to ask this with different tones and meanings. Richard Gabriel answers this question in his feature article A Vision for Java.net. At the core Gabriel aims to create a virtual gathering place for a diverse set of individuals "engaged in creative activities and imbued with tolerance for that diversity."http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/23 |