java.net Weblogs by Michael Nascimento SantosWeblogs by Michael Nascimento Santos from Java.netAspectWerkz 1.0 RC 1 is out- (Found July 2, 2008 ) This morning the first release candidate for AspectWerkz, one of the major players in the AOP frameworks arena, has been announced. If you haven't used AOP yet, it's a good time to try it. If you have, you will enjoy AspectWerkz's approach and its unique features.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1812 Achieving better compression with Deflater- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Do you know there are very easy to use classes in the JSDK for compressing streams Have you used them Do you know you can compress your streams even more just by calling one method of a property we ignore Yes, all of that is true and you can get the details here.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/729 Building javadoc from J2SDK source code- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Suppose you have a J2SDK distribution that comes without documentation. How can you use it if you don't know which classes, methods and properties are there Simple answer: build javadoc from its source code using Ant. Read this blog for a sample build file.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/728 BREAKING NEWS: Got Tiger- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Do you have a J2SDK 1.5 version You don't Well, check out this blog to know how you can get an early access release from Sun right now!http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/644 Writing enums before Tiger- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Have you already heard about the support for Enums that will be available in the next major release of J2SE, 1.5, also known as Tiger If you know C enums, you are probably dying to use this new feature. Well, I have committed a new version of a Enum base class you can use right now for your projects and that gives you most features you'll get with J2SE 1.5 enums. Here I explain how it works.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/643 Crazy JSTL: when an empty Collection is not empty- (Found July 2, 2008 ) As a developer, I think it is a good idea to warn my pals about misleading code they might see in the future. It took me no more than a few minutes to figure out the strange issue you will read about, but it was an akward experience, actually. I present you a situation in which var is a Collection and $empty var in JSTL does not mean var.isEmpty(). I love JSTL, but that one really surprised me...http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/730 Why is everyone talking about grid computing And what are you doing about it- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Have you noticed everyone seems to be talking about grid computing recently Have you asked yourself why Do you think it is just another hype Or are you interested in learning more about it It is a good time to do so, before it becomes supported in a way you don't like.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/467 How do you teach Java- (Found July 2, 2008 ) That could be a very trivial question I am sure most of you could answer in a few seconds. But there are a few things that are harder to do than you think depending on your target audience.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/645 Are you using JSTL as you should- (Found July 2, 2008 ) If you, as most Java developers, think Java is great but could be a little easier and is doing some sort of web application development, consider taking a look at JSTL. It will boost up your productivity more than anything else :-)http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/328 Another paradigm change is taking place right now...- (Found July 2, 2008 ) "When paradigms change, everyone gets back to zero". That is a strong thought I learned a few weeks ago in a workshop I attended. Though it was not related to Java at all, I think it is a reasonable way to describe the new OOP-AOP transition that is taking place.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/323 |