java.net Weblogs by Michael Nascimento SantosWeblogs by Michael Nascimento Santos from Java.netPlaying with the Tiger: Measuring nanos- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Do you like microbenchmarkings Read for ways of doing nanobenchmarks in Java... :-D This is the first installment of a series of experiments with JDK 1.5, aka Tiger.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/990 Stop the hype about webservices!- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Suppose you have an USB device and an USB port. How do you connect them Would you create two adaptors, attach one to the device and one to the port and add extra hardware between them just to get them connected, for no logical reason Does it seems ridiculous to you Tell it to most people using webservices out there...http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/891 Things that could be different - Part 1: Exceptions- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Java is notably the first programming language to provide full support for checked exceptions - you must explicitly declare them if you they are going to be thrown, you are forced to either handle or declare to throw them and more. However, after using them for a while, you start noticing that sometimes things don't work so well. I do like checked exceptions, but read this blog entry for some of my thoughts about how exceptions could be different (and sometimes, better)...http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/879 A few words about Brazil, Java technology and myself- (Found July 2, 2008 ) If you have been to the last edition of JavaOne, then you probably have seen me :-) I was one of the crazy, shameless Brazilian guys who attended the conference this year. Believe me, there is a lot more about Java development and Brazil than you might know...http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/312 |