New language features in Java 7
Nice recap of the JDK 7 language changes with examples
30 Best Eclipse Plugins
Today we presents a collection of best Eclipse plugins.
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The Mistakes I Made in My Programming Career
You don't usually see people ( including me!) talk about their mistakes openly. But I think it is good to think about the mistakes we made in the... more »
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Open Source Revolution
Reflections on how the nature of programming and development have changed over the last 10 years.
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More detail on Closures in JDK 7
At Devoxx 2009, Mark Reinhold from Sun announced that it was time for closures in Java. This was a big surprise to everyone, and there was a bit of a... more »
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Play – a Java framework for web applications
Not long ago i came across this cool Java framework for building your own web applications. Actually I think someone posted it at Twitter (... more »
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Applying Strategy Pattern Instead of Using Switch Statements
Once in a while I’m stumbling on switch statements during a Code Review session. Whenever this is happening my first reaction is to understand... more »
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Land the Tech Job You Love
Take it straight from a hiring manager's mouth: Go get this book and do what it says! You might say, "But I already have a tech job that I love." My... more »
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JPA under the Hood - Understanding your JPA Frameworks
JPA has standardized the interfaces for persistence frameworks. However how much is standardized regarding the runtime behaviour of frameworks. These... more »
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Why Microsoft's IE 9 will frustrate standards fans
Performance and standards look like dominating work on Microsoft's next version of Internet Explorer. As ever with Microsoft, though, it's likely... more »
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The market has rejected Linux desktops. Get over it
Linux has failed to win either mind share or market share on the desktop. Google’s Chrome OS will do little to change that. Learn why.
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Optimize Wordpress for Professional Performance
Let’s investigate some of the most essential tips you can use to improve you Wordpress performance.
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Thoughts on Java logging and SLF4J
Nice review of logging frameworks for Java.
Java desktop links of the week, November 23
The very latest in Java desktop news from the last week, covering Swing, JavaFX and Griffon.
Top .NET Performance Problems and how to avoid them
Every time I work with one of our .NET customers to help them with managing their application performance I come across the same problems as seen with... more »
Introducing the Infinispan Data Grid Platform
JBoss' Manik Surtani provides an overview of the scope and capabilities of the Infinispan open source data grid platform, along with usage examples... more »
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Jigsaw Versioning is Ridiculous
There was some activity on the JSR 294 mailing list this morning. The Jigsaw team came down from the mountains and has informed us that…
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6 Great Ways to Recover From a Job Interview Mistake?
Everyone has had an interview that didn't go as well as it should have. Luckily, there are things you can do before, during and after an interview to... more »
jQuery for Beginners: Making Your Website Cool
To complement the new jQuery lesson series I thought I’d just write an article on what exactly jQuery is, and how it can really help your website... more »
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LinkedIn Platform: Open for Business
Starting today, developers worldwide can integrate LinkedIn into their business applications and Web sites. Developer.linkedin.com is now live and... more »
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Java vs. Scripting API for Hadoop: Is Java Always Best?
Are there cases where a scripting language is more advisable than using Java for both speed of development and performance? How can you identify them?... more »
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8 Things Programmers Should Know About UI Design
In an ideal world, each big subject from the software development process would be handed to a specialized professional: UI designers, programmers,... more »
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Java’s missing features
The following is a list of the language features I miss most when programming Java, the list includes descriptions about Closures, Modules, and so on.
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Microsoft to Pay for De-Indexing from Google
Worst deal for Search dominance
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NIO server with continuation in Java
Java VM embodies continuations now (not in production, in a hacking mode :), This post shows how to write a non-blocking server with continuations.
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