A small degree of panic set in amongst the Java development community over the weekend,
as Apple announced that they were “de-emphasizing” Java on the Mac OS. Being the Big
Java Geek that I am, I thought I’d weigh in on this.

Let the pundits speak

But first, let’s see what the actual news reports said:

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Short version: Matthew Baxter-Reynolds has written an intriguing book, Multimobile
Development, about writing the same application over and over again on different
mobile platforms. On the one hand, I applaud the effort, and think this is a great
resource for developers who want to get started on mobile development, particularly
since this book means you won’t have to choose a platform first.

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Short version: Matthew Baxter-Reynolds has written an intriguing book, Multimobile
Development, about writing the same application over and over again on different
mobile platforms. On the one hand, I applaud the effort, and think this is a great
resource for developers who want to get started on mobile development, particularly
since this book means you won’t have to choose a platform first.

Read more ...

Short version: Matthew Baxter-Reynolds has written an intriguing book, Multimobile
Development, about writing the same application over and over again on different
mobile platforms. On the one hand, I applaud the effort, and think this is a great
resource for developers who want to get started on mobile development, particularly
since this book means you won’t have to choose a platform first.

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Hey, anybody who’s got significant VMWare mojo, help out a bro?

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Hey, anybody who’s got significant VMWare mojo, help out a bro?

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Hey, anybody who’s got significant VMWare mojo, help out a bro?

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The JavaZone conference has just
become one of my favorite conferences, EVAH. Check out this
trailer they put together, entitled "Java 4-Ever". Yes, Microsofties,
you should watch, too. Just leave off the evangelism for a moment and enjoy the humor
of it. You've had your own fun over the years, too, or need I remind you of the Matrix
video with Gates and Ballmer and the blue pill/red pill? ;-)

This video brings several things to mind:

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The JavaZone conference has just
become one of my favorite conferences, EVAH. Check out this
trailer they put together, entitled "Java 4-Ever". Yes, Microsofties,
you should watch, too. Just leave off the evangelism for a moment and enjoy the humor
of it. You've had your own fun over the years, too, or need I remind you of the Matrix
video with Gates and Ballmer and the blue pill/red pill? ;-)

This video brings several things to mind:

Read more ...

The JavaZone conference has just
become one of my favorite conferences, EVAH. Check out this
trailer they put together, entitled "Java 4-Ever". Yes, Microsofties,
you should watch, too. Just leave off the evangelism for a moment and enjoy the humor
of it. You've had your own fun over the years, too, or need I remind you of the Matrix
video with Gates and Ballmer and the blue pill/red pill? ;-)

This video brings several things to mind:

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By now, the Twitter messages have spread, and the word is out: at Uberconf this year,
I did a session ("Pragmatic Architecture"), which I've done at other venues
before, but this time we made it into a 180-minute workshop instead of a 90-minute
session, and the workshop included breaking the room up into small (10-ish, which
was still a teensy bit too big) groups and giving each one an "architectural
kata" to work on.

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By now, the Twitter messages have spread, and the word is out: at Uberconf this year,
I did a session ("Pragmatic Architecture"), which I've done at other venues
before, but this time we made it into a 180-minute workshop instead of a 90-minute
session, and the workshop included breaking the room up into small (10-ish, which
was still a teensy bit too big) groups and giving each one an "architectural
kata" to work on.

Read more ...

By now, the Twitter messages have spread, and the word is out: at Uberconf this year,
I did a session ("Pragmatic Architecture"), which I've done at other venues
before, but this time we made it into a 180-minute workshop instead of a 90-minute
session, and the workshop included breaking the room up into small (10-ish, which
was still a teensy bit too big) groups and giving each one an "architectural
kata" to work on.

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Code
Katas are small, relatively simple exercises designed to give you a problem to
try and solve. I like to use them as a way to get my feet wet and help write something
more interesting than "Hello World" but less complicated than "The
Internet's Next Killer App".

 

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Code
Katas are small, relatively simple exercises designed to give you a problem to
try and solve. I like to use them as a way to get my feet wet and help write something
more interesting than "Hello World" but less complicated than "The
Internet's Next Killer App".

 

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