I have already blogged on two refactoring options NetBeans 7.2 provides in my aptly named posts NetBeans 7.2: Refactoring Parameterized Constructor As Builder and NetBeans 7.2: Refactoring Constructor As Static Factory.

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It was recently announced that the JavaOne 2012 Schedule Builder is now available. I have signed up for my first cut at sessions that I will attend, but found myself experiencing the typical feelings of excitement and disappointment as I did so.

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In the post NetBeans 7.2: Refactoring Parameterized Constructor As Builder, I looked at how NetBeans 7.2 supports refactoring a constructor to a builder as described in Item 2 of the Second Edition of Effective Java.

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Oracle has released significant announcements regarding Java in recent weeks. I summarize some of these in this post.

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Shortly after the Second Edition of Josh Bloch's Effective Java was released, I borrowed a colleague's copy to browse it and consider purchasing a copy of my own despite already owning a copy of the first edition. It did not take me long to realize that the Second Edition was worth purchasing.

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As I described in an earlier post, Packt Publishing invited me to review the book Java EE 6 Cookbook for Securing, Tuning, and Extending Enterprise Applications. In this post, I provide a review of the strengths and weaknesses of this book along with an idea of the type of person who would gain the most from reading this book. Before doing that, I summarize the recipes covered in each chapter.

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Typesafe announced this morning that the Scala Language Integrated Connection Kit (Slick) has been added to its Typesafe Stack.

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I have blogged before on the utility of the HttpServer provided with the Oracle HotSpot JVM. One of the general challenges associated with its use is the lack of documentation.

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In his post Project Jigsaw: Late for the train, Mark Reinhold’s proposes "to defer Project Jigsaw to the next release, Java 9." He explains the reasoning for this: "some significant technical challenges remain" and there is "not enough time left for the broad evaluation, review, and feedback which such a profound change to the Platform demands." Reinhold also proposes "to aim explicitly for a regular two-year release cycle going forward."

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Packt Publishing recently invited me to review Mick Knutson's (@mickknutson) book Java EE 6 Cookbook for Securing, Tuning, and Extending Enterprise Applications.

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Fictional stories (especially science fiction) are full of gadgets and other items that I wish were available to me today. One of the fictional items I would most like to have is the pensieve described in Harry Potter books and shown in Harry Potter movies.

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Java-related books are perhaps the most widely available books in terms of diverse selections of any programming language. Even so, most Java books seem to fall into one of two categories: they are either introductory/general level books or they are highly focused specific books.

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I saw an online job posting several years ago that listed a set of desired software development and programming skills and concluded with the statement, "Architects Need Not Apply." Joe Winchester has written that Those Who Can, Code; Those Who Can't, Architect (beware an extremely obnoxious Flash-based popup) and has stated that part of his proposed Hippocratic Oath for Programmers would be to "swear that my desire to enter the computing profes

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In the post Improving On assertEquals with JUnit and Hamcrest I introduced use of Hamcrest with JUnit. I then looked at JUnit's Built-in Hamcrest Core Matcher Support.

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It appears that a version of the JavaOne 2012 Content Catalog is available from the JavaOne site under Tools | Content Catalog. In this post, I look at a subset of the presentations described in this Content Catalog that appear interesting to me.

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