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JavaOne 2013 Vicariously

I was disappointed that I was not able to attend JavaOne 2013, but was happy to see numerous useful posts covering this annual conference.

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My Favorite Books for Advanced Java Developers

The idea for my last blog post (my ten favorite online resources for advanced Java developers), was inspired by the Xiaoran Wang post Top 10 Websites for Advanced Level Java Developers.

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My Favorite Online Resources for Advanced Java Developers

The ProgramCreek.com blog has recently featured two interesting posts targeted at "advanced" Java developers: Top 10 Books For Advanced Level Java Developers and Top 10 Websites for Advanced Level Java Developers. These posts highlight resources that are especially beneficial to more experienced Java developers.

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Pre-JavaOne JDK 8 News

With JavaOne 2013 less than two weeks away, it's not surprising that there have been some announcements in recent days regarding JDK 8. In this post, I briefly look at these JDK 8 announcements.

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Book Review: JBoss Weld CDI for Java Platform

JBoss Weld CDI for Java Platform is a relatively short book (approximately 100 "main" pages) that introduces JBoss Weld, which it describes as "the open source reference implementation" of Java Contexts and Dependency Injection.

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Better JUnit-based Unit Tests with NetBeans 7.4 beta Hints

In my last post, I wrote about hints provided in NetBeans 7.4 beta that improve a developer's ability to avoid nasty runtime issues with Java exception handling.

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NetBeans 7.4 Beta Hints Warn of Ineffective Exception Handling

There are numerous examples of how Java exception handling can be more difficult than it might first appear and Josh Bloch devoted an entire chapter of Effective Java (both editions) to exception handling.

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Book Review: TestNG Beginner's Guide

I was happy to accept Packt Publishing's invitation to review the recently released (July 2013) book TestNG Beginner's Guide because I welcomed the opportunity to learn more about TestNG. I have read about and played a little bit with TestNG before, but the vast majority of my Java unit testing experience has been with JUnit.

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Is Java Riskier than C/C++?

The following is a contributed article from Jon Jarboe of Coverity

Is Java Riskier than C?
Jon Jarboe
Senior Technical Manager, Coverity

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Ant Properties Nuances

Every once in a while, I'm reminded of a few subtle nuances of Ant properties that can, when forgotten, lead to confusion when dealing with Ant.

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