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Dustin's Software Development Cogitations and Speculations

Significant Software Development Developments of 2010

With the end of 2010 rapidly approaching, it is time to summarize what I believe are the ten most significant developments in 2010 in the software development community. As I have disclaimed before, this is entirely biased toward my interests. It is difficult to gauge the importance of events in spaces one is not familiar with, so I tend to favor areas that I do know and am able to make some educated (albeit anecdotal) conclusions about their significance.

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The Best Decisions are Those We Must Live With

We have all been the victims of others' poor decisions. This is especially painful when we, and not those making the decisions, are the victims. I have seen many times in my career when a particularly bad idea was implemented because the person making the decision had no relevant experience to understand the consequences of his or her decision. These same people often don't have to implement the poor decision and therefore don't learn from their mistakes. In this post, I look at ways to reduce or avoid this effect.

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The Best Decisions are Those We Must Live With

We have all been the victims of others' poor decisions. This is especially painful when we, and not those making the decisions, are the victims. I have seen many times in my career when a particularly bad idea was implemented because the person making the decision had no relevant experience to understand the consequences of his or her decision. These same people often don't have to implement the poor decision and therefore don't learn from their mistakes. In this post, I look at ways to reduce or avoid this effect.

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$15 Off Today Only at Manning

Manning is offering $15 off any "pbook" (printed book), "ebook" (electronic book), or MEAP (Manning Early Access Program) for today only (27 December 2010). Use the code dotd1227 at the Manning site to get this discount.

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$15 Off Today Only at Manning

Manning is offering $15 off any "pbook" (printed book), "ebook" (electronic book), or MEAP (Manning Early Access Program) for today only (27 December 2010). Use the code dotd1227 at the Manning site to get this discount.

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Using Generic 'log' Methods in Java Logging

When developing Java applications, it is easy to get used to invoking logging on the provided logger via its log level-specific methods.

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Using Generic 'log' Methods in Java Logging

When developing Java applications, it is easy to get used to invoking logging on the provided logger via its log level-specific methods.

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Lightweight Persistence with Java Serialization

The Java SE 6 documentation on Object Serialization states the following about the uses of Java serialization:

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