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  • News 29 Aug 2011

    How Scala changed the way I think about my Java Code

    Some people advocate their preferred language as the only way to enlightenment and productivity boosts. I don’t believe it. There are others that tell you the language doesn’t matter - at least not between languages like Scala and Java. I think they are wrong as well. Although I don’t actually use Scala during my day job, it does affect my Java Coding. Continue Reading

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  • Tip 22 Jul 2011

    Choosing Java frameworks for performance

    Frank Cohen, CEO and founder of PushToTest, presents a round-up of opinions on which Java frameworks deliver a light-weight, RIA-based, high developer productivity platform. What do you think? Read the full conversation and join in. Continue Reading

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  • News 15 Jul 2011

    A disciple from the Church of Bruce Eckel thinks in Scala

    Markus Jais has a few insights on why the hoi polloi is reticent about picking up Scala. Much of the argument centers around the lack of documentation, blogs that are garbage, a nascent set of good tutorials, and Java programmers who think that if they can't learn something in an afternoon, then it's too complicated to even try. Continue Reading

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  • News 17 Jun 2011

    Java - Lambda Syntax Alternatives

    The discussion on the lambda-dev mailing list has started to address the issue of what the Java language syntax for lambdas / function literals ought to look like. Let's look at a slightly non-trivial example and try to tease the issues out. Martjin Verburg and Ben Evans give their take. What's yours? Continue Reading

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  • News 15 Apr 2011

    Getting the Java out of your Scala

    To get some grip on the configuration of the Weblogic domains and servers at my current client, I created a tool that reads domain config files and translates them in a graph. I decided to solve this problem in Scala, mainly because I read about its powerful native XML parsing capabilities. Parsing XML turned out to be a total no-brainer, but I managed to learn something about how to solve problems the Scala way, so this is a story about Scala rather than parsing XML in Scala. Continue Reading

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  • News 12 Apr 2011

    How to Make Learning to Program Engaging

    So, how do you take the pain out of learning to program? Minimizing lectures is always a good idea. And pushing 'hand-on' time with the keyboard is really the best way to make the learning happen. But how do you keep students engaged and motivated? Continue Reading

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  • News 05 Apr 2011

    From Zero to Java EE in 60 seconds: Seam Forge is heating up Java Web Development

    It's been a few months since their last release, but they have a lot of goodies for you this time, and for those of you who haven't taken a look, or seen it at all, Seam Forge is really starting to pick up steam. Since this is the third release of "Angry Kitten," they decided it was time to let out a whole pack of excited, ill tempered little furballs. Continue Reading

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  • News 08 Mar 2010

    Part 3 of dependency injection in Java EE 6

    In this article we will discuss interceptors, decorators, stereotypes and events. In the course of the series, we will cover conversations, CDI interaction with JSF, portable extensions, available implementations as well as CDI alignment with Seam, Spring and Guice. Continue Reading

  • News 01 Jan 2008

    Integrating Java and Erlang

    This article is an introductory tour of Erlang by building a simple client server application. Following this we'll reverse engineer the application in pure Java using Jinterface, an open source Java library distributed with Ericsson's Open Telecom Platform. Then we'll wrap things up with a few words about hybrid systems development. Download and install Erlang and Java if you wish to try this at home. Continue Reading

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    • Dennis Byrne