Jonathan Gibbons

The King is dead. Long live the King!

Well, the phrase may not be entirely apt, but it does carry the right sentiment, especially to the monarchists amongst us.

As you may have read, Peter is moving on to new adventures, but you can be sure that there are still plenty of adventures still to be had with javac, and the rest of us on the javac team are looking forward to carrying on with everything that is coming up.

With the compiler being open sourced last year, and the recent announcements regarding OpenJDK, and JDK 7 ahead, these are exciting times, albeit somewhat turbulent at times. So, stay tuned for more details, and in the meantime, thanks go to Peter for all his contributions.

Posted at 03:01PM May 18, 2007 by jonathangibbons in javac  |  Comments[4]

Unit Testing Wisdom From An Ancient Software Start-up

JavaOne contained many gems of wisdom, of varying sizes. This one indirectly came my way during the week, and is fun enough to pass along. It is self-described as "Good advice on developer and unit testing, packaged as twelve cryptic bits of ancient Eastern wisdom." You can find it here. It is also available in PDF. Enjoy -- and thanks to Alberto Savoia for making it available.

Posted at 07:12PM May 14, 2007 by jonathangibbons in jtreg  |  Comments[0]

Office Tango

Tom Lehrer sang a song called "The Masochism Tango". Here at Sun, we call it "Office Moves".[Read More]

Posted at 08:00AM Nov 17, 2006 by jonathangibbons in Sun  |  Comments[2]

com.sun.javatest.*: JT Harness API

JavaTest provides some useful APIs for specialized usage ...[Read More]

Posted at 08:00AM Nov 16, 2006 by jonathangibbons in jtreg  |  Comments[0]

javatest.png: JavaTest in pictures

A look at the evolution of the JavaTest harness, over the years.[Read More]

Posted at 08:00AM Nov 15, 2006 by jonathangibbons in jtreg  |  Comments[2]

Way to go, JT Harness

A brief background overview of the harness underlying jtreg: the JavaTest harness, which is now available as JT Harness. [Read More]

Posted at 08:07AM Nov 14, 2006 by jonathangibbons in jtreg  |  Comments[0]

wwwww.jtreg: The Who What Where When Why of jtreg

A brief background overview of jtreg, the JDK regression test harness. [Read More]

Posted at 12:00AM Nov 13, 2006 by jonathangibbons in jtreg  |  Comments[0]

Hello World

Who am I?[Read More]

Posted at 01:41PM Oct 04, 2006 by jonathangibbons in Sun  |  Comments[6]