The
Janitor joined Ed
Ort for a Deep Dive on JDK 7, check it
out here. Really given how much is going into JDK 7,
its perhaps more of a flyover and swoop, but, if you need to catch up
with the plan,
take a
look.
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If you feel like publicizing your
programming prowess and you missed the JavaFX developer challenge,
you should take a look
at the WidgetFX contest.
Posted by dannycoward
Constraint
programming is a kind of declarative programming. Specifically,
where you say what conditions
constitute the solution of problem, rather than the laying out
steps or algorithms by which you get to it. Deng
Xiaoping had a saying for it. A bit like assessing weather
conditions for sailing, or evaluating
economic indicators when deciding central bank policy, these
conditions come in the form of restrictions on the interrelationships
of a carefully
selected set of variables which model the computing problem.
Posted by dannycoward
Just as life doesn't always fit
neatly into a box, neither does everything you want to show on
screen. Wanting to see behind what you're looking at is really
just part of the human condition, and perhaps why the use of translucency
in GUIs has become so popular.
Posted by dannycoward
Given that JavaFX has already evolved 'from
trainwreck to good' in 9
months, isn't it time you made a reservation
for a highly
recommended JavaFX book or put an online JavaFX learning course
on the menu ?
Posted by dannycoward
Think you need a $martphone to
browse the web ?
Posted by dannycoward
There's definitely an arc in the
adoption of a new technology. From skepticism, to
release, the odd
stumble, to the evidence
of more widespread
experimentation, to the first
commercial applications.
Posted by dannycoward
You almost certainly heard that you
can drag
an applet out of its web page, so long as the version of Java
running it is current
enough.
Posted by dannycoward
In a physical store, the
attractiveness of the shelf display masks what is usually a highly
complex set of processes by which the products arrive on the shelves.
How optimized these processes are can make
or break a store.
Posted by dannycoward
For anyone interested in using the JVM to
run a language other than Java, and even for those interested in
how it runs the Java language, and definitely those interested in
language development, the annual JVM
Language Summit held in September has become the primary place
to be.
Posted by dannycoward
For those developers working on
apps for today's feature
phones, the Java Swing-inspiredLWUIT has long
been a good option for making good looking
UIs such as these. And its just part of the all-devices-in-one
Java ME SDK 3.0.
Posted by dannycoward
Summer holidays ain't what they
used to be, especially when parents start fretting
about this kind of thing.
Posted by dannycoward
As the Janitor works through all
the mail that piled up on the doorstep of the Planetarium while he
was on vacation, its clear that there's some news to catch up on.
Posted by dannycoward
Developers have sometimes had to
try to square
the circle with the Java
classpath over the years. What really is a linear
model in multiple sections works for much of the time. But as
applications get larger, and the dependencies between it and the
libraries it needs get more complex, things
break down.
Posted by dannycoward
Most new feature phones now have Bluetooth, and so most
support the Java APIs to
allow Java (and JavaFX)
applications to drive it. And as you can see in this survey of Java ME
tools, all the major
development tools for Java ME phones support the APIs too. You may
also have noticed some rather
naughty uses of it too.
Posted by dannycoward