Google Stealth Acquisition of Instantiations
Published August 11th, 2010 Under News | 1 Comment
Google has recently bought Instantiations, the editor of Java, GWT, Struts and Ajax software development tools. On the Instantiations web site, the company says: “Yes it’s true. Instantiations’ award-winning Java and Ajax development tools and our incredible Eclipse team have been acquired by Google. We are all very excited about taking our technology and team to the next level – and there is no bigger step up than Google! Read more
JavaZone 2010 promotional video
Published June 25th, 2010 Under Humour | Leave a Comment
The very very very funny story of a young Java developer growing up in a .NET family.
http://jz10.java.no/java-4-ever-trailer.html
Jazoon Reports: Value of Objects and Maven 3.0 Talks
Published June 9th, 2010 Under Conferences | Leave a Comment
Kevlin Henney presented a lively talk about the concepts of object and value in software development. Kevlin is a lively and wise presenter, so don’t miss this guy if you have the chance to be at a conference where he speaks. His talk was a kind of philosophical musing even if he was always firmly rooted in programming. Read more
Jazoon Reports: Java SE and SDK 7 + Java and Flex Talks
Published June 8th, 2010 Under Conferences | Leave a Comment
The first keynote of the Jazoon conference was presented by Danny Coward. He mentioned that we were close to the 15 anniversary of Java that was officially announced May 23 1995. On the historical side, he also showed us a nice video of James Gosling demonstrating in 1992 a prototype running on what will become Java. The interface looks very close to what you get now on an iPhone. Read more
Jazoon Reports: 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know by Kevlin Henney
Published June 3rd, 2010 Under Conferences | Leave a Comment
Methods & Tools is the sponsor of a large number of software development conferences, but I cannot find the time and budget to visit them. This year I managed to find some time spend some time at Jazoon, a major Java event located in Zurich, Switzerland. I will present in this blog some of the interesting things that I heard.
Nothing beats experience in software development and usually you learn the important things the hard way. This presentation is based on an O’Reilly book with contribution from 73 different people and edited by Kevlin Henney. He presented for us 17 of them in his lively style. Read more
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