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JSF Open Source Throwdown

Posted on February 11, 2012 by News

Optimus Prime’s post IceFaces Copies PrimeFaces Line by Line and Brian McKinney’s response (New ACE Component Origins) have led to a controversial discussion on the blogosphere regarding legalities and ethics in an open source context. It is interestin… Continue reading →

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Java Back in the OSCON 2012 Fold

Posted on January 7, 2012 by News

By all accounts I have read and others have expressed, OSCON Java 2011 was a tremendous success. OSCON Java 2011 was O’Reilly’s Java-specific conference held in conjunction with OSCON 2011 and the post Why OSCON Java? explains some of the reasons for t… Continue reading →

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Significant Software Development Developments of 2011

Posted on December 27, 2011 by News

As I did in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010, I summarize some of the software development events of 2011 that I find most significant. All of the normal caveats still apply: this list is definitely shaped by personal experience, interests, and biases.

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Recent Software Development Posts of Interest – Early December 2011

Posted on December 8, 2011 by News

I have run into several software development blog posts over recent weeks that I think are worth reading or keeping links to for future reference. I collect some of these in this post.

An apt Ending

In Java 8 news, Joseph D. Darcy’s post An apt endin… Continue reading →

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Software Developers Hate Worthless Tasks

Posted on November 29, 2011 by News

Most software developers that I know, especially the best ones, loathe worthless tasks. This is probably true of most people who strive to do what they do to the best of their ability, but I’m not aware of any area in which this attitude is more preval… Continue reading →

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The Thankful Software Developer

Posted on November 24, 2011 by News

Neil McAllister’s Fatal Exception blog post What I’m thankful for as a developer is timely given the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in the United States. In that post, McAllister expresses gratitude for open source tools, online documentation and support… Continue reading →

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Dennis Ritchie Day

Posted on October 30, 2011 by News

In the post Dennis Ritchie Day, Tim O’Reilly “declares this Sunday, October 30 to be Dennis Ritchie Day!” O’Reilly acknowledges that “I don’t have the convening power of a Governor Brown” (who declared Sunday, October 16, as Steve Jobs Day), but call… Continue reading →

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JavaOne 2011: The Diabolical Developer (Redux)

Posted on October 5, 2011 by News

There was an hour between sessions before the beginning of Martijn Verburg’s “The Diabolical Developer (Redux)” (25303) in Divisidero in Parc 55 Hotel. I wanted to attend this presentation for three reasons: the abstract appealed to me, I had read good… Continue reading →

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Software Development Posts of Interest – 2 July 2011

Posted on July 2, 2011 by News

There have been numerous blog posts on software development that I have found to be well worth the time invested in reading them in recent weeks. In this post, I summarize and link to some of these. Topics include Oracle’s Java 7 kick-off, Scala, Devop… Continue reading →

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Third Set of Movie Quotes Applied to Software Development

Posted on June 27, 2011 by News

This is my third post covering application of popular movie quotes to software development situations after posting Classic Movie Quotes Applied to Software Development and More Movies Quotes Applied to Software Development. In this post, I look at how… Continue reading →

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