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Packt Publishing’s 1000th Title: Surprise Gifts

Packt Publishing published its first book in 2004 and is about to publish its 1000th book. Along the way, Packt Publishing has donated a portion of revenue to the open source projects covered by its books. As part of their celebration of publishing the… Continue reading

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The Software Developer’s Pensieve

Fictional stories (especially science fiction) are full of gadgets and other items that I wish were available to me today. One of the fictional items I would most like to have is the pensieve described in Harry Potter books and shown in Harry Potter mo… Continue reading

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The Developer/Non-Developer Impedance Mismatch

Most software developers have probably heard of and even had experiences with the object-relational impedance mismatch (often addressed with ORM tools), the object-XML impedance mismatch (often addressed with OXM tools), and even the developer-DBA impe… Continue reading

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Unit Testing is a Means to an End

Most professional software developers these days understand the importance and value of writing and using unit tests. A nice summary of some of the oft-touted and oft-realized benefits of unit testing can be found in the StackOverflow.com thread Is Uni… Continue reading

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Software Development Posts of Interest – March 2012

This post references some of the recent blog posts and articles that have interested me. Topics include Java-specific topics such as Java EE, JavaFX, Scala, and Gradle as well as more general software development topics such as software patents and ope… Continue reading

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Late February 2012 Software Development Links of Interest

This post summarizes and provides links to some online resources related to software development that have recently captured my attention. Topics include Linux, DevOps, dynamic typing versus static typing, abstraction versus simplicity, and cloud compu… Continue reading

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JSF Open Source Throwdown

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

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

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

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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