[The Java Posse] Re: How do you know what Jar provides what?

2009-05-06 Thread Dick Wall
We have a story in the upcoming podcast about JBoss Tattletale - http://www.jboss.org/tattletale - sounds like it might help, and it's from JBoss as well :-). Cheers Dick On May 6, 7:08 pm, tachoknight wrote: > Hi all- > > Okay, I've had it. I wrote some web service code to be deployed in a >

[The Java Posse] How do you know what Jar provides what?

2009-05-06 Thread tachoknight
Hi all- Okay, I've had it. I wrote some web service code to be deployed in a JBoss 4 AS which works great. Writing the code wasn't really hard, but figuring out which Jar provided by JBoss was; it was a lot of trial and error by determining from the filename of the jar. Finally I got my ant scrip

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - great idea, bad implementation

2009-05-06 Thread Simon Brocklehurst
Chas, You have plenty to say, considering you've never used JavaFX Script ;-) Here's a reality check... I've been programming complex graphics, in a variety of languages, for over twenty five years, since I was a kid. On everything from early 8- bit microcomputers, through high-end vector and r

[The Java Posse] Re: Java as API language, its days numbered?

2009-05-06 Thread Josh Suereth
Perhaps a better example of scala making life easier. Here I'm use "for expressions" along with "operator syntax" and "lambda expresisons" on the Scala XML dom to parse out all link URLs from a web document that end with rpm val urls = for { link <- webpageDom \\ "a" locat

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - great idea, bad implementation

2009-05-06 Thread mmuday
While you're asking for criticism... here are my unsolicited $.02 Performance still seems to need work... in terms of using it for UI, it still feels sluggish to me, sort of like Flash. In terms of animation, it isn't as smooth as I'm wanting to see. When I heard that they were introducing some

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - great idea, bad implementation

2009-05-06 Thread Chas Emerick
Josh, Some random thoughts. Please note that I've not played with javafx at all; this is entirely from the perspective of someone evaluating the technical state of play at the most superficial level: (a) the demos being semi-broken on OS X (and even on windows, sporadically, and with no reason

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - great idea, bad implementation

2009-05-06 Thread ad
Thanks for the update Josh. I too am eagerly awaiting a official linux support. Adam On May 6, 5:40 pm, Joshua Marinacci wrote: > we don't want to commit to something that we can't ship. there's   > always the possibility that some critical bugs won't get fixed in   > time. things are looking g

[The Java Posse] Re: Borland purchased by MicroFocus

2009-05-06 Thread Lloyd Meinholz
A bunch of ALM (applications lifecycle management) stuff. StartTeam version control. Caliber requirements management. Testing tools. Lloyd On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Marcelo Morales wrote: > > On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Tom Copeland wrote: > > > > per Slashdot: > > > > http://ne

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - great idea, bad implementation

2009-05-06 Thread Joshua Marinacci
we don't want to commit to something that we can't ship. there's always the possibility that some critical bugs won't get fixed in time. things are looking good right now, though. that's the best I can say. On May 6, 2009, at 3:39 PM, Paul Hardin wrote: > > Josh, > > On May 6, 1:21 pm, Josh

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - great idea, bad implementation

2009-05-06 Thread Paul Hardin
Josh, On May 6, 1:21 pm, Joshua Marinacci wrote: > They are close to being ready and we hope to have something   > for you very soon. > > - Josh This is good news, indeed! I think it regrettable that news has not been forthcoming with regard to the progress, and some estimate of release, for

[The Java Posse] Re: Borland purchased by MicroFocus

2009-05-06 Thread Marcelo Morales
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Tom Copeland wrote: > > per Slashdot: > > http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/06/1619250&art_pos=2 > > Maybe some of that JBuilder-ish code will end up powering MicroFocus' > COBOL dev tools... That has gone to embarcadero. There is no borland jbuild

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - great idea, bad implementation

2009-05-06 Thread Joshua Marinacci
The core of JavaFX is very portable and has always run on Linux and Solaris. This is to be expected since it's built on the Java platform. What is not as portable are things which touch the native layer like video playback, shaped windows, and hardware acceleration. I wish we had shipped Li

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - great idea, bad implementation

2009-05-06 Thread Jess Holle
But doesn't it work fine on both platforms except for some video codecs, etc? That says nothing about the overall technology set but rather about the lack of portability of a handful of bits. Paul Hardin wrote: > As a Java developer it does strike me that there is something deeply > wrong with

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - great idea, bad implementation

2009-05-06 Thread Fabrizio Giudici
Paul Hardin wrote: > As a Java developer it does strike me that there is something deeply > wrong with JavaFX if, 5 months after release to production, and, after > releasing a second revision, the development team is unable to make it > work on Linux and OpenSolaris. > The wrong point is not w

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - great idea, bad implementation

2009-05-06 Thread Paul Hardin
As a Java developer it does strike me that there is something deeply wrong with JavaFX if, 5 months after release to production, and, after releasing a second revision, the development team is unable to make it work on Linux and OpenSolaris. Right or wrong, it makes Ed's comments about finding it

[The Java Posse] Borland purchased by MicroFocus

2009-05-06 Thread Tom Copeland
per Slashdot: http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/06/1619250&art_pos=2 Maybe some of that JBuilder-ish code will end up powering MicroFocus' COBOL dev tools... Yours, tom --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribe

[The Java Posse] Re: Java as API language, its days numbered?

2009-05-06 Thread Viktor Klang
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Sebastian Himberger < sebastian.himber...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > H Viktori, > > regarding this code: > > *case class Person(var name : String)* > > So does Scala generate/impy a sensible hashCode and equals > implementation or why are they omitted in your Scala

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - great idea, bad implementation

2009-05-06 Thread kirk
Joshua Marinacci wrote: > You can join apple's free developer program to get the latest releases > of Java. They recently posted a developer preview of something more > recent than update 7. > _13 and it works very well Kirk > On May 6, 2009, at 7:45 AM, Reinier Zwitserloot wrote: > >

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - great idea, bad implementation

2009-05-06 Thread Joshua Marinacci
I would really like to hear back from Ed. He is not the first person to have a bad reaction to JavaFX initially. There seems to be some sort of a mental hurdle that a lot of people face, including myself 2 years ago. Once they play with it enough they suddenly 'get it' and become happy a

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - great idea, bad implementation

2009-05-06 Thread Joshua Marinacci
very soon. On May 6, 2009, at 6:15 AM, Jan Goyvaerts wrote: > Another concrete remark : linux is not supported (yet). Do you have > an idea for when it is planned ? > > On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Joshua Marinacci > wrote: > Thank you. Though you say it's subjective your criticisms are

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - great idea, bad implementation

2009-05-06 Thread Joshua Marinacci
You can join apple's free developer program to get the latest releases of Java. They recently posted a developer preview of something more recent than update 7. On May 6, 2009, at 7:45 AM, Reinier Zwitserloot wrote: > > Summary of OP: > > I looked at it, it sucked. I won't tell you why; inste

[The Java Posse] Re: Java as API language, its days numbered?

2009-05-06 Thread Sebastian Himberger
H Viktori, regarding this code: *case class Person(var name : String)* So does Scala generate/impy a sensible hashCode and equals implementation or why are they omitted in your Scala example? I'm a total Scala newby so I would be glad to be enlightened. Thanks a lot, Sebastian On 6 Mai, 10:22

[The Java Posse] Re: NetBeans -- It's dead, right?

2009-05-06 Thread Fabrizio Giudici
Marcelo Morales wrote: > No company will provide a paying version of NetBeans. GPL should kill > the market. Dual licensing strikes as a cheap thick IMHO > > NetBeans is GPL + ClassPathException. You can build over the Platform, or the IDE, adding your own modules, and make people pay for them

[The Java Posse] Re: Java as API language, its days numbered?

2009-05-06 Thread Viktor Klang
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Alexey wrote: > > Indeed, your example appears striking. I haven't worked with Scala, > but I've been coming back to it and reading up on it at a leisurely > pace. This example made me want to dig a little deeper and see what's > what. > > Well, as it turns out,

[The Java Posse] Re: NetBeans -- It's dead, right?

2009-05-06 Thread Marcelo Morales
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Fabrizio Giudici wrote: > Vince O'Sullivan wrote: > > On May 6, 10:34 am, Neil Bartlett wrote: > > > Wait, I thought NetBeans was open source. How can it possibly die? > > > Being open source means that it is free to consume, however it is far > from free to prod

[The Java Posse] Scala, calling fellow IDE haters

2009-05-06 Thread Alexey
My IDE of choice is Nedit. It comes with fairly good Java syntax definitions, but nothing for Scala it seems. Anyone know of any Nedit Scala syntax defs? Doesn't need to be anything overly complicated. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you a

[The Java Posse] Re: Java as API language, its days numbered?

2009-05-06 Thread Reinier Zwitserloot
Viktor, I'm the first to agree that is ugly boilerplate (in fact, I proposed a (denied) proposal to the coin list that nevertheless did get some positive traction for a context sensitive keyword on a class declare that turns all its members into getters, and generates a toString, an equals, and a

[The Java Posse] Re: NetBeans -- It's dead, right?

2009-05-06 Thread Fabrizio Giudici
Vince O'Sullivan wrote: > On May 6, 10:34 am, Neil Bartlett wrote: > >> Wait, I thought NetBeans was open source. How can it possibly die? >> > > Being open source means that it is free to consume, however it is far > from free to produce. If it is to compete with eclipse (underwritten >

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - great idea, bad implementation

2009-05-06 Thread Michael Kimsal
Did I quote Gladwell anywhere? I made reference to a premise of his book. Having a gut reaction to something, without being able to explain how you reached that conclusion, and yet still being 'correct', is something that many people deal with all the time. I think there's a lot of that going on

[The Java Posse] Re: Java as API language, its days numbered?

2009-05-06 Thread Alexey
Indeed, your example appears striking. I haven't worked with Scala, but I've been coming back to it and reading up on it at a leisurely pace. This example made me want to dig a little deeper and see what's what. Well, as it turns out, according what I've come across so far (I didn't get a chanc

[The Java Posse] Re: NetBeans -- It's dead, right?

2009-05-06 Thread Vince O'Sullivan
On May 6, 10:34 am, Neil Bartlett wrote: > Wait, I thought NetBeans was open source. How can it possibly die? Being open source means that it is free to consume, however it is far from free to produce. If it is to compete with eclipse (underwritten largely - I understand - by IBM) and IntelliJ

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - great idea, bad implementation

2009-05-06 Thread Reinier Zwitserloot
Summary of OP: I looked at it, it sucked. I won't tell you why; instead I'll just whinge, because I'm a non-contributing zero. Ed, post some constructive criticism, or go away. NB: Michael, Gladwell is a gifted author, a real yarnspinner, but you shouldn't quote him with the presumption that hi

[The Java Posse] Re: NetBeans -- It's dead, right?

2009-05-06 Thread Alex Turner
Yeah - I noticed that too, just thought it was my computer being crap, I've had issues with HD performance anyway. I do hope they get it fixed. It does take Netbeans a couple of minutes to start up now as it scans in everything, but it's not a deal breaker for me at this point. Some of the nigh

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - great idea, bad implementation

2009-05-06 Thread Jan Goyvaerts
Another concrete remark : linux is not supported (yet). Do you have an idea for when it is planned ? On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Joshua Marinacci wrote: > Thank you. Though you say it's subjective your criticisms are concrete. > Streaming video is choppy, the browser integration isn't great,

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - great idea, bad implementation

2009-05-06 Thread Joshua Marinacci
Thank you. Though you say it's subjective your criticisms are concrete. Streaming video is choppy, the browser integration isn't great, and you get certificate dialogs (though the JavaFX runtime is signed by a trusted root cert, you still get the dialog on Mac). These are all things we are

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - great idea, bad implementation

2009-05-06 Thread Michael Kimsal
Did anyone hear read 'blink' by Malcolm Gladwell? The crux of the book is that there are a number of 'snap decision' or 'gut reactions' people have, can't explain why, but are nonetheless born out as correct predictions/assessments. I'm reminded of that in the JavaFX discussion. JavaFX can tick o

[The Java Posse] Re: Les CastCodeurs == Java Posse in French

2009-05-06 Thread Frederic Simon
+1 I really enjoyed it, and I'm happy this gang of 4 found the time to do that. Really hope they will continue with it. On Apr 23, 1:35 pm, David MARTIN wrote: > I've listened this first episode too, and I'd like to say how good I > find this initiative. As a french native speaker (mother tongue

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - great idea, bad implementation

2009-05-06 Thread Jess Holle
Or is this simply a matter of "it's too weird and dissimilar to anything I have background in"? Be honest -- I don't mean the latter as a slam. For instance, I'll admit that I find Scala far too weird and dissimilar to anything I'm used to. While I like the ideas behind Scala, the actual synt

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - great idea, bad implementation

2009-05-06 Thread Joshua Marinacci
Do you have any specific criticisms about the language? What features do you find confusing or annoying? We are always looking for ways to improve it. - Josh On May 5, 2009, at 6:13 PM, Ed wrote: > > Why is JavaFX such an extreme departure from Java? At least Flex has > ActionScript and MX

[The Java Posse] Re: NetBeans -- It's dead, right?

2009-05-06 Thread Fabrizio Giudici
Neil Bartlett wrote: > Wait, I thought NetBeans was open source. How can it possibly die? > > Well, an open source project CAN die if the "community" (note the quotes) only thinks it's a great FREE project that somebody else is giving away. While it's impossible for an open source project to

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX - great idea, bad implementation

2009-05-06 Thread Neil Bartlett
I don't see any actual arguments here about what is wrong with JavaFX. Actually it seems to be the JavaFX Script language that you have a problem with, not the platform or libraries etc. So, aside from "ugly" and "unintuitive" (which are highly subjective), why exactly do you think there is "just

[The Java Posse] Re: NetBeans -- It's dead, right?

2009-05-06 Thread Neil Bartlett
Wait, I thought NetBeans was open source. How can it possibly die? On May 5, 12:34 pm, kibitzer wrote: > With Oracle's acquisition of Sun, I can't see a future for NetBeans. I > find this extremely disturbing as (hand on heart) NetBeans is my > favourite FOSS IDE. > > Am I wrong? > > What does t

[The Java Posse] Re: Java as API language, its days numbered?

2009-05-06 Thread Viktor Klang
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Casper Bang wrote: > > > > That's when the question to write libraries in Scala to be consumed by > Java > > application code. > > I think your point probably says more about Java than it does about > Scala, though that notion has been highly controversial in this

[The Java Posse] Re: Java as API language, its days numbered?

2009-05-06 Thread Casper Bang
> That's when the question to write libraries in Scala to be consumed by Java > application code. I think your point probably says more about Java than it does about Scala, though that notion has been highly controversial in this forum until Scala, JavaFX etc. gained growth. And as Joshua Bloch

[The Java Posse] Re: Java as API language, its days numbered?

2009-05-06 Thread Viktor Klang
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 3:37 AM, Alexey Zinger wrote: > > > This is gonna be about verbosity of generics, isn't it? Hi Alexey! The switch to Java 5 certainly added alot of cruft for API developers with regards to the addition of Generics. But this is not about Generics, this is about all the sm

[The Java Posse] Re: NetBeans -- It's dead, right?

2009-05-06 Thread kibitzer
I use JDeveloper daily (not by choice) and one thing it has is pretty good support for BPEL and stuff like that. And Oracle's direction is to make everything wizardable/configurable/deployable through the IDE. However, the NetBeans editors really shine there (BPEL I mean) as well. Overall it's a

[The Java Posse] Re: Java as API language, its days numbered?

2009-05-06 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On 6 May 2009, at 02:40, Paul King wrote: > > Guillaume Laforge's DSL talk shows this rather nicely. > Language is Groovy, context is writing DSLs but you will get the idea. > Slides 12-17: > http://www.slideshare.net/glaforge/practical-groovy-domainspecific-languages-springone-europe-2009 I saw