[The Java Posse] Sun announces Java App Store

2009-05-20 Thread Karsten Silz
Hi! In a blog post, Jonathan Schwartz announced a Java application store for Java and JavaFX applications (think iPhone App Store for Java): http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/will_java_be_the_world It seems like a good way to make money for Java and a necessity in the mobile arena where

[The Java Posse] Scala and modularization via the 'with' keyword - not a suitable modularization method.

2009-05-20 Thread Reinier Zwitserloot
Was it just me, or did it feel like that particular aspect of 'scala is so cool' totally blew up? creating objects with the 'with' statement just isn't a good way to modularize. It would be if: you create 1 scala file that's an app, which creates an object via 'with' expansion with just the

[The Java Posse] Re: Scala and modularization via the 'with' keyword - not a suitable modularization method.

2009-05-20 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 03:31:27AM -0700, Reinier Zwitserloot wrote: *) Is anyone else bothered by the fact that 'requires external library' is such an annoyance? Generally, no. Maven makes it very easy to manage dependencies. -Dom --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

[The Java Posse] Java App Store to be announced at JavaOne

2009-05-20 Thread Ernie MacNamara
From Jonathan Schwartz' blog: http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups The Java Posse group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from

[The Java Posse] Dude, Where's My Pass?? .. entry refers to JavaPosse...

2009-05-20 Thread bigbenny3
I entered a video into the Dude, Where's My Pass? contest. The winners have been selected, and I'm not one, because my video has *absolutely no redeeming value whatsoever* but I mention crashing the 'Posse Birds-of-a-Feather near the end. Hope to see a few of you there... : )

[The Java Posse] Re: Scala and modularization via the 'with' keyword - not a suitable modularization method.

2009-05-20 Thread Reinier Zwitserloot
But now you are dependent on a rather high impact tool that has been (rightfully) bashed for dictating far too much design for you. On May 20, 1:09 pm, d...@happygiraffe.net (Dominic Mitchell) wrote: On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 03:31:27AM -0700, Reinier Zwitserloot wrote: *) Is anyone else

[The Java Posse] Re: Scala and modularization via the 'with' keyword - not a suitable modularization method.

2009-05-20 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 07:47:16AM -0700, Reinier Zwitserloot wrote: But now you are dependent on a rather high impact tool that has been (rightfully) bashed for dictating far too much design for you. Yup. Works great for me. :-) -Dom --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~

[The Java Posse] Re: Sun announces Java App Store

2009-05-20 Thread Joshua Marinacci
If you follow me on Twitter you now know that this is the secret project I've been working on. I can't give out any more information that what's on Jonathan's blog, but I can say that your questions will be answered at JavaOne, which is a scant two weeks away. (And now my brain explodes

[The Java Posse] Re: Scala and modularization via the 'with' keyword - not a suitable modularization method.

2009-05-20 Thread Alex Buckley
On May 20, 3:31 am, Reinier Zwitserloot reini...@gmail.com wrote: *) Is anyone else bothered by the fact that 'requires external library' is such an annoyance? That's a rather serious detriment to code reuse and the whole schtick where java would rather defer to a library that which other

[The Java Posse] Re: developers in France?

2009-05-20 Thread Matthew Kerle
yeah, there do seem to be a few expired JUGs on the java.net list. I only mentioned as the Lyon JUG seems fairly active yet isn't on the map... http://www.lyonjug.org/bin/view/Main/ 2009/5/19 Van Riper van.ri...@gmail.com On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Matthew Kerle mattke...@gmail.com

[The Java Posse] Re: developers in France?

2009-05-20 Thread Van Riper
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Matthew Kerle mattke...@gmail.com wrote: yeah, there do seem to be a few expired JUGs on the java.net list. I only mentioned as the Lyon JUG seems fairly active yet isn't on the map... http://www.lyonjug.org/bin/view/Main/ Thanks for the info. I'll ping

[The Java Posse] Re: Scala and modularization via the 'with' keyword - not a suitable modularization method.

2009-05-20 Thread Josh Suereth
I think project-jigsaw is solving this by adding a high-impact tool. You should check out the mailing list for plans/designs. Specifically, the demo at Java ONE is aiming towards creating a module and converting that module into an RPM that can be deployed. I believe this may finally

[The Java Posse] Re: Scala and modularization via the 'with' keyword - not a suitable modularization method.

2009-05-20 Thread Josh Suereth
I actually agree with you that the conversations was lacking some context. I wrote a blog some months back about design using traitshttp://suereth.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-should-traits-in-scala-be-used.html, however I thought I'd include some new thoughts/insights here. There is a method of

[The Java Posse] Re: Episode 248

2009-05-20 Thread Christian Catchpole
I think it's you... broken pipe. Mine's 20:45 and isn't truncated. On May 19, 7:55 am, Tom thine...@gmail.com wrote: Is anyone going to fix Episode 248? It's less than 8MB and only runs for a few seconds, --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because

[The Java Posse] Re: Dude, Where's My Pass?? .. entry refers to JavaPosse...

2009-05-20 Thread Joe Nuxoll (Java Posse)
Holy shit dude. Wow. On May 20, 5:13 am, bigbenny3 bigben...@gmail.com wrote: I entered a video into the Dude, Where's My Pass? contest. The winners have been selected, and I'm not one, because my video has *absolutely no redeeming value whatsoever* but I mention crashing the 'Posse