[The Java Posse] Re: Continue with the interview, they are GREAT!

2009-06-04 Thread Matt Scully
+1 I have definitely enjoyed having more interviews in recent months. Keep them coming! +1 for the news/roundup podcasts as well. On Jun 4, 10:08 am, James Kim wrote: > +1 > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Mario Camou wrote: > > +(+1) > > -Mario. > > > -- > > I want to change the world but t

[The Java Posse] Re: Code definition

2009-04-16 Thread Matt Scully
The only thing I would add is that comments describe what the code did at a single point in time and the code itself describes what it did. I always appreciate a helpful comment, but I give preference to renaming variables and extracting methods before adding comments. One helpful comment is refe

[The Java Posse] Java coming to Google App Engine

2009-04-08 Thread Matt Scully
I was excited to read this today and wanted to pass it on to the group. http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/04/google-launches-test-of-java-on-app-engine.ars Anyone going to give it a try? --matt --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because yo

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX: Impressions?

2008-12-04 Thread Matt Scully
On Dec 4, 6:18 pm, Joshua Marinacci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the mp3 player dragging is a bug in my code that I didn't fix in time.   > I'll be fixed in a refresh of the samples soon. Since other apps were dragging well, I was thinking it may be a bug. I'm sure it's been a long day with the l

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX: Impressions?

2008-12-04 Thread Matt Scully
Looks like the site is back up now and is much more responsive, so that's definitely a good thing. Most of the apps look pretty smooth to me. However, the draggable MP3 player seems to drag very poorly on my system. While dragging around the screen the app shakes all over the place and doesn't

[The Java Posse] Re: What would you like to know about JavaFX

2008-11-25 Thread Matt Scully
I just listened to the latest podcast of "Ain't your dad's..." and they are now saying that December 2nd isn't necessarily a firm date, but that it may be a few days later. Nevertheless, it does sound like it will be that first week in December (of course, "nothing firm" means it could be later a

[The Java Posse] Re: Fwd: [The Java Posse] Re: episode 215: reflection and generics

2008-11-15 Thread Matt Scully
As an example, take a look at the Runtime Environment section of this comparison of generics implemented in C# compared to Java. Within the generic class there is no way to query for runtime type information in Java like there is in C# due to erasure: http://www.jprl.com/Blog/archive/development

[The Java Posse] "Best Practices"

2008-09-03 Thread Matt Scully
I thought this was funny and it reminded me of Tor's irritation with "best practices". http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2008-09-03/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to th