[The Java Posse] Re: Choosing a software development philosophy

2015-04-13 Thread Martin Stone
Ok...I have a friend who was going through my software and he got to a point and he was like; ...yea...he thinks a good software should have little or less clicks for the user to achieve an operation. it was really nice and he said Google has their philosophy for software development and am

Re: [The Java Posse] Any Excitement about JDK 8?!?

2014-02-18 Thread Martin Grajcar
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 12:20 AM, Kevin Wright wrote: > Its a bit like knowing English. Sure, there are more logical > >> languages, even languages which allow you to express yourself in fewer >> words. But English is 'good enough' and in this case ubuqitous. >> > > Out of Hungarian, German, Frenc

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Yet another JVM lang: Extend

2011-11-07 Thread martin
Please don't generalize from one member to the community. I think that the remark was unfortunate. The introduction of several new languages on the JVM is a good thing, not something to be scoffed at. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse"

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: TIOBE of the month: Java still growing, F# enters top 20, scala still languishing in the 51-100 range.

2011-09-07 Thread martin
re growing rapidly. I did not intend to attach any deeper interpretation than this. Cheers -- Martin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javapos

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: TIOBE of the month: Java still growing, F# enters top 20, scala still languishing in the 51-100 range.

2011-09-07 Thread martin
idea what they are measuring. -- Martin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/cklns72YlB0J. To post to this group, send emai

[The Java Posse] Re: Oracle and Apple Announce OpenJDK Project for OSX

2010-11-15 Thread Martin Sturm
the current Java 6 implementation for OS X. I was a bit worried that Apple was really forgetting about the development community in general, but this makes things all look a bit nicer - Martin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse"

[The Java Posse] bye, bye

2010-09-10 Thread Wildam Martin
Folks, I wish you happy scaling. I will continue to listen to the podcast but stop reading the group as the value I get out of reading has dropped drastically. Maybe, will check back in a few months. -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Request for scala fans.

2010-09-10 Thread Wildam Martin
Bye, bye! -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Request for scala fans.

2010-09-10 Thread Wildam Martin
or not turning a thread into trash) I will somewhat stop following the javaposse google group. -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this gro

Re: [The Java Posse] Request for scala fans.

2010-09-09 Thread Wildam Martin
g to convince C++ programmers telling them the language is too old and does not move forward. -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: JDK 7 (as currently defined) delayed to mid 2012

2010-09-09 Thread Wildam Martin
Java 6. As it seems that many don't know how to do it, I have put together a post on my blog (for the case you are interested): http://it-tactics.blogspot.com/2010/09/dynamic-method-invocation-in-java-6.html -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this me

Re: [The Java Posse] JDK 7 (as currently defined) delayed to mid 2012

2010-09-08 Thread Wildam Martin
find to be bugs in the underlying software I am using. Take the time it needs to deliver the awesome stuff. -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group,

Re: [The Java Posse] Mushroom season - New language each year

2010-09-08 Thread Wildam Martin
I think, now we finally got the result that nearly every discussion turns into lately: Java vs Scala... I say goodbye for this thread - at least after reading that people prefer to use vim or emacs rather than a real IDE just for the sake of doing Scala... -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com

Re: [The Java Posse] Mushroom season - New language each year

2010-09-08 Thread Wildam Martin
vity > is not a goal, time spent typing is such a small portion of programming that > there's really no benefit in just reducing keystrokes.  On the other hand, > comprehensibility and flexibility are very important - for all the reasons > stated above.  If brevity goes hand in ha

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Management: "For now Java is no longer an option for new development"

2010-09-02 Thread Wildam Martin
even I don't see many other options! -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from th

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Management: "For now Java is no longer an option for new development"

2010-09-02 Thread Wildam Martin
ut not done yet - however I read a little about it and others were satisfied with this). -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Management: "For now Java is no longer an option for new development"

2010-09-02 Thread Wildam Martin
always > having heavily pushed and designed around using a GUI creator? Maybe > that does make laying things out easier but I think it may make people > gloss over whether the actual UI classes are well designed because > many use the UI designer to the point they don't deal with th

[The Java Posse] #321 - Engineering vs Management

2010-09-01 Thread Wildam Martin
Just a few days ago I listened to another podcast's episode that I thought of a few times while listening to javaposse #321, so I consider this very related and therefore I want to share the link: http://techcast.chariotsolutions.com/index.php?post_id=634076 -- Martin Wildam

Re: [The Java Posse] Management: "For now Java is no longer an option for new development"

2010-09-01 Thread Wildam Martin
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 15:31, Josh Berry wrote: > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Wildam Martin wrote: >> Solving end-user problems is far more important than learning crazy >> new programming paradigms. > Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but it appears to be saying "

Re: [The Java Posse] Management: "For now Java is no longer an option for new development"

2010-09-01 Thread Wildam Martin
g crazy new programming paradigms. -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group,

[The Java Posse] Mushroom season - New language each year

2010-08-27 Thread Wildam Martin
I thought the mushroom season for this year is over ;-) - but season for new programming languages seams to be everlasting... For the language freak folks - here is yet another language you can learn: http://newspeaklanguage.org/ -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You

[The Java Posse] Re: So Scala is too Complex?

2010-08-26 Thread martin
the longer Java loop is valid. How partition is implemented is irrelevant. It's like complaining about the code style of the author of the compiler you are using. And, I accept the argument that idiomatic Scala does break with quite a few Java conventions; it's not the same language, after al

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: JP320: Why no mention of GWT ?

2010-08-25 Thread Wildam Martin
torage API. That sounds interesting - never heard about the ODATA before - should have a look, thanks. -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this

Re: [The Java Posse] JP320: Why no mention of GWT ?

2010-08-25 Thread Wildam Martin
, no application server (tomcat/glassfish/...) required. Best example are router or printer web configuration interfaces: They need to be plain simple and I have some use cases where I would like to do web applications in the same way. -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam --

Re: [The Java Posse] JP320: Why no mention of GWT ?

2010-08-24 Thread Wildam Martin
exactly. It was mentioned in the episode that "Swing just works" - and this is very important for me. A reason why I think twice before designing an application as a web application. -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subs

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: NetBeans - Compile on Save and Track dependencies

2010-08-24 Thread Wildam Martin
ot;compile on save" and "track java dependencies"? What is with "compile projects on classpath"? -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse&quo

[The Java Posse] Re: NetBeans - Compile on Save and Track dependencies

2010-08-23 Thread Wildam Martin
Oh, and on the libraries node in the project properties tree I have an option "Build projects on classpath" - should that be enabled or not? On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 16:40, Wildam Martin wrote: > Hi folks, > > it is starting to become a headache for me. I have some projects t

[The Java Posse] NetBeans - Compile on Save and Track dependencies

2010-08-23 Thread Wildam Martin
tion". Primary question: How should I have my project settings for "compile on save" and "Track Java dependencies" - and should I rather create a library in netbeans adding the jars in dist and link directly to that instead of linking directly the project? (I am doing Java S

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Disappointment in Oracle

2010-08-23 Thread Wildam Martin
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 14:19, Wildam Martin wrote: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 13:20, Casper Bang wrote: >> ...as well as Larry's yachts. :) > > I was just thinking of changing profession and looking for a job at > Larry's yacht, but unfortunately first of all they

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Disappointment in Oracle

2010-08-23 Thread Wildam Martin
L/OA.jsp?page=/oracle/apps/irc/candidateSelfService/webui/VisHomePG&_ri=821&OAPB=IRC_BRAND&_ti=1219221697&OAMC=1053761_30_0&menu=Y&oaMenuLevel=1&oapc=4&oas=tR1Ck_GwSRxddJhKsSKApw.. -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this mes

Re: [The Java Posse] What If You were Oracle CEO

2010-08-23 Thread Wildam Martin
gle software product. So I would focus on doing implementations for a sum of other companies trying to achieve the same goal in the IT world - helping others to really get more innovative and productive and to get the most out of the IT infrastructure and services. -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Disappointment in Oracle

2010-08-23 Thread Wildam Martin
There is talked only about layoffs at Oracle, but they also told that they are hiring. Where do the new people go to work? On JavaFX? Oracle Database? - Or what? -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [The Java Posse] Swing LaF / Synth skins

2010-08-22 Thread Wildam Martin
o nice. And BTW: There are some widgets that do not really consider different look and feels - so you should also pay attention to what widgets you use. -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Thoughts on google app inventor.

2010-08-17 Thread Wildam Martin
way - GUI is always in the same way - no room for new usability ideas. It is far more useful these days having a rich set of libraries than a RAD tool that again puts a lot of constraints on you. -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Disappointment in Oracle

2010-08-17 Thread Wildam Martin
tself a lot of updates have been released recently (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history) The products I use most are (apart from Java): NetBeans, MySQL (5.5 came out in July but I am still using 5.1), VirtualBox, Open Office (3.3 beta already available). - All those are vital!

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Shuttleworth: Oracle's Java Lawsuit 'An Extremely Unsophisticated Move'

2010-08-17 Thread Wildam Martin
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:45, Kevin Wright wrote: > Obviously this is totally dependant on how everything turns out, and what > Oracle really wants here, but I think that Martin has historical precedent > behind his arguments. I have seen for myself and customers (not only our own

Re: [The Java Posse] If Android is not Java then why do so many classes have "java" in their name ? TIC

2010-08-17 Thread Wildam Martin
that is why there are so many around trying to find work (in the meaning of finding somebody to sue)... -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this gr

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Shuttleworth: Oracle's Java Lawsuit 'An Extremely Unsophisticated Move'

2010-08-17 Thread Wildam Martin
rather than drastically changing > things. Of course not in the short-term. But in the long term things are different. You can just choose to create the next new database not on Oracle and five years later world may look different. -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- Yo

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Shuttleworth: Oracle's Java Lawsuit 'An Extremely Unsophisticated Move'

2010-08-16 Thread Wildam Martin
. Maybe Larry and stock holders are thinking short-term because they already have enough money. Stock market immediately shows that the reputation of Oracle goes down - if there can be a logical conclusion of the movements in stock market... -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwilda

Re: [The Java Posse] Disappointment in Oracle

2010-08-16 Thread Wildam Martin
out, what people are using to make it (and if it is just wheels and metal). -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@goog

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Can code katas make you a better programmer?

2010-08-13 Thread Wildam Martin
n the - mental or material - recycle bin) again and again. But seriously: Who has the time and money for that? The more I am trying to learn the less I feel to get things done. Lately I tend to sympathize with Carl - focus on writing code. For the rewrite: I would do that only if the old piece really

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Dick's Crystal Ball: Oracle sues Google over Android. Facepalm!

2010-08-13 Thread Wildam Martin
please let's not play the drama "poor Google open minded guys > versus the arrogant Larry Ellison" or I'll start laughing. It's just > business as usual between healthy corporates, unfortunately. Yes, you could be easily completely right. -- Martin Wildam http

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Dick's Crystal Ball: Oracle sues Google over Android. Facepalm!

2010-08-13 Thread Wildam Martin
in the IT business. Many left due to different kinds of frustration. News like this do not help this profession to get more attractive again... -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java P

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Dick's Crystal Ball: Oracle sues Google over Android. Facepalm!

2010-08-12 Thread Wildam Martin
nguages I look, there are other fears. Somehow despite the many existing languages people manage it to make it all bad so that there is no other language left than C(++). -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gr

Re: [The Java Posse] HTML 5????

2010-08-11 Thread Wildam Martin
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:16, Kirk wrote: > apparently this is implemented in HTML 5. http://muro.deviantart.com/ > If so, it might not matter that the iPad doesn't support flash. http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/archives/10aug/uf014211.gif -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.c

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Strange hint since NetBeans update to 6.9(.1)

2010-08-11 Thread Wildam Martin
ty classes final... It is a long time I do plan to use findbugs but so far didn't have the time. That said, it seems that more and more findbug features find their way into NetBeans and by updating NetBeans I also get more and more of findbugs. On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 10:52, Wildam Martin

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Strange hint since NetBeans update to 6.9(.1)

2010-08-11 Thread Wildam Martin
ven forgot about Josh Bloch's recommendations on inheritence - maybe I should read again through it, it's has been quite a while since I read the book. Thank you very much. -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed

[The Java Posse] Strange hint since NetBeans update to 6.9(.1)

2010-08-11 Thread Wildam Martin
class and overwrites that public method, shouldn't then the overwritten variant of this method be called? And then everything would be fine I think. So I do not really understand why NetBeans would like me to change this... -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You rec

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: NetBeans 6.9.1 + jdk1.6.0_21 - Swing forms not loaded into Matisse

2010-08-10 Thread Wildam Martin
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 08:20, Wildam Martin wrote: > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 02:01, Eugene Ho wrote: >> Which Update 21 - b06 company name "Oracle" or b07 company name >> "Sun" ? I have b06 and my Matisse forms are loading on NB 6.9.1 > build 1.6.0_21

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: NetBeans 6.9.1 + jdk1.6.0_21 - Swing forms not loaded into Matisse

2010-08-10 Thread Wildam Martin
ut I didn't know that there are several builds released. -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com.

[The Java Posse] Re: NetBeans 6.9 does not create lib folder and contents any more

2010-08-10 Thread Wildam Martin
yway created. For the plugins where they are distributable programs I can do it the way described above and at the same time I have some information output for those who try to run it standalone. On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 10:26, Wildam Martin wrote: > Hi folks, > > I noticed yesterday, that for

[The Java Posse] Re: NetBeans 6.9.1 + jdk1.6.0_21 - Swing forms not loaded into Matisse

2010-08-10 Thread Wildam Martin
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 15:42, Wildam Martin wrote: > I upgraded NetBeans from 6.9 to 6.9.1 and Java to jdk1.6.0_21 on my > Ubuntu box (development machine) and now I experienced a serious > problem: NetBeans matisse (Swing GUI WYSIWYG editor) is not loading - > even simplest - dial

[The Java Posse] NetBeans 6.9.1 + jdk1.6.0_21 - Swing forms not loaded into Matisse

2010-08-10 Thread Wildam Martin
the only one experiencing this? I can't imagine such a serious bug not discovered until release... -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Scala is complete esoteric nonsense!

2010-08-09 Thread Wildam Martin
Java although I am not one of those doing Java for a decade and I don't have much "legacy" Java code as most others. -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" gro

Re: [The Java Posse] Netbeans updates failing

2010-08-09 Thread Wildam Martin
) is not a good idea. -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, sen

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Scala is complete esoteric nonsense!

2010-08-06 Thread Wildam Martin
t enough to master it, "enlightment" is limited to those. ;-) -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroup

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Scala is complete esoteric nonsense!

2010-08-06 Thread Wildam Martin
well regarded for its sophistication. > > So "Esoteric Nonsense" surely refers to "sophisticated stuff known by > enlightened people" :-))) - OK, where are the 10 people that will be able to master it? ;-) -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You

[The Java Posse] NetBeans 6.9 does not create lib folder and contents any more

2010-08-06 Thread Wildam Martin
all dependencies along when deploying my plugins. How can I bring NetBeans 6.9 to behave as 6.8 again? - I searched through the options but did not find anything related. Thanks in advance for any helpful comment. -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Linux power saving utility

2010-08-04 Thread Wildam Martin
get reminded > of Windows bloatware. Agree. Thank you very much for your explanations again! -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Linux power saving utility

2010-08-04 Thread Wildam Martin
in use. Sometimes (when many apps open) I also often put it to suspend - also saves a lot of power (and I guess more than any other tool can save when running). -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Linux power saving utility

2010-08-04 Thread Wildam Martin
I am about to try this but I can't find any hint in the documentation if this can be turned easily on and off - just for the case I get problems after installation. Can this be easily completely turned off (and back on) if installed? -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mw

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Scala is complete esoteric nonsense!

2010-08-03 Thread Wildam Martin
porting. Basically I don't have the time to learn something just for fun. When I learn a new programming language it must be by aiming to use it on a daily basis in the near future. I am not yet convinced that Scala would be the next big language for me. -- Martin Wildam http://www.goog

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Scala is complete esoteric nonsense!

2010-08-03 Thread Wildam Martin
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 13:39, Kevin Wright wrote: > On 3 August 2010 09:41, Wildam Martin wrote: >> 1. Strangely too many different possibly approaches to implement the same >> thing. >> I like to have options, but where it makes sense. I mean, I already >> have two

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Scala is complete esoteric nonsense!

2010-08-03 Thread Wildam Martin
e a language for another when they finally got experts. > -Most Importantly: I think that Scala got a lot right, and while it may > not be the successor to Java, whatever the successor is, will have a lot in > common with Scala. Agree. Maybe some things need to be removed

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Scala is complete esoteric nonsense!

2010-08-01 Thread Wildam Martin
secondary elements (I have discussed that in an earlier thread already). ...and I wonder why I am again in a thread of the kind (discussion about programming languages) I already decided to ignore for the next 5 years... - maybe because of the provocating title... -- Martin Wildam http://www.goo

Re: [The Java Posse] Blogs

2010-08-01 Thread Wildam Martin
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 00:32, jahid wrote: > Anyone knows any better+popular+free blogging site? I was trying to > use www.blogger.com, but does not seems like they take care of code. > So the code appears really bad on the output. One option is also to use http://pastebin.com/ -

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Google Engineer Decries Complexity of Java, C++

2010-08-01 Thread Wildam Martin
ernate, Spring and others and already introduce a whole lot of abstraction (and code + xml and/or annotations) without getting anything done. Best regards, Martin. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this g

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Helios vs Sun

2010-07-24 Thread Wildam Martin
first time you test a class. The first time you must run all tests of a class and only then you can repeat a single test again and again (if it fails and you are in to fix the problem). -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Helios vs Sun

2010-07-23 Thread Wildam Martin
lopers using different languages arguing against each other, I think: Is there really room for that kind of fight? That said, I sometimes feel guilty myself... -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group

Re: [The Java Posse] Android development overview and limitations

2010-07-21 Thread Wildam Martin
lly a boring approach, since it's trial and error and there's > always the risk that you run into a showstopper problem. I can imagine... -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Jav

[The Java Posse] Android development overview and limitations

2010-07-21 Thread Wildam Martin
x27;t know if still applicable)? But basically I would just like to know the limitations of Android as I expect customers asking what could be done on the Android. -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google G

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Google Groups

2010-07-19 Thread Wildam Martin
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 15:15, Christian Catchpole wrote: > Around my bed, I hire out of > work actors to re-enact the members of the Java Posse.. but that bit > is a bit creepy so I won't go into any more detail... Aha! I guess you have stolen the hat... -- Martin Wildam --

[The Java Posse] Terms and understanding in IT business (was: Choosing a Java web framework - with security as a focus)

2010-07-19 Thread Wildam Martin
noticed that they need an archiving solution in reality. Maybe this is also a reason why the agile way got so popular - as customers often don't know either what they want it is the best to give them something to try and rely on the feedback to the existing system... -- Martin Wildam -- Yo

Re: [The Java Posse] Google Groups

2010-07-16 Thread Wildam Martin
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:13, Vince O'Sullivan wrote: > Is Google Groups the only way to view this forum? I read it over my gmail account. -- Martin Wildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this

Re: [The Java Posse] Choosing a Java web framework.

2010-07-16 Thread Wildam Martin
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 19:19, Moandji Ezana wrote: > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Wildam Martin wrote: >> OK, might not scale well, the Open Office generated html will be nice >> and blablabla, but who cares - a simple solution was asked. What do >> you think? > Expo

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Is functional programming "abstract nonsense"?

2010-07-16 Thread Wildam Martin
and re-thinking if I should finally introduce a little FP style in my code. - I decided right now not to bother any more. -- Martin Wildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javap

Re: [The Java Posse] Choosing a Java web framework.

2010-07-15 Thread Wildam Martin
t who cares - a simple solution was asked. What do you think? -- Martin Wildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Distributing Java program on Ubuntu 10

2010-07-15 Thread Wildam Martin
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 14:47, Kevin Wright wrote: > You can even build rpm/deb/dmg files via Maven plugins. > For bonus points, also deploy them to a repository as secondary artefacts THIS can be a good reason to use Maven. Nobody told me that so far. Thanks. -- Martin Wildam -

Re: [The Java Posse] Distributing Java program on Ubuntu 10

2010-07-15 Thread Wildam Martin
ng a debian package (.deb file) - this is what the usual Ubuntu user likes most: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/Complete -- Martin Wildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to j

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Is functional programming "abstract nonsense"?

2010-07-15 Thread Wildam Martin
want to manipulate existing objects or want objects "talking" back and forth to some other component. Of course for testing you need to initialize stuff correctly - but I don't want to make testing easier and at the same time make the rest of my life more complicated. -- Martin Wild

Re: [The Java Posse] Choosing a Java web framework.

2010-07-15 Thread Wildam Martin
phisticated. ;-) That said, there are many and really cool stuff - at least when you first look at it. I have not settled with any yet so I am really interested in the responses. So if you might wish after a week you never asked - I do appreciate the feedback in any case. :) -- Martin Wildam -- You re

Re: [The Java Posse] Is functional programming "abstract nonsense"?

2010-07-14 Thread Wildam Martin
akes them effective is where you use them. > pro-FP crowd were giving very definite concrete examples of the > benefits to be obtained, whereas the pro-OO crowd seemed to be > hard waving around nebulous principles I can understand the arguments of both groups and don't find any of t

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Java on 64-bit Windows 7

2010-07-14 Thread Wildam Martin
contacts to Microsoft. -- Martin Wildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.

[The Java Posse] LINQ (was: Re: Rumours of Java's demise have been greatly exaggerated)

2010-07-14 Thread Wildam Martin
arding LINQ is: I imagine MS will make it work only for C# and only for MS SQL Server. I don't think they will really work this out to a common standard, isn't it? -- Martin Wildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse&quo

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Rumours of Java's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

2010-07-13 Thread Wildam Martin
ng a lot of stuff that already existed before. So I guess for new languages it will become more and more difficult to get to the level we have been before. -- Martin Wildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Rumours of Java's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

2010-07-13 Thread Wildam Martin
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 17:44, Lyle wrote: > On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Wildam Martin wrote: >> BTW: Java already allows this: >>  for (Object object : list) >> { >> } > This just illustrates the point I'm trying to make. So you're okay > with t

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Java on 64-bit Windows 7

2010-07-13 Thread Wildam Martin
n for 45 seconds or so, until this all repeats. > > Has anyone seen anything like this? Several XP machines don't have the > problem, several Win 7 machines do. I have no idea why this would be > such a problem. Sounds like you should open a ticket at Microsoft. -- Martin Wi

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Rumours of Java's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

2010-07-13 Thread Wildam Martin
ven where not really necessary. - This does not mean that this is the case for you or for the software you write. And last but not least, some developers even don't have a choice - they need to adapt to what is given at the customer. -- Martin Wildam -- You received this message because

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Rumours of Java's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

2010-07-13 Thread Wildam Martin
r not something is a "programming language" This is one thing why I quit university - there is a difference between theory and practice. Whether turing complete or not, I never ever can write my next CRM, ERP or whatever application in XML. -- Martin Wildam -- You received this message bec

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Rumours of Java's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

2010-07-13 Thread Wildam Martin
with Hibernate) - just plain direct code and plain SQL shipping the data without frameworks examining my objects via reflections. - And damn fast. - Just an experience I had developing an importer about a year ago. -- Martin Wildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Go

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Rumours of Java's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

2010-07-13 Thread Wildam Martin
ot offer solutions to my most common problems or reducing time spent where I spend it most (e.g. GUI design ;-) ). -- Martin Wildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@goo

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Rumours of Java's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

2010-07-13 Thread Wildam Martin
language is a good example - easy to learn simple in the grammar, limited number of used characters. The intensive usage of special characters for example is not something I consider very good. -- Martin Wildam Home: http://sites.google.com/site/mwildam/ Life Hack Blog: http://1-2-solved.blogsp

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Rumours of Java's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

2010-07-13 Thread Wildam Martin
d already without really knowing the language. Imagine a school boy learning the language. I mean, I wrote my first program, when I was about 8 years old using BASIC. Think, that Basic is still a very well established language - because it can be even learned by a 8-years-old... -- Martin Wildam -

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Rumours of Java's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

2010-07-13 Thread Wildam Martin
where it ranged closely behind C++ being even faster than Java. Anyway, although there is a lot of good new stuff, I do see people expecting those stuff to be the overall solution for all problems - even for the hunger in the 3rd world... -- Martin Wildam -- You received this message becau

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: It is hard to be a good developer

2010-07-12 Thread Wildam Martin
ure nobody can't be outstanding in every area even if you just look at Java. So you should give us at least multiple scales. -- Martin Wildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send emai

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Rumours of Java's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

2010-07-12 Thread Wildam Martin
obstacles? Maybe new languages become attractive in such cases is because new languages don't have those historical stack of frameworks expecting particular conventions? -- Martin Wildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse&quo

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Rumours of Java's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

2010-07-12 Thread Wildam Martin
s on the job where the focus is. A driver developer also wouldn't be THE Java developer. On the other hand, some people don't stop to argue that Java is only for big enterprises... - people spreading out such phrases contribute to the "Java is dying myth"... >-( -- Martin Wildam

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Rumours of Java's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

2010-07-12 Thread Wildam Martin
not yet pass beond this phase. :-( > Oh, and these are NOT modern paradigms, I would invite you to look at the > Wikipedia entry on the history of programming > languages. Don't mix up new with modern. I know, these are not new, but currently much hyped. -- Martin Wildam --

[The Java Posse] It is hard to be a good developer

2010-07-12 Thread Wildam Martin
years to master a topic (or in our case - programming language for example). If you consider that you are using the same programming language for about 10 years, we have a 80-20 rule of 80 % bad code and 20 % good code. ;-) -- Martin Wildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Rumours of Java's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

2010-07-12 Thread Wildam Martin
hics. You are right, the parallelism need to be taken more into consideration. But this is a general concern and IMHO not necessarily only economically achievable using more "modern" paradigms. -- Martin Wildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Grou

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