Part Two—What I like
The first part of my quest to improve my java development experience is to identify what I like about using java. Here is a brief list.
Java
I like the java programming language. Or, at least after 10 years of coding in it I feel comfortable. I don’t have to look everything up all [...]
Part One
I’m on a mission to save java. Let me be clear here, though. I’m not trying to save it for large java shops. They seem to think the low productivity and high complexity of J2EE are a normal part of the IT experience. I’m also not doing this for the vendors who are trying [...]
I am a really big fan of the iTunes Music Store. It improved my music buying experience. One example from early in iTunes life was one day my daughter came home from school and said she needed to buy “The Planets” by Holst and wanted to go to a store and get a CD. About [...]
I really like TextMate on my Mac Book Pro. And, I really like using TextMate for Ruby on Rails, it’s just such a good fit. However, most of my students are using Linux or Windows. After getting asked many, many times for a recommendation for something like TextMate I have written up this article for [...]
I am trying to get my blog back up and running. This time I’m just using WordPress as it is just easy to set up and run. Easy is good, especially when I have as busy a semester as I do this fall.