Eric the Gray

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-Eric

Part Four—My philosophy going forward.
I have finally thought about this enough, at least for now. I have decided that I’m going to create a framework for use in my classes and for any personal java programming I might do in the future. I know, I know, the world really doesn’t need yet another framework. But, [...]

Part Three—What’s driving me?
Part of what is driving my quest is how frustrated I have become with trying to create java web applications. My job that takes up most of my time is being a teacher. That doesn’t leave me much time to create private side projects. Whenever I have a great idea for a [...]

This is an EPI-Pen. They come in pairs and this one’s twin saved my life yesterday. I’m allergic to the stings of bees, hornets, and yellow jackets. Yesterday I was about to see a play at an outdoor theater. It was a perfect October day here in Wisconsin, sunny and in the mid-seventies. [...]

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 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 [...]