Tag: Java
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Playing Games with Martin Fowler
It’s been a very busy week. Will Provost (owner of Capstone Courseware) and I just finished putting together a two-day Introduction to EJB 3.0 course, which took a lot of work, especially because I was teaching a Spring class at the time. That meant late nights and challenges for both of us. I think we…
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Silly Mr. Holland’s Opus question
I recently lucked into another showing of Mr. Holland’s Opus on cable. That movie arguably changed my life and played a major role in my choice of career, but that’s a story for another day. There’s one question that has always bothered me about that movie, though. I thought I’d ask it here, even though…
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Why is @OneToMany so strange?
I’ve been working with EJB3 these days in a big way. I have to say I do like it. One of the reasons is that it’s given me a change to really play with annotations, which I’ve neglected so far. I moved to Java SE 5 some time ago for my regular work. Mostly I…
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Several posts coming soon
I’ve really gotten out of the habit of posting here, but that’s not because I don’t care. It’s mostly because I’m involved in many things at the moment and don’t want to give any of them short shrift in a post. I’ve got to get over that, and I will. The two biggest things going…
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Web Immortality (or, some things never go away)
I didn’t start out as a software instructor, or even in the IT industry at all. My original career was as a research scientist. My first permanent job was investigating the unsteady aerodynamics of axial turbomachines for United Technologies, the parent corporation of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Engines, among other things. I guess it’s okay…
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Tools vs. Technologies classes
There are two types of training classes… (Okay, mandatory aside: there are two types of people in this world — those who divide people into two categories, and those who don’t. (Variation: there are actually three types of people in this world — those who can count and those who can’t. :))) … classes based on…
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Netbeans marketing?
A few days ago I added a post here about my Eclipse frustrations. Since then I’ve gotten three comments from readers suggesting I move to NetBeans. Now, it’s interesting enough that anybody found this blog at all. I know I have a few regular readers (I’m reminded of the quote from The Big Chill where…
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Some things I’m happy about
I realized I’ve been doing some complaining lately, probably because I’ve been fighting a cold recently and that makes everything harder. (Aside: In almost seven years of full-time training, I’ve never missed a day due to illness. This week I came awfully close to breaking that streak, but pulled it out somehow. Now if my…
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I used to like Eclipse
When I first started teaching Java back in 2000, I needed an editor for the students to use. The goal was to have something small and self-contained enough that they didn’t get lost using packages, did a decent job with syntax highlighting, and ideally had an integrated debugger. Code assist was a nice goal, too,…
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Hibernate OK; On to EJB3
After a massive crush marked by multiple overnighters inside a small number of days, the Hibernate materials were finally finished. My client is happy with them. Personally, I mostly see flaws at this point, separated by large stretches of “not bad” sections. I think after I get a little distance from them, I’ll feel better…