YASDW – yet another software developer weblog

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• PragPub Issue 9, March 2010
  PragProg’s freshest magazine
• Alternatives for Maven, Building With Less Frustration
  throw away these clumsy xml files
• Java’s new keyword
  Insights into classloader stuff

• IT job trends – Which technologies you should learn next
  No predictions, just plain statistics. Great information
• Coding with JDK7
  Nice stuff, but no killer feature here
• How to umount when the device is busy
  … without force

• FireGestures
  A Firefox plugin for working with mouse gestures. Give it a try if you haven’t already.
• Top 5 trends and technologies in software development
  or: learn something new
  
• Grails: It Just Makes Sense
  Yes – for a java shop

• Java’s java.util.TimeZone and Parsing and Formatting Dates in Java
  Basics, but essential.
• Velocity
  Velocity vs. speed.
• Alfresco Decides Less is More: Switching to LGPL
  A good switch. MIT would be even better.
• Python Regex
  Web bases Regex tester

• ECMAScript for XML
  Wikipedia Articel of E4X plus comparison with JSON
• Oracle’s Roadmap for Sun Technologies
  Promises. The future will tell the truth.

• Vim Cards
  Great for learning vim.
• Choosing a Java Web Framework now?
  Just in case you had to.
• Aufgabenverwaltung mit “Remember The Milk” – zu Hause und Unterwegs
  Zumindest ich bin ein Fan von RTM geworden.

• IE Conditional Comments
  If I only knew this before …
• Python – Command Line Progress Bar With Percentage and Elapsed Time Display
  I don’t know if I ever need this, but anyway, good to know.
• Java Interview questions: Multiple Inheritance
  I need to take a closer look on mixins and traits

Einen Tag ausgelassen, dafür mehr Links.

• Django for a Rails Developer
  Eine Django Übersicht, nicht nur für Rails Entwickler
• Why You Should Get Your JS from Google
  Sollte ich auch mal machen.
• Testing the testers: code samples from a TDD framework comparison
  Ich muss mir definitiv die Mocking Frameworks genauer ansehen.
• You Don’t Know Anything About Regular Expressions: A Complete Guide
  Now you have two problems.
• Indent From Insert
  Ein kleiner feiner Vim Trick.

• 30 Free Online Tools to Test Your Website
  Dreissig. Nicht schlecht.
• Closures in JDK 7
  Ja da sind sie. Zumindest angekündigt.
• Entab / Detab in VIM
  Ich will mir das merken. Hoffentlich jetzt.
• 25 Tips for Intermediate Git Users
  Intermediate User? Bin ich das schon?

Eigentlich auf der w-jax, aber die Grippe hat mir einen Strich durch die Rechnung gemacht. Schweinerei!

• What I miss in Java
  Closures, Type inference, Checked Exceptions
• Can Java Be Saved?
  Noch so ein Artikel. Auch nicht schlecht.
• Why version control is important for solo developers
  Klare Sache