Archive for November, 2009

Vale JCP? – Scala and Java:

From ERH’s Cafe au Lait: So apparently Sun has decided to add closures to Java 7. They will, of course, not remove anything to make room, so Java just gets bigger and bulkier. They will also give us a half-hearted…

Programming Google App Engine

Build and Run Scalable Web Apps on Google’s Infrastructure

RESTful Java with JAX-RS

Learn how to design and develop distributed web services in Java using RESTful architectural principals and the JAX-RS specification in Java EE 6. With this hands-on reference, you’ll focus on implementation rather than theory, and discover why the RESTful method is far better than technologies like CORBA and SOAP. You’ll get step-by-step instructions for installing, configuring, and running several working JAX-RS examples using the JBoss RESTEasy implementation of JAX-RS.

Great Java

Great Java: Level 1 will teach you the fundamentals of Java, from the basics of compilation through methods, objects, and the key concepts of good programming. By the time you’re through these lessons, you’ll be programming, and programming well.

Throughout the course, you’ll progressively learn to code and compile programs, work extensively with text, and declare, convert, and cast between data types. You’ll also read files, get user input, and build arrays, including multi-dimensional arrays. Finally, you’ll move into objects, modeling your data and behavior into core Java structures.

Announcing O’Reilly Answers – Clever Hacks. Creative Ideas. Innovative Solutions.

We’re launching the beta of O’Reilly Answers, and I’m inviting you to be part of it. In brief, O’Reilly Answers is a community site for sharing knowledge, asking questions, and providing answers that brings together our customers, authors, editors, conference speakers, and Foo (Friends of O’Reilly). O’Reilly is at the center of an amazing exchange of knowledge sharing and idea generation, and we want you to join us in changing the world by spreading the knowledge of innovators.