Erik's Pulse: 2004-05-06
by Erik C. Thauvin |
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Erik has his finger on the pulse of the Java community. This column is his take on what is hot, and what the community is buzzing about. |
| Java & Objective-C, Nonsense. |
- Charles: The “Java Beats Objective-C” Meme.
- Michael: Fleury Nonsense.
- Tim: Jython.
- Bill: Seven More Ways to Improve Legacy Java.
- Henri: ‘Seven Ways’.
- Kevin: ClassLoader Tips.
- Joshua: Java's Got a Bad Rep: The Rebuttal.
- Corey: Inner Classes.
- Ram: Protected Scope/Objects Passed by Value or Reference?
- Tutorial of the Week: Using Java Classes in Windows Batch Files.
- Notable Software Releases: jStock 0.3.3, JRobin 1.3.1, OpenWFE 1.0.3, JSwat 2.23, jEdit 4.2pre12, JiBX beta 3, Berkeley DB Java Edition 1.4.5, Java Serialization to XML 2.1.9.4, GNU Classpath 0.09, Java-GNOME bindings 2.6.0, IzPack 3.5.2, WebWindow 3.15, Blitz JavaSpaces 2.0.5, Javio Swing Component Suite 3.0, FastParser 1.6.3, jlGui 2.3, JGraph Paris 3.4, AspectWerkz 0.10 RC2, JNode 0.1.7, RemoteWAP 0.1, Jakarta Slide 2.0 final, Verge 2.2, Ozibug 2.1, jME 0.6, SJPP, JasperAssistant 1.1.3, Simple 2.4.1, AppFuse 1.5 Beta, SDE for IntelliJ IDEA 1.1, Jameleon 2.0, Confluence 1.0.3, Grand-Rapid Java Browser Swing 1.4.4, Kataba Functions 1.0, YourKit Java Profiler 2.5, WebOnSwing 1.0 beta, JSOS 3.80, JDBInsight 2.1.03, Sketsa 1.9, Jakarta Commons/Net 1.2.1, Pebble 1.4.2_01 and Eclipse Javadoc Builder 1.5.7.
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Erik is director of technology at Imacination Software, where he has spent the better part of last year developing the jTalk E-Business Platform. He has close to 20 years of professional experience in software development.
Erik also maintains a blog, as well as a popular linkblog updated daily with the latest Java and technology news. |