Dalia and I (and a number of others!) had a conversation on our first Twitter Spaces session about "Comments: Good or Bad?". I argued for minimising the comments we have in our code, and in this blog post I want to explore how to do this in more detail.
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Java 8 MOOC – Session 3 Summary
Last night was the final get-together to discuss the Java 8 MOOC. Any event hosted in August in a city that is regularly over 40°C is going to face challenges, so it was great that we had attendees from earlier sessions plus new people too.
Java 8 MOOC – Session 2 Summary
As I mentioned last week, the Sevilla Java User Group is working towards completing the Java 8 MOOC on lambdas and streams. We're running three sessions to share knowledge between people who are doing the course.
Using Groovy to import XML into MongoDB
This year I’ve been demonstrating how easy it is to create modern web apps using AngularJS, Java and MongoDB. I also use Groovy during this demo to do the sorts of things Groovy is really good at – writing descriptive tests, and creating scripts. Due to the time pressures in the demo, I never really … Read more
Readable, Succinct, or Just Plain Short?
Which is more readable?
releaseVersion = version.substring(0, version.indexOf('-SNAPSHOT'))or
releaseVersion = version[0..-10]Converting Blogger to Markdown
I’ve been using Blogger happily for three years or so, since I migrated the blog from LiveJournal and decided to actually invest some time writing. I’m happy with it because I just type stuff into Blogger and It Just Works. I’m happy because I can use my Google credentials to sign in. I’m happy because … Read more
Getting started with the MongoDB Java Driver Tutorial
Brief guide to running the MongoDB tutorial from QCon London and JAX London.
Interview and Hacking session with Stephen Chin
On Monday, Stephen Chin from Oracle visited me at the 10gen offices as part of his NightHacking tour. In the video we talk about my sessions at JavaOne and the Agile presentation I’m giving at Devoxx, and I do some very basic hacking using the MongoDB Java driver, attempting to showcase gradle at the same … Read more
Why Java developers hate .NET
I have been struggling with .NET. Actually, I have been fighting pitched battles with it.
All I want to do is take our existing Java client example code and write an equivalent in C#. Easy, right?
Trisha's Guide to Converting Java to C
Turns out writing the actual C# is relatively straightforward. Putting to one side the question of writing optimal code (these are very basic samples after all), to get the examples to compile and run was a simple process:
Validation with Spring Modules Validation
So if java generics slightly disappointed me lately, what have I found cool? I’m currently working on a web application using Spring MVC, which probably doesn’t come as a big surprise, it seems to be all the rage these days. Since this is my baby, I got to call the shots as to a lot … Read more