Groovy is a dynamic language that compiles to bytecode and runs on
the JVM, just like Java. Its goals are to remove much of the overhead
that Java programmers put up with in their daily coding....
0 replies - 3186 views - 10/06/09 by clark98108 in Book Reviews
Flex 3 with Java is a quick read (<300 pages) that immediately gets you up to speed on what Flex is and how you can use it. Having worked with another RIA framework I was keen to see what Flex had...
0 replies - 3025 views - 09/29/09 by bladewheels in Book Reviews
Since
I’ve followed Glen Smith’s blog and Peter Ledbrook’s work for months, I had
high expectations for this book. At the end, I experienced no dissatisfaction....
3 replies - 3427 views - 09/03/09 by Alessio Spadaro in Book Reviews
I'm very happy to have had the opportunity to have my adventure with Groovy start with this book. It's well written, fun to read and gives a perfect introduction into the language, especially for a...
0 replies - 2526 views - 09/03/09 by Andrzej Grzesik in Book Reviews
Recently I had an opportunity to read Beginning Java EE 6
Platform with Glassfish 3 by Antonio Goncalves. The book has the subtitle
"From Novice to Professional" and that's a...
0 replies - 3746 views - 09/02/09 by prozen in Book Reviews
Chapter Highlights
Chapter 1: Introduction
The shortest chapter presents information about Ajaxand DWR. Although the chapter is short, it
has some important images that reenforce the...
2 replies - 3083 views - 08/28/09 by Manuel Jordan in Book Reviews
Along
with the many screencasts & tutorials already available on the
Internet, Programming Clojure provides an invaluable
introduction for the first-time Lisp programmer or Java...
0 replies - 2800 views - 08/19/09 by Paul Umbers in Book Reviews
Getting Started does exactly what you'd expect - it shows you where to get JavaFX, how to use the NetBeans IDE for development, while also showing you the alternatives (Eclipse and command line). The...
0 replies - 3288 views - 06/02/09 by James Sugrue in Book Reviews
Chapter 1: Understanding AOP Concepts
The first chapter is a
wide introduction to all the main concepts that you need to know in
approaching AOP. All these components are described with
their...
1 replies - 2770 views - 05/11/09 by piergiorgiolucidi in Book Reviews
In the first chapter, JBoss Portal Server Development
provides a good overview about all portal
types (B2B,B2C,B2E), and then continues to introduce all the components
needed to understand all...
0 replies - 4328 views - 04/21/09 by piergiorgiolucidi in Book Reviews
“Practical API Design” is divided into three parts:In part one, Jaroslav describes the theories underlying his approach to API design and his reasons for writing “another design book.” This...
18 replies - 3487 views - 03/28/09 by Burk Hufnagel in Book Reviews
While Chapter One gets the unfamiliar acquainted with Eclipse, it's Chapter Two, Introducing EMF, that most people will begin at. Here the Ecore model is explained, along with the different ways to...
29 replies - 9148 views - 01/27/09 by James Sugrue in Book Reviews
I read several books in 2008, 90% of them were technical. I also read a number of books related to software development rather than a specific framework or...
10 replies - 14499 views - 12/22/08 by Meera Subbarao in Articles
The book kicks off with a very interesting list of roadblocks to getting software tested effectively. The fact that test is the last step in a waterfall process, that UI's are difficult to test and...
0 replies - 3918 views - 11/24/08 by James Sugrue in Book Reviews
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship written by Robert C. Martin is one of the best books I have read in the past few years. This is the book...
18 replies - 8871 views - 10/13/08 by Meera Subbarao in Articles
