Just don’t take it very serious. :) The clever guys also do funny things.
public interface Calculator {
public float add(int a, int b);
public float subtract(int a, int b);
}
(and I am not about number of methods)
Smile! :)
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First EJB3 Impressions with JBoss 4.0.3
Funny things in EJB3 Spec
Packaging Java applications for Ubuntu and other Debian’s
As all of you probably know, we are building the BlogBridge application – the next generation of feed aggregators. At the present moment we are distributing the application in two forms: as Java Web Start application and ZIP-packaged Java application available for download from SourceForge.net. Lately, we started to think how to create native installation/uninstallation experience for our users on different platforms. We decided to support native installations for Windows, Mac OS X, generic Tar.GZ archives and Debian packages.
In this tutorial I will share the basics of Debian package creation for Java applications.
CiteULike: Academic Papers Repository
Now that I’ve spent more than an hour wandering through the CiteULike — academic papers bookmarking site — I can authoritatively say that I’m in love with this web place. I know that these days everything is possible, but sometimes it’s even hard to imagine what you wish to wonder yourself with.
Writing Effective Software Descriptions
Today I was looking for a good manual on how to build correct and well-formed Debian distribution packages. As you might know, every package has some sort of description telling what application it holds, why user needs this application, what platform this application is supposed to work on etc. While it is a regular descriptor, it still plays big role in advertising your product.
Abandoned Atomic Power Plant Party Report
On Sunday we got back from our trip to abandoned power plant. It was very bright performance and we had a very good time. Here’s my small photo-report about what had happened. The dj-guy in the t-shirt with red sleeves is me.
See photos inside…
Techno Rave at Abandoned Atomic Power Plant
Good time of the day! I have been invited to play on techno rave at abandoned atomic power plant today at midnight. It’s located in village Schelkino, which is on the north-eastern side of Crimea. We are going to stay there overnight and get back on Sunday evening. Even though we are going there by bus, which will take more than 5 hours, I’m still enjoyed about it. My camera will be with me as usual and plan to make lost of shots of surrounding nature and the rave itself.
Don’t have time to write more right now! Signing off…
Cheers!
Calling Methods of Super Classes
I was running quickly through the list of my subscriptions when one post by Martin Fowler attracted my attention. Martin is famous in OOP world for his knowledge and experience in design and development of applications. Indeed, he has a lot of great publications (books and articles), he attended many conferences and wrote a lot of wonderful software. What am I talking about? Ah, the article… yes, in his article he tells us how badly smells the calling of methods of super class. I wouldn’t have believed, If only I hadn’t seen that with my own eyes. Excuse me, Mr. Fowler, but I can’t agree with you, completely…
BlogBridge: Version 2.0 Released
People of the World, Listen! Today we have released another long awaited final of BlogBridge for your enjoyment and unlimited pleasure. We were working hard for more than four months to deliver tons of new features and fix known loose ends. This release features so many features, that I wouldn’t even try to list all of them. I simply have not enough memory installed on my laptop to work with files of such lengths. For your statistical pleasure I will outline only major updates.
Java Certification and Skills Assessment
This morning I was surfing around JavaLobby.org to see what’s new. I wasn’t there for a month or so (except those times when I published short announcements for my writings). I was fortunate to notice one interesting link — the link to new JavaLobby network site — JavaBlackBelt. It’s a free skills assessment community which can help you to get prepared to serious certification exams or just give you some fun during the coffee breaks. Below are two books I recommend to pay attention to, if you are going to prepare yourself to exams. Sun Certified … Study Guide (Exam 310-035 & 310-027) by Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates Sun Certified … for Java X Study Guide (Certification Press) by Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates Well, personally, I’m still in two minds about this site. From one side, it is basically a good idea to provide this kind of service — free skills assessment.