Posted in Books, Java, Tools on August 30th, 2006 No Comments »
Every Java developer must own a copy of Effective Java: Programming Language Guide by Joshua Bloch. If you haven’t read this book and you think you’re a good Java developer, think again. This book challenges me to be a better coder every day.
The layout of the book is extremely easy to follow and reference. The [...]
Posted in Coding, Installer, Scripting, Windows on August 25th, 2006 No Comments »
I have to admit, that I always avoided installers for my Java apps. The last project I worked on was a big one. One that, of course, required a fancy installer for Windows (the only supported platform). Management (not the dev team) dictated that we must use the Wise installer. This seemed all well and [...]
Posted in Coding, Java on August 24th, 2006 No Comments »
This is my inaugural post. I guess I should hit the ground running with a post concerning database access from Java applications. I’m in the minority in that I’m currently writing a stand-alone Java application, not a JEE Enterprise Application. I know that this may be a shock to some of you, but let’s just [...]
