Java Posse Episode 385 - Newscast for May 18th 2012
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- Update on training, Chicago combined with Atlanta, SF and London planned for later in the year but no firm details yet.
- http://www.escalatesoft.com
- If you want training in the UK prior to that, our good friends at Underscore have some courses coming up in London.
- http://underscoreconsulting.com/training/
- Please don’t learn to code (or do, but don’t quit your day job):
- The Java Plan A/B decision in hindsight - was Java 7 enough? Will Java 8 be?
- Fabrizio Guidici has a blog article about the subtle new behaviors of JDK 7
- http://weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici/archive/2012/05/07/understanding-subtle-new-behaviours-jdk-7
- And also bids farewell to Java 6 and notes that with Java 7, Oracle can now produce versions of the JVM for all major operating systems including OS X at the same time. With Java 6 heading towards EOL soon, is it time to switch?
- http://weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici/archive/2012/05/07/farewell-java-6
- What are we excited about in Java 8?
- http://www.java.net/node/885831/results
- http://mreinhold.org/blog/plan-b
- The expected impact of Lambda expressions on programming with Java 8
- http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2012/05/02/poll-result-expected-impact-lambda-expressions-closures-programming-java-8
- And Brian Goetz has an updated State of the Lambda: Libraries Edition article
- http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~briangoetz/lambda/collections-overview.html
Quick News
- The nominations for the 2012 Dukes Choice awards are now open.
- JavaFX running on the Raspberry Pi (the small $25 computer on a stick from David Braben).
- Expression Language 3.0 - JSR 341 early draft is now available for formal review.
Clojure
- The Clojure/West conference videos are now starting to appear on InfoQ
ScalaWags
- Scala 2.10 M3 now available, with the following new features from SIPs (Scala Improvement Process):
Android
- Interesting kickstarter project to replace the Android home page
- Not going to talk about the Google/Oracle Android trial until it’s all over, since everything changes so quickly right now. If you want to know the latest, check groklaw.
- The Xamarin project has ported Android to C#.
- http://blog.xamarin.com/2012/05/01/android-in-c-sharp/
- XobotOS (as it is called) is open source and available on github
- https://github.com/xamarin/XobotOS
Listener Feedback
- Freddy Guime (Freddy Huh!) and the Lambda Expressions...
Random Crap
- Dundee university research demonstrates levitation and twisting forces applied to an object by ultrasonic beams. Sonic Screwdriver, here we come!
Thanks
- Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
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- Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork
- Theme Music:
- Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI),
- written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney.
- Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad.
- Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
- Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
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