Ghetto Java

If you got the bling OS(X) and it’s 64 bit come get some.

Hey,

I love the concept. Seems a lot simpler than Amazon EMC2, which I am still having difficulty grokking. But for now only Python is supported, which seems … different. I’d love to see Java running on that bad boy. If you guys are of the same opnion, let your voice be heard: http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/list

Peace,

GJ

A good sign of a health of a project is a good infusion of hard cash. And nothing shows off money like a sexy web site redesign. The new site looks badass. I also love the new tag line “Grails - The search is over” Yeah! I got let you guys know what I’ve been doing in Grails lately, some cool things with Google Maps API. I feel really good about the prospect for today’s street programmer. So many good choices out there. We’ll talk.
Peace
GJ

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It’s in my doc. But I’m scared to try it. Pretty though, very pretty.

I picked up 2 rails books this weekend:
Google Maps Applications with Rails and AJAX (Apress)
Ruby on Rails: Up and Running (O’reilly)

I met this programmer out of Stanford that does Java web dev for his day Gig but
really loves RoR for his own stuff. I admit when he started denigrating Java in favor of Ruby I just
wanted to punch him in the throat. But then I figured , wtf, maybe it is time for this dinosaur to learn a new dance.

Who says being an PITA doesn’t get results? Well after getting an earful from the java community, Apple has finally released a new version of Java 1.6 for the mac. Now all naysayers that said java is dead on the mac can STFU. Oh wait, was I one of those people? Anyway, you must be an ADC member to get it from here. This is great news but I really hope this does not stop the development of SoyLatte , the BSD port of Java 6 to Tiger and Leopard (now in it’s 1.0 release). From the SoyLatte webpage they state their admiral goals as :

• Support for Java 6 Development on Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5
• OpenJDK support for Java 7 on Mac OS X
• On-time release of Java 7 for Mac OS X

This whole java/apple debacle really shows why we need the OpenJDK to succeed.

I have been playing with Netebeans 6 since the betas and I have to say I’m impressed. The work that has been done on the editor is amazing and you can tell that they are taking cues from IDEA in that regard. For the kind of development I’ve been doing lately, Struts2/Spring/JPA webapps, NB rc1-6.0 has been solid. It’s that time again where I have to evaluate the option of getting  the next IDEA upgrade license for the development team or stick with our current (6.x) version.  My 30 day trial of IDEA 7.0.1 recently expired, so this is a great time to play with using NB 6 only for my maven based projects.  If you recall he last time I tried to have them switch to Netbeans (5.5) there was almost a mutiny.  This time I’ll let the team continue using  IDEA while I keep using Netbeans 6 for as long as possible. If I cave in I will definitely let you know.

Peace,

GJ

MrDon and the German

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ApacheCon was in Atlanta last week, so you know I had to crash the party. Got to meet Struts developers that I’ve only conversed with on the IRC, like Don Brown (mrdon) and Wendy Smoak. Great conversations. Sorry you missed it.

You have to see this. What our java brother-in-arms, Landon Fuller is doing is amazing!
I predicted we would see and X11 based jdk on OSX before we saw an Apple one. I forgot to post that prediction however.
Anyway, the blog is slowly coming back to life. Catch ya’ll soon,
Peace,
GJ