Otaku, Cedric's weblog http://beust.com/weblog/ Thoughts on Java, programming languages and software development in general. en-us cbeust@google.com 2009-11-07T13:41:10-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Should programming languages support unit testing natively? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beust/OtakuXml/~3/XIXM7aNktJ0/000522.html I used to be strongly opposed to this idea but I started changing my mind recently. Here is what happened. The bad Production and test code can be integrated... 522@http://beust.com/weblog/ Java 2009-11-07T13:41:10-08:00 http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000522.html How to "Go Home" on your Verizon Droid (and Android in general) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beust/OtakuXml/~3/gHBtnlYJ9PM/000521.html As you probably know by now, Verizon's Droid has been officially announced and it will be available in the US on November 6th. It's running Android 2.0 ("Eclair"), which... 521@http://beust.com/weblog/ 2009-11-01T07:17:33-08:00 http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000521.html Why I think that IDEA going open source is not a good sign http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beust/OtakuXml/~3/C-lq1mcW2pg/000520.html It looks like I shocked quite a few people with my recent prediction of doom for IDEA, so I thought I'd take some time to elaborate. Here is what... 520@http://beust.com/weblog/ Java 2009-10-16T10:04:48-08:00 http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000520.html Duct tape and the brittleness of agility http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beust/OtakuXml/~3/-8ymLZULzpw/000519.html Duct tape, reloaded In a recent article, Joel Spolsky discusses the concept of the "duct tape programmer". According to Joel, a duct tape programmer is a developer that "gets... 519@http://beust.com/weblog/ 2009-09-27T18:20:50-08:00 http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000519.html More pastry for the Android http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beust/OtakuXml/~3/DuXun93TeUk/000518.html Our mascot received a new companion today.... 518@http://beust.com/weblog/ Java 2009-09-08T12:17:16-08:00 http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000518.html Next Generation Java is not very different from today's Java http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beust/OtakuXml/~3/B8PlKccT5b8/000517.html In a recent post, Stephan Schmidt makes several suggestions in order to write "Next Generation Java". Unfortunately, I disagree with most of them... Let's take them in turn: final... 517@http://beust.com/weblog/ Java 2009-08-11T08:36:48-08:00 http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000517.html ScummVM month http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beust/OtakuXml/~3/fx9pH9Vvjs0/000516.html "Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis" on Android I installed the ScummVM (Wikipedia) on my Android phone and put a couple of games on it: they work great.... 516@http://beust.com/weblog/ 2009-07-21T04:59:00-08:00 http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000516.html Splitting the atom is hard, splitting strings is even harder http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beust/OtakuXml/~3/JTsHuPBhhgo/000515.html I always seem to underestimate how much readers of this blog enjoy a good coding challenge. A few days ago, one of my coworkers was tripped by a line... 515@http://beust.com/weblog/ Java 2009-07-04T14:09:02-08:00 http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000515.html Soft asserts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beust/OtakuXml/~3/yyifBVqD3Mk/000514.html A question that has come up a few times already on the TestNG list is how to use asserts that won't abort the entire test method. Here is the... 514@http://beust.com/weblog/ Java 2009-06-25T09:24:43-08:00 http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000514.html Advanced parallel testing with TestNG and data providers http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beust/OtakuXml/~3/mAvBETTpwak/000513.html TestNG allows you to run your test methods in separate threads. You can configure the size of the thread pool and the time-out and TestNG takes care of the... 513@http://beust.com/weblog/ 2009-04-22T07:28:50-08:00 http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000513.html Why Java doesn't need operator overloading (and very few languages do, really) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beust/OtakuXml/~3/-6rVmLlk2Fk/000512.html Operator overloading is a topic that never fails to generate very passionate responses, and this monster thread on Artima is no exception. First of all, I'd like to address... 512@http://beust.com/weblog/ Java 2009-04-12T07:43:55-08:00 http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000512.html Announcing TestNG 5.9 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beust/OtakuXml/~3/7NKn3aoyWvA/000511.html I'm happy to announce the release of TestNG 5.9. A lot of bug fixes went into this release, and a few noteworthy new features: Parallelism can now be specified... 511@http://beust.com/weblog/ Java 2009-04-09T13:09:44-08:00 http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000511.html You can't ignore the types http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beust/OtakuXml/~3/6haIKlltCtM/000510.html The thread called "Getting Dynamic Productivity in a Static Language" on Artima has generated a lot of very interesting comments. In particular, the following statement made me react: So... 510@http://beust.com/weblog/ 2009-04-04T17:25:05-08:00 http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000510.html Solution to the gambling game http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beust/OtakuXml/~3/HlQZxNxw0Bs/000509.html A few people answered correctly to my little challenge, but not everyone. At first sight, the rules look pretty favorable to the player: half of the time, I lose... 509@http://beust.com/weblog/ General 2009-03-30T10:42:27-08:00 http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000509.html Do you want to play a game? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beust/OtakuXml/~3/bxpj2JntK5M/000508.html You put down some money and you roll a die between 1 and 100. Depending on your roll: 1-50: I keep your money. 51-65: You get your money back.... 508@http://beust.com/weblog/ General 2009-03-28T21:28:00-08:00 http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000508.html