http://beust.com/weblog/ Thoughts on Java, programming languages and software development in general. en-us cbeust@google.com 2009-07-04T14:09:02-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beust/OtakuXml/~3/FaWDtp4qlKs/000507.html Jakob Nielsen wrote a good review of the Kindle usability. All his comments match my experience. I haven't been bothered too much by the shortcomings that Jakob found on... 507@http://beust.com/weblog/ General 2009-03-10T08:56:28-08:00 http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000507.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beust/OtakuXml/~3/phtGvf_390A/000506.html "It's not for me!" I started using my Kindle 2 more regularly over the past week and the device piqued the curiosity of quite a few people who saw... 506@http://beust.com/weblog/ General 2009-03-08T18:13:02-08:00 http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000506.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beust/OtakuXml/~3/mqTa23ldDcQ/000505.html Like many avid readers, I have strong feelings about the experience of reading a book and the idea of reading on a black and white electronic device has always... 505@http://beust.com/weblog/ General 2009-02-24T08:42:26-08:00 http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000505.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beust/OtakuXml/~3/fp6SV2ycmfo/000504.html As much as I want to like and to use Chrome, several problems are still preventing me from switching, among which: No plug-ins. This is probably the most glaring... 504@http://beust.com/weblog/ 2008-11-26T10:37:13-08:00 http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000504.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beust/OtakuXml/~3/5apHpe-yaig/000503.html Guido took a look at Scala recently and he came out a bit intimidated by the language, which matches my perception. I initially started with quite a lot of... 503@http://beust.com/weblog/ Java 2008-11-24T14:11:15-08:00 http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000503.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beust/OtakuXml/~3/6qvnajsdGoE/000502.html Honest. At least, that's what Jim Zemlin thinks. And he should know, because he is an executive director at... oh, the Linux Foundation. Mmmh. The resilience of Linux advocates... 502@http://beust.com/weblog/ General 2008-11-01T22:33:04-08:00 http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000502.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/beust/OtakuXml/~3/BAvr_IOT348/000501.html The old 'self' controversy is making another appearance, stirred up by Bruce Eckel's proposal to remove the requirement. Let's start with a quick summary of the controversy. In Python,... 501@http://beust.com/weblog/ General 2008-10-28T10:27:22-08:00 http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000501.html