<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' gd:etag='W/&quot;C0UBQHk4fCp7ImA9WxFUEUk.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923054332911465736</id><updated>2010-06-21T10:27:31.734-07:00</updated><title>On The Java Road</title><subtitle type='html'>My journey in on the Java road. Tips, tricks, and other things.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onthejavaroad.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5923054332911465736/posts/default?redirect=false&amp;v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onthejavaroad.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Chad Stever</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07138915227626547518</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;CU8ER384cCp7ImA9WxJUF0Q.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923054332911465736.post-1674678830722969850</id><published>2009-07-16T18:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-16T18:23:26.138-07:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2009-07-16T18:23:26.138-07:00</app:edited><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='java'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='software engineer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='programming'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='experience'/><title>Beginnings ...</title><content type='html'>I have actually been programming in Java for about a year now, but I definetly have a very long way to go.  In fact, I don't think anyone ever stops learning.  That is certainly true for a software engineer.   I am not an expert.  This blog is about my expieriences with Java (platform and language) and passing it along to whomever would like to read.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I have been  a hobbyist programmer/web developer since 2002 when I first started to learn how to make web pages using a WYSIWYG edtior I can't remember the name of on my brother's computer.  After that, I started getting into writing raw html, xhtml, and css.  After that I wanted to make my web pages do something more than sit there, so I started learning PHP, and it has been an exciting ride ever since.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5923054332911465736-1674678830722969850?l=onthejavaroad.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onthejavaroad.blogspot.com/feeds/1674678830722969850/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://onthejavaroad.blogspot.com/2009/07/beginnings.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5923054332911465736/posts/default/1674678830722969850?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5923054332911465736/posts/default/1674678830722969850?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onthejavaroad.blogspot.com/2009/07/beginnings.html' title='Beginnings ...'/><author><name>Chad Stever</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07138915227626547518</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17823049622210361982'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>