Recorded at the Java Posse Roundup 2010 in Crested Butte, CO. A discussion around bridging the gap between developers and managers.

• SRT Solutions
  • http://srtsolutions.com/
• Book: The Myth of Multitasking
  • http://www.amazon.com/Myth-Multitasking-Doing-Gets-Nothing/dp/0470372257
• Critical Path
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_Path
• Lean Management - Mary Poppendieck
  • http://www.poppendieck.com/
• Frederick Taylor
  • http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/fwt/taylor.html
• Gantt Charts
  • http://www.ganttchart.com/
• 20% Time
  • http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2008/thoughts-on-googles-20-time/
• Orkut
  • http://www.orkut.com
• Adwords
  • http://adwords.google.com
• Barry Hawkins - strategic coach
  • http://www.yepthatsme.com/
• Big Nerd Ranch
  • http://www.bignerdranch.com/
• World of Warcraft Scripting
  • http://www.wowwiki.com/World_of_Warcraft_API
• Interviewing - 2 way process
  • http://ezinearticles.com/?Interview-Tips---Interviews-Are-a-Two-Way-Street&id=4257001
• Uncle Bob Martin - Software Craftsmanship
  • http://www.objectmentor.com/omTeam/martin_r.html

Thanks

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• 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)
    

• To contact us:
  • Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com
  • Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse
  • Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse
  • Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626
  • Or send us email - javaposse@gmail.com

The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall

• Swing
  • http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/
• Eclipse RCP
  • http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Rich_Client_Platform
• OSGi
  • http://www.osgi.org/Main/HomePage
• Books about RCP
  • http://www.amazon.com/Eclipse-Rich-Client-Platform-Applications/dp/0321334612
• JavaFX
  • http://javafx.com/
• Swing Application Framework
  • https://appframework.dev.java.net/
• NetBeans Platform and RCP
  • http://platform.netbeans.org/
• Java WebStart
  • http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/deployment/webstart/
• JGoodies
  • http://www.jgoodies.com/
• Substance Look and Feel
  • https://substance.dev.java.net/
• Comet Server Push
  • http://www.webreference.com/programming/javascript/rg28/
• Matisse GUI Builder
  • http://netbeans.org/features/java/swing.html
• GroupLayout
  • http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/layout/group.html
• Griffon/Grails
  • http://groovy.codehaus.org/Griffon
  • http://grails.org/
• NetBeans Composer
  • http://wiki.netbeans.org/JavaFXComposer
• Flash/Flex
  • http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/
• JavaServer Faces
  • http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javaee/javaserverfaces-139869.html
• Wicket
  • http://wicket.apache.org/
• Tapestry
  • http://tapestry.apache.org/
• PHP
  • http://www.php.net/
• JQuery
  • http://jquery.com/
• Three Tier Architecture
  • http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3508
• Firebug
  • http://getfirebug.com/
• JavaScript
  • http://www.javascript.com/

Thanks

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• 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)
    

• To contact us:
  • Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com
  • Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse
  • Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse
  • Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626
  • Or send us email - javaposse@gmail.com

The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall

• VFR trapped above clouds explanation
  • http://www.ravenware.com/factand/nofic/essays/vfrimc1.htm
• Scala training in SF - last chance
  • http://artima.com/seminars

• LLNL NIF visit
  • https://lasers.llnl.gov/

• Google Wave discontinued already?
  • http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/update-on-google-wave.html
  • http://lifehacker.com/5604687/google-halts-wave-development-shutting-it-down-by-end-of-year
  • http://java.dzone.com/dose/dzone-daily-dose-810
  • Novell's Pulse?
  • http://www.novell.com/products/pulse/

• NetBeans 6.9.1 release, JavaFX 1.3.1, plus JavaFX composer getting some kudos
  • http://netbeans.org/community/news/show/1488.html
  • http://download.oracle.com/javafx/1.3/tutorials/ApplicationStartup/
  • http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17802_01/javafx/javafx/1.3/docs/api/javafx.scene/doc-files/cssref.html
  • Lots of bug fixes
    
    • http://wiki.netbeans.org/NetBeans6.9PatchesInfo
  • http://www.drdobbs.com/blog/archives/2010/08/javafx_bashing.html

Quick News

• Google has acquired Instantiations
  • http://java.dzone.com/articles/google-acquires-java-tool

• Oracle responded very quickly to the problem between Java 6 U 21 and Eclipse (and other Java apps)
  • http://bewarethepenguin.blogspot.com/2010/07/tip-of-hat-to-oracle.html
  • http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6969236

ScalaWags

• The Scala community is already looking ahead to Scala 2.9
  • http://www.scala-lang.org/node/7285 

• Jim McBeath has been digging in to the new Delimited Continuations feature available as a compiler plugin for Scala 2.8
  • http://jim-mcbeath.blogspot.com/2010/08/delimited-continuations.html

• Experimental support for the ScalaIDE in Eclipse Helios
  • http://www.scala-ide.org/2010/07/experimental-support-for-eclipse-helios-just-landed/

Android

• Froyo rolling out to multiple devices
  • http://jkontherun.com/2010/08/03/froyo-update-hits-the-evo-4g/
  • http://www.androidguys.com/2010/07/30/confirmed-galaxy-froyo-september/

• Google CEO Eric Schmidt now reports that Android activations are up to 200,000 per day
  • http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/android-soars-but-iphone-still-most-desired-as-smartphones-grab-25-of-u-s-mobile-market

• Some growing pains in the Android market have caused problems
  • http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=2d74bb048b84a14a&hl=en
  • A new service from Google introduces a licensing server and API
  • http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/07/licensing-service-technology-highlights.html

• it seems that rumors of the N1's demise might have been slightly exaggerated
  • http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/08/nexus-one-developer-phone.html 

• Magnolia conference in September
  • http://www.magnolia-cms.com/home/community/conference.html
• Adobe acquiring Day
  • http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/201007/072810AdobetoAcquireDaySoftware.html

• AppInventor from Google Labs
  • http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/

• New features for Scala Eclipse plugin
  • http://www.scala-ide.org/2010/08/not-a-release-but-new-and-noteworthy-even-so/

• A new version of Adobe Flash for Mac OS X offers GPU hardware accelerated video decoding
  • http://lifehacker.com/5609674/updated-flash-player-enables-hardware+accelerated-video-on-os-x

• DeviantART announced a new paint program, Muro, that is entirely Web-based using HTML5 and Javascript
  • Announcement: http://news.deviantart.com/article/125373/
  • Real thing: http://muro.deviantart.com/

• App of the week: yED - Java based diagramming tool that works on most operating systems
  • http://www.yworks.com/en/products_yed_about.html

• Sprint anycom FIPO Bluetooth dock adapter - the solution for iPhone hardware lock-in?
  • http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2010/08/sprint-anycom-receiver-wirelessly-connects-bluetooth-devices-to-ipod-speaker-dock/

• Using a Cloud? CloudFail.net is a handy site that aggregates all the cloud providers news feeds into a single website.
  • http://cloudfail.net

Thanks

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• 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)
    

• To contact us:
  • Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com
  • Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse
  • Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse
  • Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626
  • Or send us email - javaposse@gmail.com

The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall

• Google App Engine
  • http://code.google.com/appengine/
• Amazon Web Services
  • http://aws.amazon.com/
• EC2
  • http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/
• Google apps for domains
  • http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/index.html
• Rackspace cloud
  • http://www.rackspacecloud.com/
• JPA on Google App Engine
  • http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/java/datastore/usingjpa.html
• Continuous Integration in the cloud
  • http://www.build-doctor.com/2010/02/23/continuous-integration-in-the-cloud-good-idea/
• Hudson for Amazon EC2
  • http://wiki.hudson-ci.org/display/HUDSON/Amazon+EC2+Plugin
  • http://weblogs.java.net/blog/2009/05/18/hudson-ec2-plugin
• Amazon VPN
  • http://aws.amazon.com/vpc/
• JFrog cloud solution
  • http://www.jfrog.org/art-online.php
• Salesforce
  • http://www.salesforce.com/platform/
• BigTable API for Google App Engine
  • http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/java/datastore/
• Amazon Machine Images
  • http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/kbcategory.jspa?categoryID=171
• Litmus
  • http://litmusapp.com/
• Open Cirrus
  • https://opencirrus.org/
• Hudson Hadoop plugin
  • http://wiki.hudson-ci.org/display/HUDSON/Hadoop+Plugin
• Amazon Colorado Affiliates cut off
  • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/08/amazon-reacts-to-colorado_n_490028.html
• Amazon auctions extra capacity
  • http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/1246806
• Smugmug
  • http://www.smugmug.com/
• No-IP - dynamic DNS
  • http://www.no-ip.com/
• VMWare cloud
  • http://www.vmware.com/products/vcloud/
  • http://www.vmware.com/products/vcloud/vmforce/
• Microsoft Azure
  • http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/
• Xen Hypervisor
  • http://www.xen.org/
• Apple Xgrid
  • http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/technology/xgrid.html

Thanks

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• 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)
    

• To contact us:
  • Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com
  • Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse
  • Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse
  • Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626
  • Or send us email - javaposse@gmail.com

The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall

• JavaOne Info
  • http://www.eventreg.com/oracle/openworld2010/sanfrancisco/sb
  • http://www.oracle.com/us/openworld/mysql-sunday-078000.html
  • http://www.oracle.com/us/openworld/036763.htm#discover
  • http://blogs.oracle.com/javaone/2010/07/javaone_on_the_road_-_brazil_and_china_dates_anounced.html
  • http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2010/07/28/oracle-video-challenge-opportunity-attend-javaone-free

• JVM Language Summit
  • http://www.infoq.com/JVMLanguageSummit

• Zviki Cohen has an article up on EclipseZone talking about some of the new eye-catching features that may not have got the attention they deserve
  • http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/eclipse-36-hidden-treasures
  • And the Eclipse 4.0 SDK is now available to early adopters
  • http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/20100728_eclipse4release.php

Quick News

• Java 6 U21 is out
  • http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u21.html

• Changing the company name from Sun Microsystems, Inc to Oracle in the JVM, has caused problems for a number of Java applications, including Eclipse
  • http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6969236
  • https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=319514

• GitHub now has over 1 million projects reports TechCrunch
  • http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/24/github-one-million/

• VisualVM 1.3 is now available for download
  • http://netbeans.org/community/news/show/1486.html

• The 2010 European Eclipse Summit has been announced
  • http://www.eclipsecon.org/summiteurope2010/submissions/?page=submissions

ScalaWags

• Scala training in SF, Aug 16th to 18th at Microtek
  • http://artima.com/seminars

Android

• The last of the Nexus One handsets has been sold on the Google online store
  • https://www.google.com/phone/support?hl=en&gl=US&s7e=
  • http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=09468e104c17fdd9&hl=en

Listener Feedback

• Strangeloop
  • http://strangeloop2010.com/speakers

• Open space conferences in Europe
  
  • http://www.agileopen.net/
  • http://blog.agileopenfrance.com/
  • http://citconf.com/
  • http://barcamp.org/

• Coding Kata
  • codingkata.org

Random Crap

• Antennagate
  • http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2366777,00.asp
  • http://www.apple.com/antenna/

Thanks

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• 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)
    

• To contact us:
  • Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com
  • Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse
  • Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse
  • Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626
  • Or send us email - javaposse@gmail.com

The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall

Life Beyond JUnit

• Fitnesse
  • http://fitnesse.org/
• Slim for Fitnesse
  • http://fitnesse.org/FitNesse.UserGuide.SliM
• Cucumber
  • http://github.com/aslakhellesoy/cucumber
• RSpec
  • http://rspec.info/
• EasyB
  • http://www.easyb.org/
• Test Driven Development - requirements are testable
  • http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/test-driven-development
• Behavior Driven Development
  • http://behaviour-driven.org/
• Selenium
  • http://seleniumhq.org/
• Functional testing
  • http://www.devbistro.com/articles/Testing/Requirements-Based-Functional-Testing
• Generated test data
  • http://java-source.net/open-source/testing-tools/testgen4j
• Useful collection of open source Java testing tools
  • http://java-source.net/open-source/testing-tools
• Combinatorial explosion
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatorial_explosion
• Regression testing
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_testing
• Data Transfer Objects
  • http://gojko.net/FitNesse/book/ch05s03.html
• Code coverage
  • Emma - http://emma.sourceforge.net/
  • Cobertura - http://cobertura.sourceforge.net/
  • Clover - http://www.atlassian.com/software/clover/
• Findbugs
  • http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/
• Infinitest
  • http://improvingworks.com/products/infinitest/
• ZenTest
  • http://www.zenspider.com/ZSS/Products/ZenTest/
• Scala testing tools
  • ScalaTest - http://www.artima.com/scalatest/
  • ScalaCheck - http://code.google.com/p/scalacheck/
  • Specs - http://specs.googlecode.com
  • SBT - http://code.google.com/p/simple-build-tool/
• Five whys to the root cause
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Whys
• PMD & PMDs copy/paste detector
  • http://pmd.sourceforge.net/
  • http://pmd.sourceforge.net/cpd.html
• Hudson
  • https://hudson.dev.java.net/
• Testing deficit
  • http://www.agilejournal.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=553

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• 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)
    

• To contact us:
  • Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com
  • Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse
  • Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse
  • Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626
  • Or send us email - javaposse@gmail.com

The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall

• Eclipse 3.6 has been released 
  • http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/eclipse-helio-release-leaves
  • https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-helios/

• App Inventor for Android
  • http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/

Quick News

• Oracle has now confirmed that they will continue to support development for both Eclipse and NetBeans
  • http://www.developer.com/features/article.php/3891531/Oracle-Commits-to-Further-NetBeans-IDE-Development.htm

• The number one sought after IT skill is Java development
  • http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/070910-top-ten-tech-jobs.html?hpg1=bn

• Apache Tomcat 7.0 has been released.
  • http://www.indicthreads.com/7695/apache-tomcat-7-0-released-with-servlet-3-0-jsp-2-2-and-el-2-2-support/

• Functional Java 3.0 has been released.
  • http://functionaljava.org/

• Atlassian closed $60M from Accel Partners in their FIRST round of venture funding 8 years after they were founded
  • http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/14/atlassian-accel-60-million

Fantom Fans

• "Positronic Variables in Fantom, or How Fantom closure can prove the equivalence between the Multiverse and Copenhagen Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics!"
  • https://sites.google.com/site/sayeretlambda/meetings/past/fantom

ScalaWags

• Scala 2.8 final is now out!
  • http://www.scala-lang.org/node/7009
  • http://www.scala-ide.org/2010/07/the-scala-ide-for-eclipse-for-scala-2-8-0-final-available-now/

Android

• Froyo (Android 2.2) has been officially released for the Nexus One
  • http://www.androidguys.com/2010/06/29/froyo-official-nexus/
  • http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/06/froyo-code-drop.html
  • http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/07/android-22-sdk-refresh.html

• And staying with Android open source news, HTC has now released the kernel sources for the Evo 4G and HTC Hero
  • http://developer.htc.com/ 

• Android is continuing to gain market share at the expense of all other US smartphone OSs over the last 3 months according to Comscore
  • http://www.androidguys.com/2010/07/09/android-gains-market-share-lose/

• Intel is reportedly porting android to x86
  • http://www.androidguys.com/2010/06/24/intel-android-x86-netbooks-tablets-summer/

• Android App of the Week: Wifi Analyser
  • http://lifehacker.com/5572593/wi+fi-analyzer-finds-the-best-hotspots-and-improves-your-home-network

Random Stuff

• Cloud computing with machine guns!  OnLive is live!
  • http://www.onlive.com

• Old Spice cracked the nut on how to leverage social media for marketing in the new era
  • http://twitter.com/OldSpice

 Thanks

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• 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)
    

• To contact us:
  • Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com
  • Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse
  • Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse
  • Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626
  • Or send us email - javaposse@gmail.com

The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall

• Extending the Scala Language
  • Operators - http://www.artima.com/scalazine/articles/steps.html
  • Actors - http://www.scala-lang.org/node/242
  • Compiler plugins - http://www.scala-lang.org/node/140
• Traits
  • http://www.scala-lang.org/node/126
• Closures
  • http://www.scala-lang.org/node/138
• Option types
  • http://blog.lostlake.org/index.php?/archives/50-The-Scala-Option-class-and-how-lift-uses-it.html
• Benevolent dictator for life
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_Dictator_For_Life
• Implicits
  • http://debasishg.blogspot.com/2010/06/scala-implicits-type-classes-here-i.html
• Perl - more than one way to do it
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There's_more_than_one_way_to_do_it
• Implicit manifest (reification)
  • http://www.scala-blogs.org/2008/10/manifests-reified-types.html
• XML literals
  • http://www.codecommit.com/blog/scala/working-with-scalas-xml-support
• Groovy builders
  • http://groovy.codehaus.org/Builders
• Scala wicket
  • http://www.slideshare.net/stuq/basic-wicket-and-scala
• Github javabin scala training
  • http://github.com/javaBin/scala-training-slides
• Talking puffin
  • http://talkingpuffin.org/
• Beginning Scala - David Pollak
  • http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Scala-David-Pollak/dp/1430219890/ref=pd_sim_b_4
• Programming in Scala - Odersky, Venners, Spoon
  • http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Scala-Comprehensive-Step-step/dp/0981531601/ref=pd_sim_b_1
• O'Relly Scala book
  • http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Scala-Scalability-Functional-Objects/dp/0596155956/ref=pd_sim_b_1
• Monadic design patterns
  • http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Scala-Monadic-Design-Patterns/dp/143022844X
• Scala koans
  • http://github.com/dickwall
• Lift
  • http://liftweb.net/
• Case classes
  • http://www.scala-lang.org/node/107
• Case class inheritance issues - now deprecated in 2.8
  • http://www.scala-lang.org/node/3289
  • Discussion - http://www.scala-lang.org/node/6202
• Structural types
  • http://markthomas.info/blog/?p=66
• Annotations (e.g. JPA)
  • http://www.scala-lang.org/node/106
  • http://www.hars.de/2009/03/jpa-with-scala.html
• Functional Java, Objective Scala talk
  • http://www.devoxx.com/display/DV09/Funky+Java,+Objective+Scala
• Scalatest
  • http://www.artima.com/scalatest/

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• 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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  • Or send us email - javaposse@gmail.com

The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall

• Java 4 Ever trailer - JavaZone Viral Video
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrfpnbGXL70
• New version of Blue J - release 3.0
  • http://blogs.kent.ac.uk/mik/bluej-3-0-whats-new/
• Bay Area JUG Roundup videos
  • http://steveonjava.com/bay-area-jug-round-up-and-stuarts-hands-on-javafx-videos-available/
• Archos 5 tablet - the first Android tablet from Archos
  • http://www.archos.com/products/imt/archos_5it/index.html?country=us&lang=en
• The 6th annual "Source Talk Days" will take place in Göttingen, Germany from August, 30th to September, 2nd
  
  • http://www.sourcetalk.de
    
• App Engine for Business pricing
  • http://code.google.com/appengine/kb/business.html#cost
• GTasks for Google Talk
  • http://vorburger.ch
• GTasx
  • http://lifehacker.com/5564027/gtasx-is-a-simple-google-tasks-interface-for-android
• Devoxx 2010
  • https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#label/%40Newscast/128af6021312a814
• Mac Zoom - make the mac + button do what you expect
  • http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/30591/right-zoom
• Android headset media buttons
  • http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/06/allowing-applications-to-play-nicer.html
• Lift 2.0 released
  • http://liftweb.net/20_release.html
• They might be giants - Science is Real
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty33v7UYYbw
• Scala store
  • http://www.scala-lang.org/shop
• David Pollak on Floss Weekly
  • http://twit.tv/floss125

Thanks

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• 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)
    

• To contact us:
  • Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com
  • Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse
  • Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse
  • Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626
  • Or send us email - javaposse@gmail.com

The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall

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