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Geronimo Developer Notebook Preview
(Posts: 3 | Archived: August 30, 2004)
David Blevins leads a discussion on the first two chapters of the upcoming Geronimo: A Developer's Notebook. He writes " Geronimo is still young and going through many changes, which means this text may be largely different by the time it reaches its published form." These chapters "cover installing, running, and playing around with Geronimo."

Help Wanted Ad
(Posts: 8 | Archived: August 30, 2004)
What do you put in a help wanted ad? This recent ad posting on the MacroMedia site sparked a thread on whether or not they went over the edge. How clear should you be about what you are looking for? When looking for a job, how carefully do you check that you meet the conditions described in a job posting. Note: the original posting was removed but has been reposted by a reader if you scan the thread for a lengthy response you will find it.

Effective Java Programming Language Guide
(Posts: 285 | Archived: August 27, 2004)

Joshua Bloch, author of Effective Java, casts a long shadow in the Java world. He has served as architect of the Core Java Platform Group and is best known as the author of the Collections Framework. He was also a driving force behind many of the sweeping changes forthcoming in the JDK 1.5 (Tiger) release. In Effective Java Bloch has condensed his rich body of expertise into 57 topics, each of which illustrates a specific Java coding best practice. The rare book that is simultaneously textbook and reference, Effective Java deserves a featured place on every Java Programmer's bookshelf.

Because Effective Java is "thread-safe" we're going to dedicate one discussion thread to each of the items in the book. Please post your comments on the relevant topic thread to maximize coherence and avoid unnecessary context switching.