David Flanagan

David Flanagan is a computer programmer who spends most of his time writing about JavaScript and Java. His books with O'Reilly include Java in a Nutshell, Java Examples in a Nutshell, Java Foundation Classes in a Nutshell, JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, and JavaScript Pocket Reference. David has a degree in computer science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He lives with his wife and children in the U.S. Pacific Northwest bewteen the cities of Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia. David has a blog at www.davidflanagan.com.

Articles

The Open Road: Looking Ahead to Java 7
Kicking off a new column about the development of Java 7, David Flanagan takes a look at the OpenJDK and JDK7 projects and their processes, language changes that have been mentioned as possible candidates for Java 7, and major new APIs that are tracking for inclusion in the new version. Aug. 9, 2007

Varargs Excerpt from Java 1.5 Tiger: A Developer's Notebook
In this excerpt from Chapter 5 of Java 1.5 Tiger: A Developer's Notebook, Brett and David cover how to create and iterate over variable-length argument lists (better known as varargs), which will have you writing better, cleaner, more flexible code in no time. Sep. 30, 2004

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