Java Posse #385 - Newscast for May 18th 2012

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Java Posse Episode 385 - Newscast for May 18th 2012

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• Update on training, Chicago combined with Atlanta, SF and London planned for later in the year but no firm details yet.
• http://www.escalatesoft.com
• If you want training in the UK prior to that, our good friends at Underscore have some courses coming up in London.
• http://underscoreconsulting.com/training/

• Please don’t learn to code (or do, but don’t quit your day job):
• http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/17/3025538/dont-learn-to-code-programming-jeff-atwood
• http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/05/please-dont-learn-to-code.html

• The Java Plan A/B decision in hindsight - was Java 7 enough? Will Java 8 be?
• Fabrizio Guidici has a blog article about the subtle new behaviors of JDK 7
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici/archive/2012/05/07/understanding-subtle-new-behaviours-jdk-7
• And also bids farewell to Java 6 and notes that with Java 7, Oracle can now produce versions of the JVM for all major operating systems including OS X at the same time. With Java 6 heading towards EOL soon, is it time to switch?
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici/archive/2012/05/07/farewell-java-6
• What are we excited about in Java 8?
• http://www.java.net/node/885831/results
• http://mreinhold.org/blog/plan-b
• The expected impact of Lambda expressions on programming with Java 8
• http://weblogs.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2012/05/02/poll-result-expected-impact-lambda-expressions-closures-programming-java-8
• And Brian Goetz has an updated State of the Lambda: Libraries Edition article
• http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~briangoetz/lambda/collections-overview.html

Quick News

• The nominations for the 2012 Dukes Choice awards are now open.
• http://www.java.net/dukeschoice

• JavaFX running on the Raspberry Pi (the small $25 computer on a stick from David Braben).
• http://www.i-programmer.info/news/91-hardware/4167-javafx-runs-on-raspberry-pi.html

• Expression Language 3.0 - JSR 341 early draft is now available for formal review.
• http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/edr/jsr341/index.html

Clojure

• The Clojure/West conference videos are now starting to appear on InfoQ
• http://clojurewest.org/news/2012/5/11/clojurewest-video-schedule.html
• https://github.com/strangeloop/clojurewest2012-slides/blob/master/README.md

ScalaWags

• Scala 2.10 M3 now available, with the following new features from SIPs (Scala Improvement Process):
• http://www.scala-lang.org/node/12659

Android

• Interesting kickstarter project to replace the Android home page
• http://www.androidguys.com/2012/05/17/the-future-of-android-tablet-home-screens-looks-like-this/

• Galaxy SIII:
• http://www.androidguys.com/2012/05/03/galaxy-s-iii-announced-inspired-by-nature

• Not going to talk about the Google/Oracle Android trial until it’s all over, since everything changes so quickly right now. If you want to know the latest, check groklaw.
• http://www.groklaw.net/

• The Xamarin project has ported Android to C#.
• http://blog.xamarin.com/2012/05/01/android-in-c-sharp/
• XobotOS (as it is called) is open source and available on github
• https://github.com/xamarin/XobotOS

Listener Feedback

• Freddy Guime (Freddy Huh!) and the Lambda Expressions...
• http://www.javapubhouse.com/
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OqNdD6ygAo
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52y2_-75Adw
• https://www.facebook.com/LambdaExpression

Random Crap

• Dundee university research demonstrates levitation and twisting forces applied to an object by ultrasonic beams. Sonic Screwdriver, here we come!
• http://www.gizmag.com/dundee-university-sonic-screwdriver/22279/

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)

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