A friend and I pounded out a new webapp. It's now live: www.ride4all.com Check it out! Use it! Tell your friends! Tell us how to make it better! Also, I'd...
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Seth Ladd
bootyindustries
Jun 2, 2008 10:41 pm
Great job! Enhancement: Add fields for times. Such as "I usually leave at 8am" or something like "I need to be there by 9am"...
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Daniel Leuck
danielleuck
Jun 2, 2008 11:13 pm
Nice! This would be a great subject for the next Honolulu Coders meetup. ... -- Daniel Leuck President Ikayzo, inc. +1 (808) 539-3804 (US Direct) +1 (808)...
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Seth Ladd
bootyindustries
Jun 2, 2008 11:16 pm
Definitely. One thing I'd love to hear about is strategies for handling off-line work. GAE is perfect for request/response webapps. What about handling the...
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piikoicoder
Jul 22, 2008 9:46 pm
A while ago there was a thread started by someone who invested much time in Swing and was asking about its future. Now I can's seem to find that thread. Anyone...
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Daniel Leuck
danielleuck
Jul 22, 2008 10:07 pm
Hey George, I've done quite a bit of Swing development. We have had several discussions about Swing in this group and I've blogged about it a number of times...
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Shawn Drost
nomedueles
Jul 25, 2008 3:09 am
You also might be thinking of Seth Ladd, who wrote a book on Swing and who I think mentioned that he's now dropped it altogether....
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Daniel Leuck
danielleuck
Jul 25, 2008 3:16 am
Hi Shawn, ... Seth's book, which was very good, was actually on Spring not Swing. I often switch them in conversation. Easy mistake :-) Dan...
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Seth Ladd
bootyindustries
Jul 25, 2008 4:39 am
Heh yeah, it was Spring. And yes, I'm a rails man now. Although, the spring code is still the best code I've ever read....
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bai.sara
Jul 31, 2008 12:05 pm
iam looking to sit for sun java exams and was wondering how good are hotcerts.com prep for java exams . please let me know before i shell out $85 for their...
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J. David Beutel
david_beutel
Jul 31, 2008 6:59 pm
I guess this is spam, but I'll comment anyway. I've never taken a certification exam. I don't think I'd want to work somewhere that uses them....
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paul_k_tan
Jul 31, 2008 7:29 pm
Funny, I'm actually taking the SCBCD exam today:) the best resource for exam prep I've found is javaranch.com. At least for SCJP, SCJD, and SCWCD there was a...
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piikoicoder
Jul 31, 2008 8:10 pm
Hi Dave, I don't want to compound bai.sara's wrong use of this site, but I'd truly like to know why you wouldn't work somewhere that uses the Sun exams. I'm...
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J. David Beutel
david_beutel
Jul 31, 2008 9:25 pm
I'm a self-taught Java programmer too. But, I would suspect that a company that relies on those exams has no expertise of its own, so would not be the best...
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Russell Castagnaro
rcastag
Jul 31, 2008 11:34 pm
Gang, As an old school Sun Certified Java Developer and now someone who hires folks to code, I'd like to chime in. In my opinion, its pretty short-sited to...
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Seth Ladd
bootyindustries
Jul 31, 2008 11:39 pm
Russell brings up a good point. Studying for the cert exam is a very valuable experience. There are definitely parts of the language that you don't use, or...
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J. David Beutel
david_beutel
Aug 1, 2008 12:22 am
Thanks for chiming in. I'd like to clarify that I wouldn't categorically refuse to work somewhere that uses certifications. I just meant that I'd see it as a...
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J. David Beutel
david_beutel
Aug 1, 2008 12:37 am
Sure, learning Java is good, so if studying for an exam helps you learn then that's good. However, the spam that started this thread looks from a company that...
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subcallnop
Aug 1, 2008 1:41 am
Also in larger corporations you have to get through Human Resources or an agency first and HR will expect a degree and certification. You might not even get to...
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Sam Joseph
samrhjoseph
Aug 1, 2008 4:29 am
Definitely spam: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22how+good+are+hotcerts.com%22 CHEERS> SAM ... -- Sam Joseph, Ph.D. Co-Director Laboratory for Interactive...
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piikoicoder
Aug 3, 2008 10:09 pm
Hi and Thanx to all for the input on Sun's exams ... (for me it's probably a few months worth of review to digest it all) George ... PS: RE: This comment from...
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Hal Richman
hrichman99
Aug 11, 2008 9:18 pm
I just purchased the head start series and it is quite good. ... From: honolulu-coders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:honolulu-coders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
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Clifton Royston
cliftonr@...
Sep 25, 2008 3:38 pm
I can't remember if this list has previously included job postings. If it's acceptable, I'd like to post one. (It's for a relatively junior position, but with...
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toddblume
Sep 25, 2008 11:23 pm
Seeking Nerdvana? Oceanit in Honolulu is hiring a software engineer to develop user interfaces. Java and Swing are a must. Hibernate and OpenGL are desirable. ...
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Sam Joseph
samrhjoseph
Oct 13, 2008 7:56 pm
Web Developer - 0-5 years of web development experience (creating web applications, ideally highly-scalable applications); does not need to be professional ...
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piikoicoder
Oct 23, 2008 11:54 pm
Is there any chance someone on this list a Go master or know one nearby? George PS: If anyone want's to see the question, let me know and I'll but the game...
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Patrick Kelly
phlatphrog
Oct 24, 2008 1:28 am
There is a local go "club": http://go.meetup.com/179/ And there are also go meetings of higher-level players which I don't know about, but Frank (the organizer...
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Sam Joseph
samrhjoseph
Dec 3, 2008 8:02 pm
Hi Coders, Sorry there hasn't been a coders meeting for a while - my hands have been very full! We've created a facebook app with a survey to try and assess...
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Eraticus Majoricus
subcallnop
Dec 7, 2008 11:19 pm
Are there any Hawaii based companies doing Mac or iPhone programming? Also, would anyone with these skills be willing to do a presentation on this topic?...
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Hal Richman
hrichman99
Dec 8, 2008 7:17 pm
Aloha, I have a job for a student or anyone that wants to pick up some extra money. I friend of mine who owns and operates an architect firm is looking for...
