Thanks for posting it. Regarding IDEA performance: I've used IDEA for a *long* time on a dual 550MHz Xeon machine with 512MB of RAM. For the longest time I...
I use IDEA with 1.4 but with the standard Sun VM. Do you think the bundled VM has been optimized somehow? I have a PIII 933MHz with 512 MB RDRAM and, while I...
Maybe I'm just not very picky, but, while I used to set these args, for all the recent builds (688 and later), I have been using the standard settings; I have...
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No, I think it's just the plain Sun VM. The exact version is 1.4.1_01-b01, at least for IDEA build 695 which is what I use currently. I think they have moved...
Since we're on the subject already, I just read two interesting tidbits about IDEA: - IntelliJ is planning Java Generics support for the next version of IDEA -...
... No, the bundled JRE is just the standard Sun JRE, put into a subdirectory of the IDEA distribution. From my experience on various machines, IDEA doesn't...
... Actually, you're grabbing 64mb up front (ms = size) and limiting the total heap size to 256mb (mx = max). I found in the 1.1/1.2 days that pre-allocating...
... Yeah, and they are also adding AOP support, although it sounds like they are rolling their own compiler and browser rather than integrating AspectJ. We...
... If it's any consolation, we've just started dipping our toes into Eclipse 2.1 and it's got plenty of its own issues. Eclipse is gaining ground on...
I'm honored and vow to keep the site updated :) Unfortunately, I'm not sure if I can make it tonight. It's 50/50 right now. Thomas ... From: Scott Hodson...
... that looks like a likely candidate for the next book (assuming that we ever finish this one :). thanks ... ray tayek http://tayek.com/ actively seeking...
It is interesting that Microsoft are now moving towards pushing OO principles - I guess they could never really do that without alientating the VB fraternity....
How was last night's meeting? Unfortunately, I couldn't make it. Where did you leave off and what's next? Thomas ... From: Vollmer, Thomas - CannonSA...
... it went very well. i am starting to grok this stuff a bit. steve kept us on track very well. we got through 3 more pages :) we stopped on page 50 just...
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Reminder from the Calendar of ocpatterns http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocpatterns/cal Refactoring Study Group Thursday May 15, 2003 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (This...
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Did you guys decide on what to cover next at the last meeting? There's only a few pages left in chapter 3. 2 pages on database connections and 1 page on some...
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Finish MetaData and Database Connections (p.49-53) if you haven't already. Study the Metadata Mapping (306), Query Object (316), Repository (322) patterns and...
there will be another workshop oopsla03, which is in anaheim this year in october. http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~alphonce/KillerExamples ... ray tayek...
I generally respect Cringely's opionions. What do you think? <http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20030508.html> -- Ron Hitchens {mailto:ron@...}...
He makes some good points. However, he misses one key point: unit tests. Quote: "By definition, you only refactor code that is already working, which where I...
I agree. And his Morgan Stanley case study was just a bad example of technology management, resource allocation, not a symptom of Refactoring or XP. ... From:...
... yes, it is very difficult to justify to a non-programmer. ... only without really good test coverage (again, hard to justfy). thanks ... ray tayek...
... Don't get me started... ;-) He seems to be addressing refactoring in isolation from other practices that both support and provide the proper tension for...
Paul, Why don't you send your reply to Cringely (bob@...). I think you've got a fairly complete response to his objections here. ... -- Ron Hitchens...
His whole argument is against changing working code, 'cause it may break somehow. But the basis of refactoring is that the changes are "behavior-preserving" --...