The WingDings Study Group (http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wingding) continues our exploration of "Beautiful Code" by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson. The next...
Sorry for the late notice. But something came up that is taking me out of town next week. I won't be able to make the meeting. Stan also, who was going to...
The WingDings Study Group (http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wingding) wraps up our exploration of "Beautiful Code" by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson. The next...
... This reminds me that I wanted to plug the new edition of Effective Java: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/effective/ I think it would be a good choice for...
+1 for Effective Java. I haven't attended since early in the Concurrency book (career craziness, but things have settled down now), but I'd certainly come back...
So far we've identified 3 candidates for the next iteration of WingDings: 1) Effective Java, Second Edition 2) Learning Python 3) Programming Collective...
Did Scala drop off the list? I won't be able to attend tonight because of prior commitments but my order would be: 1. Scala (if it's still an option) 2....
No, no. Nothing is "off the table". Scala is currently just a topic. Which book, what website, how would we approach Scala as an iteration? Guide us,...
Yeah, I'm interested in Scala too, so I guess I'd put EJ and Scala as a tie for #1 on my list. Of course, with my attendance record, my vote should be weighted...
Hello from a long time lurker on the list. I'm a co-organizer of the Seattle Python Interest Group so the current possible titles caught my attention.;) ... If...
I'm relocating to San Diego this weekend, so I unfortunately won't be able to participate (except maybe over the mailing list), but I just picked up "Emergent...
The WingDings Study Group (http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wingding) is meeting to select the topic for our next iteration. The next meeting is... Tuesday,...
And you can get instant access by applying for a temporary, 90 day library membership online. This will work for anyone; I can't recall if you have to specify...
The WingDings Study Group met on Tuesday June 24 to determine the subject of our next iteration. There were 10 people in attendance and after some discussion...
The WingDings Study Group (http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wingding) begins our exploration of "Effective Java, 2nd Edition" by Joshua Bloch. The next...
I am hoping to FINALLY make this meeting - Been lurking for a long time - anything I need to know about parking or getting in to the building?? Cheers! Linda ...
... It's quite simple: Take the white, yellow, green and blue bottles that you find on the parking lot outside of the building (you will have to move the...
Fulcrum is on Aurora Ave N. (http://tinyurl.com/6cmgoz). Google maps can get you there well enough. The parking lot is visible from the meeting room so even...
Also apropos of last night's meeting: http://java.dzone.com/articles/why-im-not-a-fan-of-javas-auto ... -- - Jason...
jason marshall
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Jul 9, 2008 6:08 pm
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... I'm unconvinced by this particular argument. Methods should not be returning wrapper classes. In my opinion, the only two valid uses of wrapper classes...
Yeah, I'm not so keen on Boolean as the example here. Maybe Integer would have worked better. That said, I've seen plenty of tables where a 'boolean' field...
jason marshall
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Jul 9, 2008 6:55 pm
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... What are the alternatives? Keep two booleans (one for "value is specified", and the other for the value itself)? Create enums every time you have an...
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