January2012 Journal

The CodeRanch Journal January 2012

Howdy from everyone at the Ranch!

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No. It isn't a sponsor. It's a shout out. We want to say how awesome our hosting company - "evolution hosting" http://www.evolutionhosting.com - has been to us. Thanks!

What's new? We have three shiny new features to celebrate our third year on JForum.

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See the announcement thread to read more about them or leave us some comments.

Blogs and discussions

Paul teaches us about raised garden beds. And if you don't know what hugelkultur means, read it too!
Mohammed reminds us the importance of writing SOLID code
Vijitha tells us how to recover files in Eclipse

And around the forums

The January 18th SOPA blackout (the moose had a blackout bar in support)
Should you wear a suit to an interview?
A few of us walk you through a typical day of development

Book Promotions

Look out for your chance to ask question of the authors, and maybe win a copy. Next week is "MongoDB in Action" and "Clojure in Action". Check back for more soon.

Recent Book Reviews

Suggestions/Feedback

If you have any feedback about this edition or the Ranch journal in general, then feel free to open a new thread in our Ranch Office forum

Your editor this month Jeanne Boyarsky works as a Java Developer for a bank in New York City. In her free time, she is currently mentoring the programmers at StuyPulse FIRST robotics

All this, and much, much, more, on javaranch.com.