The CodeRanch Journal August 2011
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(* or from where I come from, "'Ow Do")
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So, what's been going on then?
Blogs and discussions
Over at selikoff.net, Scott Selikoff blogs a
review in
two parts about the
new Apple operating system, OS X Lion.
You can join in the discussion
in the forum.
How would you solve Suduko if you were a computer?
Just in Time vs Ahead of Time compilation
What's the most expressive programming language you've used? Enquiring minds want to know...
Meet the Ranch's new Saloon Keepers
Speaking of saloons, why do people drink beer?
You decide...
Book Promotions
We've had plenty in the last month, and more coming soon. Look out for your
chance to ask question of the authors, and maybe win a copy.
Going on right now:
Andrews Almiray and Danno Ferrin go into
Griffon in Depth
Sean Owen, Robin Anil, Ted Dunning and Ellen Friedman all talking about
Mahout in Action
And earlier in the month:
Craig Walls talked about
Spring in Action
Kevlin Henney told us
97 Things Every Programmer Should Know
Richard Reese prepared some recipes in the
EJB 3.1 Cookbook
Recent Book Reviews
(We read them so you don't have to!)
The Python Standard Library by Example (Developer's Library)
[Doug Hellmann]
DTrace: Dynamic Tracing in Oracle Solaris, Mac OS X and FreeBSD
[Brendan Gregg, Jim Mauro]
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
This month's editor is Matthew Brown, a software developer from the UK, working
in higher education. He's been a bartender at the ranch for just a few months,
and it's the first time he's edited the journal - be gentle with him.
All this, and much, much, more, on
javaranch.com.