Rama Krishna Yalamanchili

Hi Ranchers,

I have a property with value
<property name=dirs value="a b c d">

I want ant to read this property and create the directorys
/a
/b
/c
/d

Any input will be highly appreciated.

TIA
YRK

Can someone suggest a good book on struts and internet documentation?

Hi ranchers,

The whizlabs promotion for wcd 1.4?
I am preparing for wcd, ofcourse for 1.3...
Once i finish preparing for 1.3 i will check the extras for
1.4 and if i feel comfortable with it then may be i will go for
the 1.4 exam...

Anyway has anyone used whizlabs wcd kit?

YRK

Hi Ranchers,
Can someone give me a hint how i can print a document using j2se api?
Is it OS specific?
TIA,
YRK

Congrats Buddy

I am preparing for the SCWCD.
Thanks for the tips....

Thank you

Hi Ranchers,
I am happy to inform that I got through SCJP with 85%.
I would like to sincierly thank Kathy and Bert for their
excellent SCJP book and also the ranchers forum.
One down and two remaining..

I am proud to change my signature with a SCJP tag.
YRK

Coding a few examples for every topic, especially the tricky syntaxes will help you remember the topics and also understand the subject better than just mugging up..
All the best for your SCJP
yrk

Thanks kishore,
Any suggestions on the same note for Servlets and JSP�s?
TIA,
YRK

Servus Adam,
j2ee.jar must be added to your CLASSPATH not your PATH...
If you dont have a classpath defined you must define an environment variable to windows.
Something like this
CLASSPATH = D:\j2sdkee1.3.1\lib\j2ee.jar;D:\j2sdkee1.3.1\lib;.;D:\jdk1.3.1_02\lib
Hope it helps.
Cheers
YRK

Hello Ranchers,
Can anyone suggest additional reading for EJB's. I have already Head First EJB. I am looking for a book with lot of practice examples.... Your suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
YRK

Thanks guys for valuble input and never mind the explicit harsh lingo.
My point of view (Active vs Passive Testing) is in a sense has a very subtle conflict. As a programmer everyone must test his code(Agreed). No one has commented yet on the logical part yet. Being a programmer for me is to be strong at programming logic and programming syntax.
If i know a language in and out as well have an implicit testing instinct i would bring it out in the code i write. Explicit testing for every few lines of code means we are not matured enough to write code(Or for that matter not a qualified programmer).
"Quote" Test a programmer first before he tests his code "Unquote"
I would like to end this discussion thread with this.

Hi Kathy,Bert,
I see that your Head first is coming out on SCWCD. I want to take this exam before June 2004 which is the supposed release date. Will i be missing a lot if i do the test before reading this book?
I am real head first fan.. ...already having two of them in my Java Quiver.Will it be possible to get some prereleases?
Currently i am using Hanumant Deshmukh, Jignesh Malavia for my SCWCD prep.
Regards,
YRK

Hi Ranchers,
So, back to my point after all your valuble inputs....
Why should we test th code every 5th line... if i am sure of my programming logic..
Testing has evolved over a paradigm, where what we have engineered is to be faultless. (I hope everyone agrees).
Ex: Civil engineering
If I am building something physical then i would not test every brick. If i know that i have my concrete mixture as prescribed by my building blue print specs then i test the building for its overall parameters.
Ex: Mechanical engineering
If I am assembling a car with x(Horse)Ranch(Power) then i would not test every nut and bolt and tyre as for every car i build. I would quality test a sample car with various mechanical parameters.(Object orientation applies)in the sense every single component of the car is pre-manufactured by different vendors and is tested.
Coming to the software paradigm:::
I have my prebuilt OO building blocks. They are tested (I am sure SUN tests its classes before putting it in the Java API).
Ex: I built a security package with RSA. I needed random numbers with (Big Integers)at that time. I would write a piece of code that produces the keys. I would trust Java math.random. And if my extended eucliedien algorthim programming logic is correct which would be around 450 lines. Then i expect the keys to be produced.
What i would test in this scenario if i go by unit testing?
What as programmer i have tested around 6 years ago was that atleast for 100 samples of the keys produced were not identical before i handed it to testing. I did write a piece of testing code which would run the program for n number of times and compare all the results. I had to do a little syntax debugging for typos. And my code still runs with a Major Bank(Big Bucks) I did achieve a piece of code without using unit testing.
If i read my software specifications, design document and i am not new to programming logic, syntax and OO concepts of use then i would not test my code every 5th line.
Where i would agree is that a person new to programming will benifit if he knows the rules of testing. Then his brain will automatically think for a logic and syntax while programming itself.
Summary:
Learning testing rules in general will give a good starting ride in the programming ranch. As you become a seasoned rider you implicitly do pseudo testing while programming without much effort for explicit unit testing.

Hi Andy, Dave,
As a programmer, i do test the things that i program at every milestone.
If i write a business block i will test it, and assume any serious programmer will test his code. We do spend time with debugging, and the natural causes are typos or some ill formed sytax mistakes apart from logical programming mistakes.
It is good to know these principles of testing for a programmer.
As i look at the index, it suggests concepts like checking boundary conditions, forcing error conditions, performance testing ect... which are typically done by testers. I am critical about the factor that you suggest that the programmer focuses more on writing and implementing tests than actual "programming logic".
I appreciate that you have pointed out many practical problems like "runs on my machine"..But are you trying to give an answer for these general problems or pointing them out?..
May be i have to go through the complete book over a weekend to get a better understanding..I wouldnt know if my Manager (Line) will appreciate more lines of testing code than programming code.
Yours Sincierly ,
YRK