T h e . C o d e R a n c h . J o u r n a l
May 2011 Edition
Howdy from all the CodeRanch staff, and welcome to the May edition of the CodeRanch Journal. This month's journal editor is bartender, Jaikiran Pai.
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I n t e r e s t i n g . C o d e R a n c h . F o r u m . P o s t s
* Ranchers discuss whether Swing is still popular for developing desktop applications -
https://coderanch.com/t/538819/java/java/GUI-popular-Swing-desktop-apps
* Why does RAM always double during an upgrade -
https://coderanch.com/t/537540/Mac/Why-does-RAM-always-double
* Interesting discussion on how games have evolved over the years -
https://coderanch.com/t/537374/Android/Mobile/way-games-changed-over-past
* CodeRanch is not just about Java, we also have some interesting discussion on some other languages:
Ranchers wonder whether Clojure will be popular among Java programmers - https://coderanch.com/t/539123/clojure/Incubator/Will-Clojure-popular-among-Java
Some other programming enthusiasts look for some real life Clojure examples - https://coderanch.com/t/539152/clojure/Incubator/Real-life-Clojure-examples
I n t e r e s t i n g . S t a f f . B l o g s
* Bartender, Jesper de Jong blogs about parallel collections in Scala -
http://www.scala-notes.org/2011/05/scala-2-9-parallel-collections-for-mandelactors/
* Sheriff, David O'Meara blogs about setting up a development environment for Liferay -
http://www.selikoff.net/2011/05/26/liferay-standard-development-environment/
B o o k . P r o m o t i o n s
There's a book promotion just about every week at the CodeRanch. Just ask a question about the book in the appropriate forum and you're eligible to win. Right now, Clojure in Action by Amit Rathore is up for grabs. Maybe you'll win a copy?
https://coderanch.com/t/539051/clojure/Incubator/Welcome-Amit-Rathore
Winners of our past book promotions for the month of May are:
* Pro Android 3 -
https://coderanch.com/t/538770/Android/Mobile/Winners-Pro-Android
* Beginning Android Games -
https://coderanch.com/t/537848/Android/Mobile/Winners-Beginning-Android-Games
* Pro CSS for High Traffic Websites -
https://coderanch.com/t/538771/HTML-JavaScript/Winners-Pro-CSS-High-Traffic
B o o k . R e v i e w s
* Agile Hiring -
https://coderanch.com/t/537101/Book-Reviews/Agile-Hiring
* Software Build Systems: Principles and Experience -
https://coderanch.com/t/537941/Book-Reviews/Software-Build-Systems-Principles-Experience
* Java Generics and Collections -
https://coderanch.com/t/538418/Book-Reviews/Java-Generics-Collections
* Rails 3 Way -
https://coderanch.com/t/539312/Book-Reviews/Rails-Way-nd-Edition-Addison
* Individuals and Interactions: An Agile Guide -
https://coderanch.com/t/539313/Book-Reviews/Individuals-Interactions-Agile-Guide
I t ' s . N o t . J u s t . P r o g r a m m i n g
* Marshal, Ernest Friedman-Hill shares one of his many beautiful paintings
https://coderanch.com/t/538711/md/Flower-girl
Some of his other paintings that he shared at CodeRanch, include:
A potrait in watercolor pencil https://coderanch.com/t/491880/md/Watercolor-pencil
One more watercolor painting https://coderanch.com/t/504608/md/JavaRanch-Art
* Have you seen some funny or useless comments in code? Here are some amusing ones
https://coderanch.com/t/539102/md/Useless-comments-source-code
S u g g e s t i o n s / F e e d b a c k
If you have any general suggestions about the CodeRanch journal, then feel free to open a new
thread in our Ranch Office forum
https://coderanch.com/forums/f-10/Ranch-Office/
T h i s . M o n t h ' s . E d i t o r
Jaikiran Pai has been a member of
JavaRanch since 2005 and a moderator since 2007. He works for
JBoss and is part of the JBoss Application Server and JBoss EJB3 development team. You'll find him occasionally blogging at
http://www.jaitechwriteups.blogspot.com/
J o u r n a l . A r c h i v e
Our previously published journals are available online:
https://coderanch.com/how-to/java/JavaRanchJournal
And www.LearnNowJava.com, thanks for sponsoring this edition of the Journal.
