The CodeRanch Journal January 2012
Howdy from everyone at the Ranch!
Hot dog!
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 codeVijitha 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
12 Essential Skills for Software ArchitectsDrupal Users GuideJava Performance
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.
