T h e . C o d e R a n c h . J o u r n a l

O C T O B E R . 2018 . E D I T I O N

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Howdy from all the CodeRanch staff, and welcome to the October 2018 edition of the Journal.


W H A T ' S . N E W?

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Exciting news!

Github: Open Source Project

This is the first time CodeRanch has introduced Github organisation Coderanch Corral organization which is a platform where members of CodeRanch can practice, learn new technologies and gain real-world software development experience by contributing to the open source projects we initialize at CodeRanch.

BlackJack Game Github Repository: The first open source project of CodeRanch by contributing to the project newbies can explore the technologies for an example Maven, JUnit 5, Github and much more.

October promotions!

Master Rancher

• Dave Tolls
• Nicole Alderman
• Norm Radder

Ranch Foreman

• Noah Gift
• Harry Kar
• Randy Tong
• Nagesh Chavhan

Please join us in congratulating them.

New Features included in CodeRanch Forum Software

You can now add your secondary email to your profile in case something goes wrong with primary email.

Now you can upload large attachments in chunks and set captions for attachments when uploading from the new attachments interface.

Confirmation feature added to thumbs down in mobile view.

To know what more features are incorporated please click here.

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 . T o p i c s

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Given a LinkedHashSet of anagrams, print each set of anagrams alphabetically

Have an object communicate with another object

Is it bad practice when an Object has to be aware of another Object?

My version of Conway's Game of Life

B o o k . P r o m o t i o n s . & . W i n n e r s

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There's a book (or software) promotion just about every week at CodeRanch. Just ask a question in the appropriate forum and you're eligible to win a copy of the book.

We've got some promotions coming up. Check the Book Promotions Schedule.

Upcoming Book Promotions include:

Java Projects: Learn the fundamentals of Java 11 programming by building industry grade practical projects in Beginning Java Forum

Hands-On Continuous Integration and Delivery: Build and release quality software at scale with Jenkins, Travis CI, and CircleCI in Build Tools Forum

October book promotions winners can be found here:

Modern Python Standard Library Cookbook

Cloud Native Architectures

Learning OpenStack Networking: Build a solid foundation in virtual networking tech

Learning Regular Expressions

A big Congratulations to our other Past Winners

R e c e n t . S t a f f . B l o g s

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Jeanne blogs about 2018 Oracle code one: Java 9, 10 and 11: Pitfalls for the Unwary

Jesper blogs about JAXB on Java 9, 10, 11 and beyond

B o o k . a n d . R e v i e w s

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We have several forums dedicated to talk about books. Here are some interesting reviews and recommendations from the CodeRanch staff in our Book Reviews forum.

The Book Review Grid will give you an overview from the other angle.

Recently reviewed books:

by Ganesh Patekar

OCA Java SE 8 Programmer I Certification Guide by Mala Gupta

OCA Java SE 8 Programmer I Study Guide: Exam 1Z0-808 by Jeanne Boyarsky & Scott Selikoff

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J o u r n a l . A r c h i v e

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