January 2024 Journal

T h e . C o d e R a n c h . J o u r n a l
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January 2024 Edition
Howdy from all the CodeRanch staff, and welcome to the January edition of the Journal.


J u m p i n . J F o r u m . D a y
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This year, we celebrated the 15th birthday of out cutover to Java based forum software! You can read about the journey to this point https://coderanch.com/wiki/659923/Reading-Ranch-JForum or read the announcement: https://coderanch.com/t/424504/Happy-Year

Every year we have a special feature in honor of "JForum Day". This year we added two features related to PIE.
1) If you've posted in the last year, you'll start getting an offer for a free slice of PIE on your ranch anniversary. Just go into your PMs and click on the link to redeem it! PIE gives you all sorts of special features: https://coderanch.com/forums/pie/listwebpage
2) PIE users now have the option to set an auto reply on their PMs.

You can read about the new features at https://coderanch.com/t/778651/Happy-Jumpin-JForum-Day-read

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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Two interesting ones are

Upper bounded wildcards - https://coderanch.com/t/776983/certification/upper-bounded-wildcards-restrict-type
Sequential and indexing - https://coderanch.com/t/775918/certification/Arrays-Sequential-Indexed

So go on and give 'em a read, you won't regret it. Happy codin'!


B o o k s . a n d . R e v i e w s
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The book review grid (https://coderanch.com/wiki/661186/books/Book-Review-Grid) is a great way to find books to read.

Two new ones are

"Transitioning to Java" - https://coderanch.com/wiki/772426/books/Transitioning-Java-Ken-Fogel
"Practical Design Patterns for Java Developers" - https://coderanch.com/wiki/771173/books/Practical-Design-Patterns-Java-Developers

C o d e R a n c h . S t a f f
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Thanks to all staff that volunteer their time and share their knowledge to make this site the friendliest place on the web to learn.  

A special thanks this month to the following members...

Marshals: Campbell Ritchie :: Ron McLeod :: Devaka Cooray:: Liutauras Vilda :: Paul Clapham

Sheriffs: Henry Wong :: Ernest Friedman-Hill

Saloon Keepers: Stephan van Hulst :: Tim Moores:: Tim Holloway :: Carey Brown :: Frits Walraven

C o d e R a n c h . N e i g h b o r s
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Richsoil - Permaculture articles n stuff by Paul Wheaton
Permies - Permaculture and homesteading goofballs


T h e . M o o s e . o n . S o c i a l
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T h i s . M o n t h ' s . E d i t o r
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This month's Journal editor is Jeanne Boyarsky. She is a Java Champion, published author, and proud moderator at the Ranch. She also developed both JForum day features.


S u g g e s t i o n s / F e e d b a c k
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If you have any feedback on this month's journal then feel free to create a topic in our Ranch Office.


J o u r n a l . A r c h i v e
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Our previously published journals you can find here.