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The Heroes of Java: Trisha Gee

The 11th part of my "Heroes of Java" interview series. Thanks for following it! Stay tuned for the next parts!

0 replies - 1452 views - 01/31/12 by Markus Eisele in Articles

A Java Developer's Review of 2011

2011 was a pretty eventful year for the Java community. We got the long awaited release of Java 7, watched the drawn out Oracle vs Google case and got even more languages built on top of the JVM. The following are a few of the key events and trends that I've...

0 replies - 6812 views - 12/30/11 by James Sugrue in Articles

The Heroes of Java: Rod Johnson

he 10th part of my "Heroes of Java" series. This is the Christmas edition and I would like to thank all readers for their interest in my series! If you have ideas for interview partners: Let me know! Rod Johnson

0 replies - 2314 views - 12/29/11 by Markus Eisele in Articles

The Heroes of Java: Eberhard Wolff

The eighth part in my Java interview series: "The Heroes of Java". Eberhard Wolff

0 replies - 1997 views - 12/04/11 by Markus Eisele in Articles

The Heroes of Java: Michael Hüttermann

The sixth part in my Java interview series: "The Heroes of Java". Michael Hüttermann

0 replies - 1741 views - 11/15/11 by Markus Eisele in Articles

Dennis Ritchie, High School Guidance Counselor

As you may know, Dennis Ritchie died a few weeks ago. He was the creator of C and co-creator of Unix, and a true luminary in the world of computer science. I'll leave the eulogizing to others, but I must share a funny, little story about my own...

2 replies - 2862 views - 11/14/11 by Cody Powell in Articles

The Heroes of Java: Fabiane Bizinella Nardon

The fourth part in my Java interview series: "The Heroes of Java". Fabiane Bizinella Nardon

1 replies - 2626 views - 10/17/11 by Markus Eisele in Articles

Motivation, Creativity and Innovation

I am a strong believer in that every individual on this earth can be creative and that hard focused work beats natural talent in every way. Personally I get really inspired by observing skillful people come up with amazing and creative ideas, while others...

0 replies - 2245 views - 10/06/11 by Kristoffer Sjögren in Articles

Apple Won't Change Overnight, But it Will Eventually Change

While Apple's stock dropped 7% overnight with the announcement of Steve Jobs' departure from the CEO position, Apple's corporate culture and direction certainly won't change overnight.  In fact, you may have noticed that Tim Cook has been in the CEO position...

0 replies - 3838 views - 08/25/11 by Mitchell Pronsc... in News

DZone at Agile 2011: A Manifesto Signatories Q&A

Last night at Agile 2011, DZone was in attendance at "The Big Park Bench" Agile Manifesto 10 year anniversary reunion.  At this very special gathering of 15 of the original 17 signatories for the Agile Manifesto, we witnessed a very lively and...

0 replies - 4727 views - 08/09/11 by Mitchell Pronsc... in News

Jon Gifford of Loggly on SolrCloud, Near-Real Time Search, and Twitter's Secrets

Ahead of the Lucene Revolution conference, an event dedicated to open source search, DZone had the opportunity to speak with John Gifford, the CTO and Co-Founder of Loggly.  Loggly has been using SolrCloud for over a year now in their cloud-based...

0 replies - 12959 views - 04/13/11 by Mitchell Pronsc... in Articles

Scott McNealy Predicts Java Forking

Attendees of the PostgreSQL West 2010 conference had the rare opportunity to hear Sun co-founder Scott McNealy's unique perspective on the software industry and Oracle, the company that bought his co-creation.  McNealy has been relatively quiet since the...

22 replies - 10067 views - 11/05/10 by Mitchell Pronsc... in News

Daily Dose - Linus Torvalds is a US Citizen

Since 1997, Linux inventor Linux Torvalds has lived and worked in the USA, but today we found out that he officially became a US citizen last week.  The news came up in a conversation on the Linux Kernel Mailing List.  Torvalds mentioned he'd be getting his...

2 replies - 19285 views - 09/14/10 by Mitchell Pronsc... in Daily Dose

Who Are Your Role Models in Software Development?

Recently I've been wondering who are the most popular role models in the software development industry. Just as with any other profession, it's important for developers to have role models. What I'd like to capture in this article, and through your...

8 replies - 5158 views - 05/12/10 by James Sugrue in Articles

Daily Dose - Eclipse Helps Mac Users Bypass Slow JVM Release Cycle

Eclipse Helps Mac Users Bypass Slow JVM Release Cycle  

3 replies - 15693 views - 01/21/10 by Mitchell Pronsc... in Daily Dose