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Moving away from exclusive use of OOP and Curly Brace Languages to reduce code waste?
According to Bob Warfield, at least 70% of code is wasted because it’s written to build components which would add no competitive differentiation to the final product. To reduce this "waste", programmers should practice code reuse instead of repeatedly building the same components. However, to facilitate code reuse it is necessary to move away from exclusive use of OOP and Curly Brace Languages.
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Java, Ruby, and the Continuous Tax
Recently as part of a debate on ActiveRecord and Hibernate, Bob Lee of Google used the term "continuous tax" to describe the pros and cons of using a dynamically typed language like Ruby in respect to a statically typed language such as Java.
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ExtJS Creator Jack Slocum Discusses Upcoming 2.0 Release
The ExtJS team recently released the alpha release of version 2.0 of the JavaScript/Ajax framework. InfoQ caught up with ExtJS creator Jack Slocum to discuss the release.
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Table Value Constructors and Compound Assignments for SQL Server 2008
In SQL Server 2008, T-SQL will be getting some welcome enhancements to the syntax itself. Included among these are table value constructors, also known as row constructors, inline variable declaration, and compound assignments.
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Open Source: The .NET Framework
Today Microsoft announced it will release the source code for its .NET Framework under the Microsoft Reference License.
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Ted Patrick on Flex 3 Beta 2
Ted Patrick of Adobe Systems has been blogging over the last week on some of the exciting new additions and improvements coming in the Beta 2 release of Flex 3.
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JavaFX: Client-Side Java for Desktop and Mobile
Since JavaFX was first announced at JavaOne in May, there has been a flurry of activity focused on improving the client-side user experience of Java. InfoQ interviewed Joshua Marinacci about JavaFX, its contents and its impact.
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AgileEvents Calendar Update
AgileEvents is one month old, and two dozen commercial and non-profit events have been announced there by members of the Agile community around the world. Here is your monthly roundup of upcoming events, with "coding dojos", classes, and conferences and XPdays worldwide.
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Backbase Enterprise Ajax 4 Adds Support for Third Party Widgets and XML API
Backbase has released the latest version of its Ajax framework, Enterprise Ajax 4. This release comes with Cross Browser Compatibility and Dual API support, support for Third Party Widgets, and a Structured Development approach.
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Lucene Oracle Integration Looks to Surpass Oracle Text
New work to enhancement LUCENE-724 by Marcelo Ochoa allows for better integration of Lucene as a domain index from within the Oracle database. The updates allow greater flexibility than using Oracle Text.
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Sun Releases Early Access Consumer JRE and Nimbus Preview
Today Sun released an early access preview of Java SE 6 Update N (formerly known as the Consumer JRE). The release includes initial Java Kernel support for faster initial downloads and startup enhancements.
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JBoss RichFaces 3.1: Ajax4JSF and Exadel RichFaces integrated as single open source library
JBoss, a division of RedHat, recently released version 3.1 of the RichFaces JSF library. Stemming from a partnership with Exadel, this release is the first one to integrate the Ajax4JSF project with the formerly commercial RichFaces. InfoQ took the opportunity to learn more about RichFaces and what this release brings to the JSF space.
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David Pallmann’s WCF Tips
David Pallmann has published a series of WCF Tips. The tips are assembled in terms of design patterns, which are grouped by aspects of developing WCF providers and consumers.
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JRuby compiler finished
As Charles Nutter reports, JRuby's Ruby to Bytecode compiler is finished. This is used for AOT and JIT compilation, and will go into JRuby 1.1. Future plans include a compiler that could help with Java integration by turning Ruby classes into Java types.
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The Dark Side of Closures
Closures are not a new concept and in LINQ have proven to be incredibly useful. But they do have a dark side when used to break encapsulation. When two seemingly independent functions are tied together, unexpected results can occur.