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Two years later, frustration with Generics continues
Laird Nelson describes his frustrations with understanding Java Generics. While clear in the simple case, as he works through a more complicated scenario, he ends up throwing them away because they're so complicated. Are we helping or hurting ourselves by using Generics?
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TestDriven.NET 2.0 released
TestDriven.NET 2.0 was released last week. TestDriven.NET 2.0 supports the TDD framework and supports all version of Visual Studio .NET. TestDriven.NET is a Visual Studio plug-in providing support for Nunit, MBUnit, and Visual Studio Team System.
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Use Test Categorization for Agile Builds
Everyone agrees that developer testing is important, but ever-lengthening build times can discourage running these tests with optimal frequency. Andrew Glover's new IBM DeveloperWorks article outlines a strategy to use categorized tests to ensure end-to-end system soundness, including examples on how to automatically sort and run tests by category, resulting in dramatically reduced build times.
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Named Pipe Support added to Visual Studio Orcas
The next version of Visual Studio will include named pipe support. Named pipes are the traditional way to handle inter-process communication in Windows.
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Annotation Transformers in TestNG: The Sweet Spot for Annotations?
In the ongoing search to find the balance between XML and annotations, TestNG has introduced the concept of annotation transformers. An annotation transformer is code that will override the behavior of existing annotations. This allows you to modify your annotation without using XML and without recompiling your source. You will have to recompile your annotation transformers if you change them.
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Gauntlet: Borland's Continous Integration server with defect isolation and trending
Borland in early October released a beta of Gauntlet continous integration server. Like any continous integration server, Gauntlet automates build and testing but also provides change sandboxing, reporting and trending, failure correlation, replay alongside existing repositories, and easy access to build, test, and run previous project versions.
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Google's Bruce Johnson on GWT 1.2 RC Including OS X Development Support
The first release candidate of GWT 1.2 has been announced. Among the changes are full support for OS X development, faster hosted mode, a new HTTP request module, and widgets in TreeItems. InfoQ sat down with GWT tech lead Bruce Johnson to discuss the release.
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Presentation: Martin Fowler on Domain Specific Languages
Domain Specific Languages (DSLs) are limited forms of computer language designed for a specific class of problems. In this JAOO conference talk, Martin Fowler introduces a simple example of DSL, bringing out the difference between external and internal DSLs, and talking through the trade-offs in using both forms.
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Phil Zoio Discusses Bringing Java 5 Features to Struts with Strecks 1.0
Strecks version 1.0 was recently released. Strecks is a set of Java 5 specific extensions to the original Struts framework. Making heavy use of Java 5 annotations, it adds a number of modern features to Struts-based applications, including POJO actions, dependency injection, declarative validation and data binding, interceptors, pluggable views, as well as Spring integration.
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Sun Details The Schedule for Future Java Releases
Jean Elliot, Director of Product Marketing for the Java SE Platform at Sun, was interviewed to talk about where Java SE is now and where it is going. They discussed the current Java SE roadmap, with Java SE 6 due in December and Java SE 7 in 2008. Other topics included open sourcing Java SE and the end-of-life of Java SE 1.3.1.
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SQL Server Hosting Toolkit CTP 1 Released
Microsoft has released the first CTP of its SQL Server Hosting Toolkit. This toolkit is designed to provide support for companies using a hosted SQL Server.
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Roman Strobl on Enhanced JEE Support in Netbeans 5.5
Version 5.5 of the Netbeans IDE was released over the weekend with enhanced JEE5 support. New releases of the Mobility (for JME) and Visual Web (Ajax and JavaServer Faces) packs are also available. InfoQ sat down with Netbeans evangelist Roman Strobl to discuss the release.
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Extending IIS7 Through Integrated Mode
With the 3.0 release of the .NET framework the IIS7 webserver will now support a new mode called "Integrated Mode". Integrated Mode brings to .NET the ability to write the equivalent of ISAPI modules, however now developers can code in C# rather than C++.
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Alex Russell on Dojo 0.4
The Dojo Foundation just released version 0.4 of their JavaScript toolkit with key improvements of accessibility, a 2D vector graphics API, improved internationalization support, and inline API documentation. InfoQ sat with Alex Russell, project lead of the Dojo Toolkit to discuss the new release.
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Spam Prevention without CAPTCHA Images
The ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit offers a control that reduces spam on web logs and forums without requiring users to enter a CAPTCHA.