http://weblogs.java.net/blog/tball/ en-us 2008-09-12T22:49:33-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/tball/archive/2008/09/distributed_scm.html There has been a lot of debate about the merits of distributed source control management systems, but until you've seriously worked with one you just won't understand how appealing they are. Just ask any developer who has had to go back to a single-repository system. Programming tball 2008-09-12T22:49:33-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/tball/archive/2008/09/its_all_just_bi.html Developers often get so involved with design abstractions that those concepts can block understanding of what's really happening during execution. Reminding yourself that "it's just bits" regularly can keep you on top of whatever problem you are investigating. Community: Java Tools tball 2008-09-01T21:04:38-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/tball/archive/2008/07/javafx_preview.html Today the JavaFX Preview SDK released today, marking the end of an incredible year-plus for the JavaFX Script compiler team. It's been quite a ride, which has been played out for the world to see on our project's email aliases... Community: Java Tools tball 2008-07-31T17:00:50-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/tball/archive/2008/04/testing_your_do.html Java developers often assume that javadoc is the only way you can automate project documentation. Writing your manual so it can be manipulated programmatically allows many projects to test that what they write, works. Tools tball 2008-04-21T14:14:56-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/tball/archive/2008/04/divide_and_conq.html Short on resources and time to deliver a solution? The JavaFX Script compiler team is, so we followed the Unix tool development rules to create a version of the javadoc tool for the language in record time. Tools tball 2008-04-01T09:07:51-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/tball/archive/2007/11/elephants_and_t.html It's crunch time for the JavaFX Script compiler team, which is why it's so hard to answer the question, "when will your first early access release be available?" Community: JavaDesktop tball 2007-11-10T16:42:33-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/tball/archive/2007/07/the_birth_of_th.html An incubator project to build a compiler for the JavaFX Script language has been started. Not much there yet, but developers have a chance to get in on the bottom floor and help make it a killer tool. Community: JavaDesktop tball 2007-07-20T06:49:29-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/tball/archive/2007/05/step_back_and_w.html "Are we sufficiently awed by our own technology?" Mark Morford, one of my favorite local (San Francisco) columnists, wrote an essay titled Talkin' To The Steering Wheel which seems like a pertinent closer to JavaOne. Sometimes we nerds need to... tball 2007-05-11T11:13:35-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/tball/archive/2007/05/advanced_java_r.html The slides to my talk "Advanced Java Refactoring: Pushing the Envelope" are available on the Jackpot project site. Community: NetBeans tball 2007-05-10T22:10:46-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/tball/archive/2007/04/open_letter_or.html What is the Apache Harmony project's "Open Letter to Sun Microsystems" really about? The normal slimy marketing tactics we see every year right before JavaOne. Community: Java Tools tball 2007-04-10T14:22:15-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/tball/archive/2007/03/my_javaone_talk_1.html My JavaOne talk, "TS-9861: Advanced Java Programming Language Refactoring: Pushing the Envelope", was just accepted. I hope all conference attendees interested in refactoring will be able to attend. Community: NetBeans tball 2007-03-02T11:19:53-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/tball/archive/2007/01/jackpot_just_op.html The Jackpot module was released as open-source yesterday, but anyone who wants to browse its interesting bit has been able to for months. Huh? Community: NetBeans tball 2007-01-25T15:31:51-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/tball/archive/2007/01/yet_another_5_t.html The "5 things" blogs are fading, but in order to avoid breaking the chain here are five things about me which might interest the few who read this... Community: NetBeans tball 2007-01-16T11:55:26-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/tball/archive/2006/11/get_medieval_on.html Here is an easy way to turn all of javac's warnings on for your NetBeans project, and make its build fail if any warnings are found. Community: NetBeans tball 2006-11-20T14:22:48-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/tball/archive/2006/11/hacking_open_so.html Hallelujah! Java SE is now an open-source project, with the HotSpot VM and javac as its first sub-projects. This is great news for anyone interested in Java performance, as the world now has full-access to both the static (javac) and... Community: Java Tools tball 2006-11-13T13:20:45-08:00