Java Posse #371 - Roundup '11 - Future of the Java Programmer

Roundup '11 - The Future of the Java Programmer Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Please join us for the next Java Posse Roundup in beautiful crested butte, CO, from March 26th to 30th 2012 (with the customary JVM languages day on the 26th free to anyone who wants to attend). https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dGZqRnl1M3E4MVJvbUpQdk1jdVlfbXc6MA#gid=0

• Cobol programmers - job security
• http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/looking-job-security-try-cobol-426
• Webscale
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs
• Mercurial
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs
• NoSQL
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NoSQL
• Scala
• http://www.scala-lang.org/
• Shell Script
• http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/
• Python
• http://python.org/
• Ruby
• http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/
• Pluggable compiler for JVM
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirah_(programming_language)
• Closures
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closure_(computer_science)
• Project Lambda
• http://openjdk.java.net/projects/lambda/
• Lombok
• http://projectlombok.org/
• DSL - Domain Specific Language
• http://martinfowler.com/bliki/DomainSpecificLanguage.html
• Tiobe index
• http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
• Fortran
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran
• Python numerical library
• http://numpy.scipy.org/
• Android development
• http://www.android.com/developers/
• http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
• Garbage collection
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_collection_(computer_science)
• Shared libraries in Android
• http://blog.blackmoonit.com/2010/12/working-with-android-libraries-and.html
• Evolutionary dead end
• http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=221903
• Thinking in Python
• http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIPython
• Annotations
• http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/guide/language/annotations.html
• JCP - Java Community Process
• http://jcp.org/en/home/index
• James Gosling
• http://nighthacks.com/roller/jag/
• Mark Reinhold
• http://mreinhold.org/blog/
• John Rose
• http://blogs.oracle.com/jrose/
• Brian Goetz
• http://briangoetz.blogspot.com/
• Oracle middleware
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/index.html
• Thinking in Java
• http://mindview.net/Books/TIJ4
• Polyglot programming
• http://polyglotprogramming.com/
• Make files
• http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html
• JVM languages summit
• http://openjdk.java.net/projects/mlvm/jvmlangsummit/
• Python ctypes
• http://docs.python.org/library/ctypes.html
• Method handles
• http://blogs.oracle.com/jrose/entry/method_handles_in_a_nutshell
• Ruby on Rails
• http://rubyonrails.org/
• Oracle Java for Business
• http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/java/java-se-support-393643.html
• Spring Roo
• http://www.springsource.org/spring-roo
• DRY - Don't repeat yourself
• http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?DontRepeatYourself
• .NET languages
• http://dotnetpowered.com/languages.aspx
• C# Dynamic
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd264736.aspx
• Iron Ruby
• http://ironruby.net/
• Silverlight
• http://www.silverlight.net/
• Flex
• http://www.adobe.com/products/flex.html
• JavaScript
• http://www.javascript.com/
• Mirah
• http://www.mirah.org/
• Dalvik
• http://www.dalvikvm.com/
• http://source.android.com/tech/dalvik/index.html
• http://www.nat.is/travelguideeng/dalvik.htm

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• written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney.
• Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad.
• Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
• Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)

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