At any given time the Windows operating system is tracking statistics for the system and many of the processes / applications that are currently running on it. Things like the number of processors, how many threads are executing, how often the CLR is in garbage collection, the number of I/O operations being performed etc are all tracked through things called performance counters. One way you can look at these various ...
In my recent article titled "Why Everyone Should NOT Learn to Code" I heard a TON of feedback both for and against my position. I thought I would expand on the concept and discuss a few of the counter arguments I received through the blog and twitter since that article was published. Perhaps I can better explain my rationale and positions to clear a few things up. I think many ...
I see a lot of companies who move at a neck breaking pace and crank out their application iterations at alarming speeds. Just as users upgrade their client and run it, they are met with another update message. Users start finding themselves constantly updating to keep up. This is usually the result of short cycle agile methodologies that doesn't wait to batch their fixes and features. From a development standpoint ...
Today I wanted to share with you all another great book that I have in my library. Java The Complete Reference written by Herbert Schildt and published by Oracle Press is a beast of a book and contains just about anything you want to look up about Java. This particular edition came out in June of 2011 and has been updated to include JDK 7. As it stands it is ...
So we have all seen the almost daily reports of zero-day bugs creeping into Java's platform recently. Many out there have said things like "Oracle has dropped the ball" and others have made calls for a massive rewrite of the way Java works. I understand that this recent flood of exploits have caused many of you concerns, I think the future of Java is getting brighter. I don't think Java ...
Once, long ago, I use to be a janitor cleaning up after executives in office buildings as I put myself through school. At the time I would be sweeping the floors as I saw some of those workers crunching through their spreadsheets late at night getting ready for their presentations the next day. One guy I saw did a lot of print shop type of stuff, graphic work, troubleshooting etc ...
