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Three Rules for Effective Exception Handling
Exceptions can give your application robustness by telling you what went wrong where, but only if you use them correctly. Jim Cushing offers three rules for getting the most out of exceptions. Dec. 4, 2003

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The Paradox of Choice: Are Java developers overwhelmed by all the choices we face?
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Endorsing the Candidates: When should an open source project abandon it's own campaign in order to endorse another open source project? I examine two candidates in the object/relational mapping space, Hibernate and OJB.
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Personal Progress: As a project progresses, it is not the only thing which grows and goes through phases. So do the developers who make it happen.
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Don't be afraid to be wrong: How fruit flies lead to a revelation about software development.
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Code rage: Most people believe they are a better driver than the rest of the motorists on the road. Do developers feel the same way?
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Standards Killed the IDE Star: Sun might decide to join the Eclipse community after all. But will doing so help the Eclipse project, or entangle it in the standards quagmire?
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