Making things right: I recently set up a new computer. Installing the applications and getting everything working wasn't so hard - but they didn't feel quite right. I had to go through and reset my preferences and tweak the applications in those little ways that make them fit me - key bindings, font size, window location, ... the usual. » Read more

jUnit to the Rescue: Mike Clark's blogs and presentations made me start wring code with test driven development. This is the report of my first attempt to use TDD professionally and I succeeded. — Andreas Schaefer

The Future of Native Interfaces: Is JNI the last answer for native bridges? Is there a better way? Does anyone care? — Will Iverson

Jump-Start Your Java Development on Linux, Part 2
In this second part of the Oracle Technology Network article Jump-start Your Java Development on Linux Robert Clevenger summarizes how to use command-line tools to create Java applications on a Linux box. Clevenger suggest that a more common solution is a combination of using "an IDE for the bulk of your development work and Ant for the "official" builds produced by your team."

The Philosophy of Ruby
Matz is the charismatic creator of the Ruby programming language. In The Philosophy of Ruby , Yukihiro Matsumoto tells Bill Venners "Instead of emphasizing the what, I want to emphasize the how part: how we feel while programming." Matz describes other goals in his design of Ruby.