| [Issue
209] Unicode Redux (1 of 2)
Unicode is the most important computing industry standard for representation and handling of text, no matter which of the world's writing systems is used. This newsletter discusses some selected features of Unicode, and how they might be dealt with in Java. |
[Issue
208] Throwing Exceptions from Fields
How can you set a field at point of declaration if its constructor throws a checked exception? |
| [Issue
207] Final Parameters and Local Variables
The trend of marking parameters and local variables as "final" does not really enhance your code, nor does it make it more secure. |
[Issue
206] Striped Executor Service
We present a new type of ExecutorService that allows users to "stripe" their execution in such a way that all tasks belonging to one stripe are executed in-order. |
| [Issue
205] How to Make Your Own Rules
Rule Based Programming, a declarative programming paradigm, is based on logical patterns to select data and associate it with processing instructions. This is a more indirect method than the sequential execution steps of an imperative programming language. |
[Issue
204] Book Review: The Well-Grounded Java Developer
Ben Evans and Martijn Verburg explain to us in their new book what it takes to be a well-grounded Java developer. The book contains a section on the new Java 7 features and also vital techniques that we use for producing robust and performant systems. |
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