Java Posse #288 - Roundup 09 - API Design

Roundup 09 - API Design Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Recorded at the Java Posse Roundup 2009 in Crested Butte, CO. Assembly Language libraries http://homepage.mac.com/randyhyde/webster.cs.ucr.edu/HighLevelAsm/HLADoc/HLAStdlib_info.html C libraries http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/webmonkeys/book/c_guide/ Python libraries http://docs.python.org/library/ Principle of least astonishment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_astonishment Bean Managed Persistence vs JPA http://java.sun.com/j2ee/tutorial/1_3-fcs/doc/BMP2.html#62907 http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/J2EE/jpa/ Standard Java libraries http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/ Java 5 collections http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/package-frame.html Pythonic http://faassen.n--tree.net/blog/view/weblog/2005/08/06/0 Groovy http://groovy.codehaus.org/ Levels of abstraction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstraction_(computer_science) Test/Contract driven API design http://www.agiledata.org/essays/tdd.html http://www.artima.com/intv/contest.html Builder Pattern http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Builder_pattern Breaking changes in APIs http://wiki.eclipse.org/Evolving_Java-based_APIs_2 EJB 2.x & EJB 3.x http://help.eclipse.org/ganymede/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.jst.ejb.doc.user/topics/cearch.html http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-08-2006/jw-0814-ejb.html CORBA http://www.corba.org/ Design by committee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_by_committee Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) http://c2.com/cgi-bin/wiki?AbstractSyntaxTree NetBeans Modules http://netbeans.org/kb/trails/platform.html OSGi http://www.osgi.org/Main/HomePage Classloader http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-10-1996/jw-10-indepth.html Annotations http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/apt/ Ski symbols http://skiing.about.com/od/safetyforskiers/a/skitrailratings.htm Wordstar http://www.wordstar.org/ Javadoc http://java.sun.com/j2se/javadoc/ @Deprecated http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Deprecated.html Annotation parameters http://www.developer.com/article.php/3556176 Thanks Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth Brice Ruth and Webprojkt.com - http://webprojkt.com - for our archives site - http://archives.javaposse.com Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect Kirsty Doherty, Oliver Widder and Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork Brian Ehmann - the Java Posse intern Craig Muth for maintaining the Java Posse Memorizable site - http://memorizable.org/Java_Posse Theme Music: Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI), 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) To contact us: Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465 4626 Or send us email - [email protected] The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall