Java Posse #371 - Roundup '11 - Future of the Java Programmer

Roundup '11 - The Future of the Java Programmer Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Please join us for the next Java Posse Roundup in beautiful crested butte, CO, from March 26th to 30th 2012 (with the customary JVM languages day on the 26th free to anyone who wants to attend). https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dGZqRnl1M3E4MVJvbUpQdk1jdVlfbXc6MA#gid=0 Cobol programmers - job security http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/looking-job-security-try-cobol-426 Webscale http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs Mercurial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs NoSQL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NoSQL Scala http://www.scala-lang.org/ Shell Script http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ Python http://python.org/ Ruby http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/ Pluggable compiler for JVM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirah_(programming_language) Closures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closure_(computer_science) Project Lambda http://openjdk.java.net/projects/lambda/ Lombok http://projectlombok.org/ DSL - Domain Specific Language http://martinfowler.com/bliki/DomainSpecificLanguage.html Tiobe index http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html Fortran http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran Python numerical library http://numpy.scipy.org/ Android development http://www.android.com/developers/ http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html Garbage collection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_collection_(computer_science) Shared libraries in Android http://blog.blackmoonit.com/2010/12/working-with-android-libraries-and.html Evolutionary dead end http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=221903 Thinking in Python http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIPython Annotations http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/guide/language/annotations.html JCP - Java Community Process http://jcp.org/en/home/index James Gosling http://nighthacks.com/roller/jag/ Mark Reinhold http://mreinhold.org/blog/ John Rose http://blogs.oracle.com/jrose/ Brian Goetz http://briangoetz.blogspot.com/ Oracle middleware http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/index.html Thinking in Java http://mindview.net/Books/TIJ4 Polyglot programming http://polyglotprogramming.com/ Make files http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html JVM languages summit http://openjdk.java.net/projects/mlvm/jvmlangsummit/ Python ctypes http://docs.python.org/library/ctypes.html Method handles http://blogs.oracle.com/jrose/entry/method_handles_in_a_nutshell Ruby on Rails http://rubyonrails.org/ Oracle Java for Business http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/java/java-se-support-393643.html Spring Roo http://www.springsource.org/spring-roo DRY - Don't repeat yourself http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?DontRepeatYourself .NET languages http://dotnetpowered.com/languages.aspx C# Dynamic http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd264736.aspx Iron Ruby http://ironruby.net/ Silverlight http://www.silverlight.net/ Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/flex.html JavaScript http://www.javascript.com/ Mirah http://www.mirah.org/ Dalvik http://www.dalvikvm.com/ http://source.android.com/tech/dalvik/index.html http://www.nat.is/travelguideeng/dalvik.htm Thanks Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork 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