Java Posse #429 - Newscast for Late August 2013

Java Posse #429 - Newscast for Late August 2013 Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com General Discussion Topics Soft / weak / phantom references http://www.rallydev.com/community/engineering/java-references-strong-soft-weak-phantom Guava Cache Builder http://docs.guava-libraries.googlecode.com/git/javadoc/com/google/common/cache/CacheBuilder.html http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13636475/lightweight-caching-solution-in-scala Coherence http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/coherence/overview/index.html Go http://golang.org/ Kotlin http://kotlin.jetbrains.org/ Sun Ray http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Ray Pixel http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/chrome/devices/chromebook-pixel/ Conferences JCrete http://www.jcrete.org/ Java Specialists http://www.javaspecialists.eu/ Chet’s Process Talk http://parleys.com/#st=5&id=3539&sl=0 Devoxx November 11-15, 2013 http://www.devoxx.com/ AnDevCon November 12-15, 2013 http://www.andevcon.com/AndevCon_sanfrancisco/index.html re:Invent November 12-15, 2013 https://reinvent.awsevents.com/ JavaOne September 22–26, 2013 http://www.oracle.com/javaone/index.html Scala Summit August 19 - 21, 2013 http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/ScalaSummit/ JavaZone 12th September 2013 http://jz13.java.no/ Hyperloop http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperloop 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, Chet Haase and Dick Wall