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How to install Java 7 on Mac OS X (Lion)

Monday, December 19, 2011

Mac users are still waiting for Oracle / Apple to produce a simple download for using Java SE 7 on Macs running OS X. Until they provide one, the only safe way to use the Java 7 JDK is to build it from source. Luckily, Oracle provides a good wiki page that documents the process [...]

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Dallas TechFest 2011 Recap…

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Another year, another great Dallas TechFest event… There were some great new speakers, Ken Sipe was my favorite with his Gradle talks.  The story on Gradle is one worth listening to, regardless, of how ingrained Ant or Maven are at your organization.  The best place to go if you’re new to Gradle is their website. The [...]

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Dallas TechFest 2009 Recap…

Monday, June 22, 2009

After close to 6 months of planning, Dallas TechFest 2009 is… “in the books.”  Planning and running an all-day tech conference with 40 presentations, 400+ (ok 401) attendees, X great sponsors, and Java and .NET developers is *totally* exhausting.  I took Saturday off to relax and now I’m back on my laptop writing this review. [...]

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Modular Java with OSGi and Spring

Saturday, March 28, 2009

I was lucky enough to be asked to preform a technical review of “Modular Java: Creating Flexible Applications with OSGi and Spring“.  It’s Craig Walls‘ next book and it’s being published by the Pragmatic Programmers. Craig does a great job of making the case for modular Java development with OSGi.  He covers why we need [...]

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I’m giving a Java FX talk…

Friday, April 11, 2008

I have volunteered to give a talk on Java FX. Why? Hmm… Let me explain… There is this great new Java user group that started here in Dallas back in January 2008. You can read the background on the group via these email announcements… Sidenote: Derek, if you’re listening, it sure would be nice if [...]

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Ant vs Maven Argument…

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Nope, you aren’t getting one here. I’ve argued Ant over Maven dozens of times in my life. Most recently, last night. But, I’m not gonna start the argument again. That said, my friend Pete has a post on his blog trying to pull me offsides again. He was the cause, last night over a few [...]

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