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All about the daily work issues of a Java/J2EE Computer Programmer

How do you keep a programmer in the shower all day?
Give him a bottle of shampoo which says “lather, rinse, repeat.”

I found this cell phone Batman The Dark Knight game that’s programmed in Java. This games looks like it’s a fun game for those luckily enough to have Java enabled cell phones.

A Software Engineer, a Hardware Engineer and a Departmental Manager were on their way to a meeting. They were driving down a steep mountain road when suddenly the brakes on their car failed. The car careened almost out of control down the road, bouncing off the crash barriers, until it miraculously ground to a halt scraping along the mountainside. The car’s occupants, shaken but unhurt, now had a problem: they were stuck halfway down a mountain in a car with no brakes. What were they to do?

“I know,” said the Departmental Manager, “Let’s have a meeting, propose a Vision, formulate a Mission Statement, define some Goals, and by a process of Continuous Improvement find a solution to the Critical Problems, and we can be on our way.”

“No, no,” said the Hardware Engineer, “That will take far too long, and besides, that method has never worked before. I’ve got my Swiss Army knife with me, and in no time at all I can strip down the car’s braking system, isolate the fault, fix it, and we can be on our way.”

“Well,” said the Software Engineer, “Before we do anything, I think we should push the car back up the road and see if it happens again.”

I found this game for Java enables cell phones that’s supposed to be like Starcraft. I thought you’d all enjoy it. I looks pretty cool I just wish the video was of better quality.

This was the opening video of the 2007 JavaOne Developer Conference.  This is a pretty cool video that showcases some of the ways that Java has changed the lives of each and everyone of us.

I’ve had my fair share of debugging Struts related problems over the past few years. I was doing some research awhile back and found this page that discusses some Common Struts Errors. I really think this will be useful to anyone that works with the Struts framework in Java. It really can save a ton of time when you have no idea what some of those sometimes cryptic error messages mean.

Have you ever wondered why the hardest bugs to spot are sometimes the easiest to fix? Me too. I’ve encountered many situations where I knew what I needed to fix but had no idea how to fix broken code. I’d look and look forever in frustration for a solution and finally I would find it. The solution was usually that I would add maybe just one or a few lines of code in the right places and the functionality of the application would work as expected.

It’s crazy to spend hours tracking down a problem and to realize all i had to do was use a few lines of code. I guess that’s just the way it works some time.

I love these Google tech talk videos. They’re all very fascinating to listen to even if you don’t understand them totally. This video discusses a proposal for a feature in Java 7 called Closures which other languages already have.

A project manager, a computer programmer and a computer operator are driving down the road when the car they are in gets a flat tire. The three men try to solve the problem.

The project manager said: “Let’s catch a cab and in ten minutes we’ll reach our destination.”

The computer programmer said: “We have here the driver’s guide. I can easily replace the flat tire and continue our drive.”

The computer operator said: “First of all, let’s turn off the engine and turn it on again. Maybe it will fix the problem.”

Suddenly a Microsoft software engineer passed by and said: “Try to close all windows, get off the car, and then get in and try again.”

I’ve always has a passion for games as a kid and still do. I found this interesting version of Tetris that is written in Java that has the source code available for download.