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20021019 Saturday October 19, 2002

Java Developer? Buy this book! Yesterday was a good day - I woke up at 4, finished the features and bug fixes for the 1.0.2 release of my project, deployed it, and headed to the library. I was at the library from 8 until 2:30, finishing off Java Development with Ant. I really can't say enough about this book - it's a must-have for anyone who develops in Java. As I told my wife, it's the best technology book I've ever read. It's got tons of great stuff on testing (JUnit, HttpUnit, Canoo WebTest, Cactus), deployment (to Tomcat, to WebLogic) and a very good chapter on XDoclet.

The best part is that it's got tons of examples that you can use immediately if you're already using Ant. You might even be able to download them and copy/paste. I also found you can get it at half-price as an eBook ($22.47, PDF). I think it's a great resource as a reference manual, and you probably don't even have to read the whole thing like I did. Posted in General at Oct 19 2002, 03:34:58 AM MDT Add a Comment

Mini-me needs love. The Archive Install completed in record time on Thursday night (something like 45 mintues). However, it didn't fix my problem. So I created a new user (matt vs. mraible) and that fixed the problem. So I'm still in the process of moving everything from /Users/mraible to /Users/matt. I can't seem to remove the old mraible directory through the normal means - so I might be in the mood for a full clean install shortly. Why not? I've done it on every other OS I use. This is just another reason to get OS X certified, then I'll know how to fix these types of issues. Posted in Mac OS X at Oct 19 2002, 03:33:53 AM MDT Add a Comment