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If you were hit by a bus tomorrow… If you were hit by a bus tomorrow (knock on wood) would your project get stuck? I still remember when one I worked on did. Well, I wasn’t exactly hit by the bus, but from the project standpoint, it was close enough. We worked on an important
I made an estimate… I took part in many projects, but there is one I particularly remember… As soon as I joined the team technical lead gave me a white paper with requirements and asked for estimates of a new functionality. Totally new. I was asked to estimate a chunk of the system (I had
It’s not the ink—it’s the think “It’s not the ink—it’s the think,” wrote Robert Mankoff (New Yorker cartoon editor), answering to the question how to get ideas for cartoons by people who want to submit them to The New Yorker. “There really is no trick—you just have to think of them” he said. It’s the same in creating
New Project: Potato Coding Adventure I’ve started a new project this week. I wrote about it here. My friend (we call her The Potato) and I decided, however, that we want to write the blog together. That’s why it’s the last post in Java Learning Path in the JumpStart Blog. I’ll be leading the way
Object Oriented Programming In Java, you can write code that represents real objects. It’s called OOP = Object Oriented Programming. If the programming is object oriented it must have objects. You object is a calculator. In real life, you also have an object that is known as a calculator. Object Objects in Java can easily map to
Last Sunday I’ve talked to a friend. She just recently picked up Java. We’re about to start a learning experiment: she is going to learn how to write code in Java, I’m going to help. Work out a plan and set up exercises. I decided to blog about what we’re doing here. The “learning” posts will be visible
You have the code. What now? I know it may be overwhelming. You did a couple of steps and you may not be sure why. I was like this once too. I still remember when I was asked to set up my first software project at my first job. I got access to SVN (a
Are you all set up? If not check how to prepare your backpack for Java hike. Read on if you’re ready to go. Get the code base I’ve prepared for your first Java Gradle Project. You can get it from my GitHub repository (and no, you don’t have to register): https://github.com/agazet/javaLearningPath Click Clone or download and copy
How to divide a resource? Wood Take the wood Take 50% to build dollhouse Take 30% to build a garage Take 20% to build a toy car Now you have 3 pieces of wood and you can quickly deliver three wooden toys. Software developer Take software developer Assign 50% to project A (head) Assign 30% to project
This year I’ve explored Java world again @DevoxxPL in Cracow. And whereas last year was full of the microservices and functional programming hype, this year was more steady. Microservices are still a dominant architectural trend. Aside from different aspects of Java (like an overview of Java 9, JVM Mechanics, JEE 8, Concurrency concepts, performance or
