Category Archives: The Gist of IT

Summaries of books and videos

New and Improved in Java 7

Since the long-awaited Java 7 will be released on 7/7, otherwise known as "tomorrow", there's no time like the present to survey its new features. At Oracle's The Java Source blog, the 25-minute video Moving Java Forward presents just such … Continue reading

Posted in Releases, The Gist of IT | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Meta-boilerplate is another name for design patterns

I guess it's IBM developerWorks season at Intermediate Java, but hey– I dine where there's food. Andy Glover has a podcast series (Season 1; Season 2) in which he offers brief interviews or Q&A sessions with notable folks from throughout … Continue reading

Posted in JVM languages, The Gist of IT | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

The Gist of It: Build Twitter with Grails in 90 Minutes

Here's a nice intro to Grails: "Build Twitter with Grails in 90 Minutes" by Jeff Brown.  This training video and many others are available at Marakana.com. Don't have 70 minutes?  Let me save you some time. Here's the gist of … Continue reading

Posted in Frameworks, JVM languages, The Gist of IT | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment