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Posted on November 5, 2018 at 9:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Hi! Is anyone interested in one of these books? If so please follow/retweet and tell me which book. Thanx!…
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What is Groovy and why should I care?
Hello again, it's me, Adam. Earlier this year, I finished my self-published book, Learning Groovy,…
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Just a reminder: Oracle plans to stop updating Java 7 in April of this year (next month).
As outlined in the Oracle JDK Support Roadmap, after April 2015, Oracle will not post further updates of Java SE 7 to its public download sites.
This might be a good time to read …
ContinuePosted on February 28, 2015 at 3:00pm 3 Comments 2 Likes
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There’s a hot new programming language that I’m excited about. It can be used dynamically or statically-typed, your choice. It supports functional programming constructs, including first-class functions, currying, and more. It has multiple-inheritance, type inference, and meta-programming. It also integrates really well…
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