Recorded at the Java Posse Roundup 2011, in Crested Butte, CO, a discussion about demystifying functional programming.

• Monoid
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoid
• Monad
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monad_(category_theory)
• Brian Marick's introduction to practical monads
  • http://vimeo.com/20717301
• Using Scala's Option type
  • http://www.scala-lang.org/api/current/scala/Option.html
• Daniel Spiewak on monads
  • http://www.codecommit.com/blog/ruby/monads-are-not-metaphors
• F# Workflows
  • http://www.infoq.com/articles/pickering-fsharp-workflow
• Dijkstra on teaching computer science
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cruelty_of_Really_Teaching_Computer_Science
  • http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD10xx/EWD1036.html
• Pierce - Category Theory for Computer Scientists
  • http://www.amazon.com/Category-Computer-Scientists-Foundations-Computing/dp/0262660717
• Dijkstra - a Discipline of Programming
  • http://www.amazon.com/Discipline-Programming-Edsger-W-Dijkstra/dp/013215871X
• LINQ
  • http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa904594
• Guava
  • http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/
• Fantom language
  • http://fantom.org/
• NaNoWriMo
  • http://www.nanowrimo.org/
• Scala Actors
  • http://programming-scala.labs.oreilly.com/ch09.html
• XML in Scala
  • http://programming-scala.labs.oreilly.com/ch10.html
• More on F# workflows
  • http://www.slideshare.net/mdlm/understanding-f-workflows

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork
• Theme Music:
  • Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI),
    • written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney.
    • Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad.
    • Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
  • Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
    

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The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall

Roundup '11 - Modules in JVM Languages

Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com

• Java 8 Modules
  • http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw/
• Fantom Modules
  • http://learningfantom.blogspot.com/2011/02/creating-pod.html
• Linux .deb and .rpm
  • http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPM_Package_Manager
• Maven
  • http://maven.apache.org/
• Ubuntu PPAs
  • https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas
• NetBeans Maven Dependency Visualizer
  • http://netbeans.org/features/ide/build-tools.html
• Repository Manager
  • Artifactory - http://www.jfrog.com/products.php
  • Nexus - http://nexus.sonatype.org/
• Scala Packages
  • http://www.scala-lang.org/docu/files/packageobjects/packageobjects.html#
• OSGi
  • http://www.osgi.org/
• Reflections - dependency analysis
  • http://code.google.com/p/reflections/
• CDI - Java Contexts and Dependency Injection
  • http://docs.jboss.org/webbeans/reference/current/en-US/html/index.html
• Proguard
  • http://proguard.sourceforge.net/
• Apache Ivy
  • http://ant.apache.org/ivy/
• Mirah
  • http://www.infoq.com/articles/mirah-interview
• Gradle
  • http://gradle.org/
• SBT - Simple Build Tool
  • http://code.google.com/p/simple-build-tool/

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork
• Theme Music:
  • Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI),
    • written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney.
    • Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad.
    • Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
  • Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
    

• To contact us:
  • Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com
  • Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse
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  • Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626
  • Or send us email - javaposse@gmail.com

The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall

• Dick -> Keynote at DevNexus on 21-22nd
  • http://www.devnexus.com
• Tor -> Eclipsecon
  • http://www.eclipsecon.org/2011/

• Java 7 developer builds are now available for download and testing.
  • http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7/features/

• The upcoming EclipseCon 2011, being held from March 21st to 24th at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara, CA, will feature a keynote on the IBM Watson supercomputer that recently beat the Jeopardy champs.
  • http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/ibms-watson-keynote-topic

• Is that bad?
  • http://www.hulu.com/watch/73360/saturday-night-live-lawrence-welk

Quick News sponsored by Constant Contact

• Contant Contact is seeking several skilled Java engineers for positions in Boston and San Francisco.
  • http://www.constantcontact.com/about-constant-contact/careers/index.jsp?src=javaposse

• Oracle has release GlassFish version 3.1.
  • http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/glassfish_3_1_is_here
• Apple released an update to Java for Mac OS X 10.6. 
  • http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/03/08/
    apple_releases_itunes_10_2_1_updates_java_for_mac_os_x.html
  • http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1360

• Chronon systems have announced a public beta of the Chronon time travelling debugger for Java.
  • http://eblog.chrononsystems.com/chronon-beta-the-what-who-and-why

• Joe Darcy has stepped down as OpenJDK6 release manager.
  • http://blogs.sun.com/darcy/entry/openjdk_6_changing_guard

• Thomas Enebo and the jRuby community step up to work on JRuby and Ruby support in NetBeans 7.
  • http://blog.enebo.com/2011/02/ruby-on-netbeans-lives.html

ScalaWags

• ScalaDays 2011 will be held at Stanford University on June 2nd and 3rd 2011.
  • http://days2011.scala-lang.org/node/101
  • http://days2011.scala-lang.org/products

Android

• According to a comScore report, Android is now the most used smartphone OS in the United States.
  • http://www.androidguys.com/2011/03/08/comscore-android-mostused-smart-phone-os/
  • http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/07/technology/android/index.htm
  • And it's not just the US. A recent IDC report shows that Android displayed similar explosive growth in Europe, with a 1580% jump in sales in one year.
  • http://www.androidguys.com/2011/03/09/android-explodes-europe-tune-1580-growth/

• The new Google maps navigation routing now takes traffic into account when planning your route to give you the quickest route for the current traffic conditions.
  • http://www.androidguys.com/2011/03/07/google-maps-navigator-routing-live-historic-traffic/

• More details have emerged about Amazon's upcoming Android application store, and it's starting to sound pretty good.
  • http://www.androidguys.com/2011/02/21/details-emerge-amazons-appstore/

• 58 applications have been removed from the Android marketplace by Google following the discovery that they contained a trojan containing malicious code.
  • http://blog.mylookout.com/2011/03/security-alert-malware-found-in-official-android-market-droiddream/
  • https://www.mylookout.com/download
  • Despite how this is being spun in the media, the same problem occurred for Apple with the iPhone app store in Feb 2010
  • http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10446402-245.html

Random Crap

• iPad 2 
  • http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2011/03/08/colbert-wants-an-ipad-2/
  • ComputerWorld has a fairly extensive FAQ about the Motorola Xoom
  • http://blogs.computerworld.com/17867/motorola_xoom_faq

• Chrome 10 has been released by Google.
  • http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/speedier-simpler-and-safer-chromes.html

Thanks

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork
• Theme Music:
  • Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI),
    • written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney.
    • Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad.
    • Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
  • Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
    

• To contact us:
  • Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com
  • Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse
  • Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse
  • Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626
  • Or send us email - javaposse@gmail.com

The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall

Newscast for Feb 24th 2011

• Jenkins and Hudson wars.
  • http://weblogs.java.net/blog/johnsmart/archive/2011/02/16/jenkins-and-hudson-butler-wars

Quick News

• Nuxeo has proposed to contribute Nuxeo Core - a Java Content Repository (aka a Content Management System) to the eclipse project.
  • http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/two-reasons-why-nuxeo’s-new

• The Keynoters for the upcoming ServerSide Java Symposium have been announced.
  • http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61858

• EclipseCon will be held in Santa Clara from March 21st to 24th.
  • http://www.eclipsecon.org/2011/registration/?page=registration

• Java 6 Update 24 is out now and fixes a floating point bug that reportedly has been known about for some time.
  • http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

ScalaWags

• The first release candidate of Scala 2.9 is imminent (and may be out by the time you hear this).
  • https://sites.google.com/site/scalatohoku/changes-and-improvements-on-scala-2-9

• Akka 1.0 has been released after 2 years of hard work.
  • http://akka.io/
  • http://www.scala-lang.org/node/8821
  • http://implicit.ly/akka-10-final-is-released

• Scalate 1.4 has been released.
  • http://implicit.ly/scalate-140-released

Android

• Motorola Xoom released
  • http://www.verizon-cellphones.org/motorola-xoom-launched-on-february-24th.html
  • http://scobleizer.com/2011/02/23/an-ipad-lovers-review-of-motorola-xoom/

• Myriad, has just announced Alien Dalvik.
  • http://www.androidguys.com/2011/02/10/alien-dalvik-run-android-apps/

Random Crap

• HP's new Slate - based on the Palm WebOS, also two new phones
  • http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/hp-unveils-ipad-rival-touchpad-tablet/
  • http://blog.palm.com/palm/2011/02/hp-webos-the-next-big-thing-and-the-next-small-thing-too.html
• iPad 2
  • http://www.apple.com/ipad/
• MacBook Pro
  • http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/

Thanks

• Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth
• Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect
• Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork
• Theme Music:
  • Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI),
    • written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney.
    • Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad.
    • Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
  • Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
    

• To contact us:
  • Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com
  • Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse
  • Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse
  • Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626
  • Or send us email - javaposse@gmail.com

The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall