On Mon, 2012-01-02 at 01:49 -0800, Joe Sondow wrote: > +1 for using new and interesting stuff in your current project at > work. Put some Groovy into your Ant build or into a few of your unit > tests. Put Joda, Guava, and Apache Commons into your project and start > using them as you do your normal development.
Or replace the Ant build with a Gradle build -- for which the control file will likely be hugely smaller. Surely adding dependencies should only be done if it means lumps of code can be removed due to use of the dependency? [JodaTime/JSR310 cf. https://github.com/ThreeTen/threeten is a special case because the stuff in the JDK is know to not be adequate to the task.] > Also, browse the javaranch.com forums for the latest collective wisdom > about which books and mock tests are best for the certification exam. > I don't even really think the exam helps a resume all that much but > you'll become an expert in language edge cases if you master the exam. > It's helpful to be able to know at a glance whether a section of code > will compile or not. Is certification really a good idea? If SCJP (*) is going to be offered as an example, then the only answer is "total waste of time". (*) Not now Sun Certified Java Programmer of course, but Oracle Certified Professional Java SE Programmer, which begs the question of whether you can be an Unprofessional Programmer, and of course that JavaME, JavaSE and JavaEE are so different, they needs separate exams. Hummm... I think I spot Oracle milking the certification gravy train. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:[email protected] 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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