Re: [jug-discussion] Hudson?

2009-05-20 Thread cara
It is awesome! I had to install it on Windows because we have some unit tests using a .NET component. A quick click installed it as a Windows Service and I was up and running in no time. On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Andrew Lenards andrew.lena...@gmail.comwrote: Is anyone using Hudson (it's

Re: [jug-discussion] A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages

2009-05-12 Thread cara
I love it! I had this paper due in grad school called 'Monads in Haskell'. I got two extensions, hated the topic, and never could figure out what a monad was ... but I really needed to graduate. So ... eight years out of grad school, I finally (sort of) get it. IoC is really an uglier OO way of

Re: [jug-discussion] tasks that developers do when learning a new language?

2007-04-22 Thread cara
During initial playing, I'm often curious how easy it is to do math. Will I be able to understand my equations two weeks from now ... are numbers full blown objects etc. I also agree with Todd, but I often have two conflicting goals with languages: 1. can I do something fast, 2. can I do things

Re: [jug-discussion] App Dev Framework choices

2006-06-21 Thread cara
On 6/20/06, Rick Hightower [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:[snip] Injection via an abstract getter, anyone?Shudder? shudder. I think I have grasped it (but I enjoy complex stuff), but to use it on alarge team... YIKES! There is going to be a lot of developer body bags. [snip] Granted Tapestry is very

Re: [jug-discussion] Promotion of new JUG mascot

2005-07-07 Thread Cara
Here's an idea ... but, if I'm boring the non-birders on the list, just tell me. Southern Arizona rocks when it comes to birding. We share a bird with Java ... the Trogon. Seriously, this is an awesome bird and our great birding area should give the Tucson JUG the right to pick our own darn bird

Re: [jug-discussion] Group direction ideas

2005-05-21 Thread Cara
that actually helps improve the world/Tucson somehow. Help an organization convert to linux or freebsd to save money. Write games that help kids learn. Help spread 100 dollar linux computers throughout the third world and see what all the diverse minds come up with ... cara

[jug-discussion] taskdef for cactus locking lib jars

2005-04-22 Thread Cara
the cactus unit tests. As a result, my other targets (like my pull from cvs) will fail because these *.jar files in my lib dir cannot be deleted. Has anyone had this problem before? and found an elegant work around? cara PS Hi everyone. I've been on the list for awhile, but this is my first post