Agility eLetter December 2005
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In this issue... In this issue, we have a detailed article on enums. Abstract: enums are not new to programming–we’ve used these in different languages. However, each language handles enums differently. In this article, we discuss some of the problems with enums in general, and in specific to earlier versions of Java, and show how Java 5 has by far provided a better solution. Please visit http://www.agiledeveloper.com/download.aspx to download the complete article from the Agile Developer web site. |
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Message from us This has been an exciting year meeting some excellent
software developers in Austin, Atlanta, Boston, Calgary, Chicago, Cincinnati,
Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Des Moines, Duncan, Houston, Hyderabad, Lafayette,
Lake Forest, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Mumbai, Newark, Reston, St.
Louis, Wish you a happy and prosperous New Year! If you would like any question to be addressed or topic to be discussed, please send us an email at agility@agiledeveloper.com. We love to hear from you. Please send suggestions, corrections and comments to |
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Quiz corner When I mention ______ closure, I am not talking about that spicy Indian dish, but a Groovy facade with some parameters pre-assigned. Send your response to agility@agiledeveloper.com. This year, each person with the first correct response to the quiz in each issue of Agility will win a special prize. Quiz from the past issue Mention
a method in Java that has been undeprecated. Answer! It
is System.getenv(). The first response to this quiz
came from our Joan Pere, Agility reader from |
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Thus spake... "whoever acquires knowledge and does
not practice it resembles him who ploughs his land and leaves it
unsown," Gulist. |