It’s official: ##java has moved to libera.chat, and along the way changed its name from ##java to #java. We tried not to do this, we really did. But with a gap in trust between IRC channels and IRC staff, it was bound to happen. So what did happen? Well, we’ve been trying to refer people … Continue reading "We’ve officially moved to Libera.chat."
This is an account from one op, based on casual observation. It is offered without lots of logs, and hopefully without emotion; your mileage and understanding may differ, but this view seems to be pretty consistent with what we know, so chances are it’s close to true if not factually true. So what happened to … Continue reading "Announcement about Migration Away From Freenode"
Channel denizen (yes, that’s what we call people in the ##java channel, “denizens”) yawkat has published “An introduction to java.time,” an article to try to clear up some of the confusion around the time API in Java: things like LocalTime, OffsetTime, and the like. If you’re still using Date, this article is for you. Includes … Continue reading "Article on java.time"
Welcome to the eighth ##java podcast. I’m Joseph Ottinger, dreamreal on the IRC channel, and it’s Thursday, 2017 December 20. Andrew Lombardi from Mystic Coders is with me again. Please don’t forget: this is your podcast, with your content too. You can contribute by using a carrier pigeon and sending us notes encoded with rot13 … Continue reading "Javachannel's Interesting Links podcast, episode 8"
Welcome to the seventh ##java podcast. I’m Joseph Ottinger, dreamreal on the IRC channel, and it’s Monday, 2017 November 6. Today feels slightly less anonymous than yesterday. This week we have a co-host, Andrew Lombardi – kinabalu on ##java – and we also offer our humblest apologies to Ms. Debbie Gibson. This podcast covers news … Continue reading "Javachannel’s interesting links podcast, episode 7"
Welcome to the sixth ##java podcast. I’m Joseph Ottinger, dreamreal on the IRC channel, and it’s Monday, 2017 October 30. Scary! Tomorrow’s Halloween. This podcast covers news and interesting things from the ##java IRC channel on Freenode; if you see something interesting that’s related to Java, feel free to submit it to the channel bot, … Continue reading "Javachannel’s interesting links podcast, episode 6"
Welcome to the fifth ##java podcast. I’m Joseph Ottinger, dreamreal on the IRC channel, and it’s Monday, 2017 October 23. This podcast covers news and interesting things from the ##java IRC channel on Freenode; if you see something interesting that’s related to Java, feel free to submit it to the channel bot, with ~submit and … Continue reading "Javachannel's interesting links podcast, episode 5"
Welcome to the fourth ##java podcast. I’m Joseph Ottinger, dreamreal on the IRC channel, and it’s Monday, 2017 October 16. This podcast covers news and interesting things from the ##java IRC channel; if you see something interesting that’s related to Java, feel free to submit it to the channel bot, with ~submit and a URL … Continue reading "Interesting links podcast, episode 4"
Welcome to the third ##java podcast. I’m your host, dreamreal on the IRC channel, and it’s Monday, 2017 October 9. As usual, this podcast is built from interesting content submitted to the channel bot, using the ~submit command. If you’re on the channel, it’s very easy to use: ~submit and a URL is all you … Continue reading "Interesting Links podcast, episode 3"
Welcome to the second ##java podcast. We have lots of interesting things to cover, so let’s dive in. Java EE development has moved to the Eclipse Foundation, under the project name “Eclipse Enterprise for Java“, or “EE4J.” Java EE is still the branding for enterprise Java. This move makes Java EE more open; we’ll have … Continue reading "Interesting Links podcast, episode 2"