OO Programming Newsletter #37 from Bruce Eckel
March 2002

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* Zope 3 Sprint
* Solar Car to run Java
* New Java Answers Forum
* Prague Seminars
* Thinking in Java in Italian
* Summer internships in Crested Butte
* Thinking in C# Real Soon Now
* Funny Fake Banner Ads

See the Calendar for the current schedule:
http://www.mindview.net/Calendar

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* Zope 3 Sprint

March 19-21 I was in Washington DC with Guido Van Rossum and the PythonLabs team 
(creators of Python, see www.Python.org) and Jim Fulton (creator of Zope, see 
www.Zope.org) doing an intensive workshop where we created a sample application 
in Zope 3, led by Jim and using Extreme Programming (XP) techniques (in 
particular, pair programming and "writing tests first"). As you might imagine, 
being surrounded by such minds was a very stimulating experience, but I also 
really enjoyed the process and learned a great deal from it. In addition, I'm 
slowly starting to get a grasp on Zope 3 (my web site is based on Zope 2, which 
I like, but Zope 3 is designed to be much easier to program and build large 
applications with).

I hope to incorporate some of the styles from this workshop into future MindView 
learning experiences.

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* Solar Car to run Java

MindView is helping to sponsor the Solar Vehicle Design Team (SVDT) of students 
at the University of Utah. The team is preparing to compete in the July 2003 
American Solar Challenge. Another sponsor is Systronix (which I remember from my 
Micro Cornucopia days, see http://www.systronix.com), the producer of JStamp, a 
real-time native Java module. The SVDT will be using these Java processors to 
handle telemetry and control issues. 

To learn more or to offer sponsorship, see:
http://www.utah.edu/solar
or contact James Allison at jta@freshsources.com

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* New Java Answers Forum

After several years of using a PERL CGI script to run the forums at Artima.com, 
Bill Venners recently upgraded them to use servlets and JSPs. The Java Answers 
Forum provides a place where Java programmers can ask and answer technical 
questions. Feel free to post questions there, or to help someone else out with 
their question:

http://www.artima.com/forums/forum.jsp?forum=1

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* Prague Seminars

Bill Venners and I will be giving the "Objects and Patterns" seminar 
May 13-17 in the beautiful city of 
Prague. See: http://www.amaio.com/seminars/

We discount the seminars when we give them in Prague, and lodging and food is 
reasonable, so taking a seminar in the US vs. taking one is Prague is roughly 
equal in expense. See: http://www.amaio.com/seminars/prgcost.html

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* Summer internships in Crested Butte

I will be offering two summer internships that will take place in Crested Butte, 
for people who are interested and capable of doing technical work on the Third 
Edition of Thinking in Java. Internships are normally for college students or 
graduate students, but we are certainly open to talented people who are in a 
position to take a sabbatical from the normal work world. Please note we are 
looking for high-caliber people who have a strong facility with the Java 
language.

The closing date for applications is April 10th.

For full details, see:
http://www.mindview.net/Etc/Internship/

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* Thinking in C# Real Soon Now

Larry O'Brien has been busily working on the book, but we had a bit of a delay 
getting it up on the site. We hope to have the first few chapters soon.

At the Software Development Conference, Richard Hale Shaw and I will be doing a 
language comparison between Java and C#, by comparing examples taken from 
Thinking in Java to equivalent examples taken from Thinking in C#. For schedule 
and details, see
http://www.mindview.net/Calendar
Under April 22-26.

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___| Until Next Time... |________________________

Java programming questions:
http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIJ/JavaQuestions.html

Speaking & Seminar schedule: 
http://www.mindview.net/Calendar/

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Bruce Eckel    http://www.mindview.net