December 2nd, 2008
One of the most popular IDEs in the world has reached another milestone. The 6.5 release of Netbeans claims to be the most robust and full-featured version yet. Particularly noteworthy is the inclusion of PHP and Grails. Netbeans 6.5 offers a bushel basket full of other enhancements and improvements. Among them are the improved support for Spring and Hibernate of Java apps (very welcome) and extensions to the Ajax functionality.
The PHP editor has code completion and debugging (using xdebug). Many PHP developers may not be accustomed to being able to utilize breakpoints, variable watches and other debugging niceties largely unavailable in free development tools. Needless to say, having debugging features available will save many hours of frustration and speed up your coding practices. Code completion also helps practitioners of dot notation to speedily find libraries and method paths without needing to reference the API.
Groovy on Grails is a coding by convention application framework in the spirit of Ruby on Rails. What separates the two is that Groovy is pure Java code while Ruby is, well .. Ruby; an interpreted language. Both utilize ORM persistence but while Rails prefers ActiveRecord, Grails employs Spring and Hibernate by default. Both are supported in Netbeans so check them out for yourself.
So, be sure to evaluate the IDE before you start your next project. We’re looking forward to the next major release, Netbeans 7.0, expected in April of 2009.
Tags: 6.5, development, Grails, groovy, hibernate, IDE, Java, LinkedIn, NetBeans, PHP, Programming, rails, Ruby, spring
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November 30th, 2008
The nice folks over at CultureRx have released a partial list of organizations who are employing ROWE (Results-Only Work Environment) in their workplace beyond Best Buy Corporate and J.A. Counter & Associates. So, without further delay…
Yum Brands : Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Ky., is the world’s largest restaurant company in terms of system restaurants with more than 35,000 restaurants in more than 110 countries and territories. Four of our restaurant brands – KFC, Long John Silver’s, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell – are the global leaders of the chicken, quick-service seafood, pizza and Mexican-style food categories. A&W Restaurants is the longest running quick-service franchise chain in America. In 2007, Yum! Brands generated more than $10 billion in total revenues, including company sales and franchise fees.
SpinWeb : SpinWeb is a Web Marketing & Brand Development Agency. Our philosophy is that of taking a holistic approach to caring for our clients and their Internet and Brand strategies.
Dixie Iron Works : Dixie Iron Works, a privately held business, began as a small oilfield machine shop in Longview, Texas in 1933. Mr. Frank W. Ussery, the original owner, moved the company to South Texas in 1939 and Dixie has been at the same location for over 60 years. The company rapidly grew into the very best oilfield repair machine shop in South Texas and by 1974 its capabilities and skilled craftsmen were known and respected all over the Southwest.
Brighton Bancorp : Brighton Bank is your local neighborhood community bank. We would like to take this opportunity to introduce ourselves to you and to outline some of the full service banking products we currently offer in meeting all your bank related needs and services. Providing quality products and services through the years has enabled the bank to grow and expand. Since late 1997 we have opened full service branches in Memphis and Covington to better serve the increasing customer needs and market place.
South Metro Human Services : South Metro Human Services is a non-profit agency serving adults with mental illness and/or chemical dependence in the Twin Cities metro area.
Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council : Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council is one of over three hundred councils chartered by Girl Scouts of the USA to provide the Girl Scout program in our jurisdiction. With an area covering all of Riverside County and most of San Bernardino County, we serve nearly 15,000 girl members and more than 5,000 adult volunteer members, both women and men. Our membership represents the diverse cultures of our region and reflects our goal to provide a meaningful, relevant program to the members we serve.
Source: http://caliandjody.com/blog/2008/11/17/the-rowe-list/
Tags: CultureRx, distance, environment, home, LinkedIn, office, results-only, rowe, telecommute, Trends, work
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November 25th, 2008
Herrmann, A. F. (2007). “People get emotional about their money”: Performing masculinity in a financial discussion board. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 12(2), article 12.
Abstract
Computer mediated communication (CMC) continues as a site for communication scholars examining community and identity in online interactions. This article is an investigation into the discursive practices of company stockholders in one financial cyberspace, the Berkshire Hathaway Board on The Commodity Stand1 website.
After a review of research on gender and investing in CMC and the history of the site chosen for examination, I analyze how members of the site create and maintain identity and community through their discursive performances, with particular emphasis on aspects of gendered practices. This investigation found participants performed roles as admirers, intelligent investors, and mentors. The discursive practices are reified and gendered masculine. Feminine forms of talk were subjugated overtly and through the homogeneity of the masculine form. Limitations and future possibilities for research are explored.
Available at: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117979315/abstract
Tags: Communication, herrmann, internet, Investing, Web
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