Articles, notes and random thoughts on Software Development and Technology
Robert Miller has an interesting and useful article on java.net today that lists and describes 5 habits/guidelines for developing effective Java code.
The list is not earth shattering, and I’ve worked with variations of these guidelines both as a developer and as an architect defining guidelines/code standards for a project, but if you haven’t come across these ideas before then they certainly can help towards creating simpler, easier to maintain and understand code.
After this week’s news that production has not yet started on the PS3 which is due to start shipping worldwide in November, Sony has confirmed the shipping numbers. They are planning on 2 million units to be available for the mid-November launch, with a further 2 million available for end of year 2006.
Something is strange with this annoucement as it doesn’t seem to fit with the fact that Sony has said they are not yet in production – time is counting down, and if they haven’t started production yet they don’t have much time to get 2 million boxes out of the door.
I can only imagine that there is some marketing strategy going on here, and by giving consumers the impression that they will be in short supply on day 1, people will be camping out over night to get their hands on one, and therefore helping increase demand. Isn’t this exactly what Microsoft did with the limited numbers for the XBox360 launch?
Jason Rudolph has a great article showing how to use EJB3.0 Entity Beans step-by-step with the Grails framework.
Last time I tried with Grails 0.1 with Entity Beans there was some issues with package names and the generated scaffold code, so I hope that’s been resolved now. You can also define Groovy classes and mappings using Grails ORM (GORM) as an alternative approach.
Grails really is an awesome framework for rapid web app development, and I urge you to check it out if you haven’t done so already.
Despite rumours that a Taiwanese company called Asustek had started assembling PS3s last month, word from Sony is they have still not started production, despite only being 3 months away from a worldwide launch.
If they do end up hitting shelves in November, expect the consoles to be in short supply.
On the positive side (?), insiders from Nvidia who are supplying the graphics chip for the PS3 say the latest demos from the hardware are ‘astonishing’. We may expect to see what they are talking about at the Games Convention that starts this week in Leipzig, Germany.