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I dug around in my various boxes of books and
managed to locate my copy of "Java in a Nutshell." I tried in
vain to correlate _any_ of the programs in the FAC with any of the
examples in JiaN -- it just wasn't happening.
Back to the basement, a little more rummaging, and I turned up my copy of "Java Examples in a Nutshell." This was paydirt ... I started getting hits (comparing the FAC archive to the book) almost instantly. So: note to list -- If you have a copy of "Java Examples in a Nutshell," this is your guide to the FAC archive. If you don't own the book, I suppose you don't really need it, since the NetRexx flavor of most of the significant examples is freely available. But, if you're migrating code (or trying to learn Java and NetRexx at the same time), then get the book and the archive and work your way through both. Also, if you'd like to know the "backstory" for the FAC code, then the book will be a godsend. Beginners: Expect me to post at irregular intervals NetRexx snippets that illustrate some handy/common/frequently used features of the Java library ... either sampled from the FAC archive, or original/revised code from me. Hopefully these snippets will be collated eventually (assuming they're worthy) into a "NetRexx Cookbook" or some such collection to help newbies on their way. I've already posted an example for issuing a Linux (Cygwin) command. The next version will be for Windows XP. Following that, who knows? Let the FAC be my guide! Side note to David Requena: [Should there be a tilde over the "n"?] Please update the Wiki to indicate that the FAC is a NetRexx implementation of "Java Examples in a Nutshell" -- that would have saved me almost an hour of puzzlement. That's not a complaint ... just an observation. Who ever complains about reviewing their own collection of books?? Tom. _______________________________________________ Ibm-netrexx mailing list [hidden email] |
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Tom,
That confusion about the book the FAC examples are coming from might well be my fault. Anyway, I've been reviewing the netrexx-misc wiki and didn't find any reference to either of them. I'll be adding one to the correct book shortly. Great idea about posting the samples. I'd like to make just a couple remarks though. First, this is really calling for a wiki or some other form of CMS. If the NetRexx community is to ever somehow crystallize it already has a phenomenal task in going through the archive extracting all the gems posted to the list during the years. Fortunately we have now a proper archive but, truth to be said, most relevant content just gets buried there. I even have difficulty sometimes to find content I posted myself. Second, I think the FAC samples dealing with swing should be updated to the currently blessed instantiation model. That is: forget about "component realization" and just instantiate from the AWT Thread. I know no issue is to be expected in just a simple snippet but I firmly believe samples should illustrate how things are properly done. That is why I praised your former sample not just showing exception handling but also disposing of open resources in a finally block :-) --- Saludos / Kind regards. David Requena El 01/11/2010 1:47, Tom Maynard escribió: I dug around in my various boxes of books and managed to locate my copy of "Java in a Nutshell." I tried in vain to correlate _any_ of the programs in the FAC with any of the examples in JiaN -- it just wasn't happening. _______________________________________________ Ibm-netrexx mailing list [hidden email] |
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So where can I find it, since the NetRexx flavor of most of the significant examples is freely available. Kenneth Klein Systems Specialist 502-868-3644 859-750-5179 (Cell) 502-868-2298 (Fax) [hidden email]
I dug around in my various boxes of books and managed to locate my copy of "Java in a Nutshell." I tried in vain to correlate _any_ of the programs in the FAC with any of the examples in JiaN -- it just wasn't happening. Back to the basement, a little more rummaging, and I turned up my copy of "Java Examples in a Nutshell." This was paydirt ... I started getting hits (comparing the FAC archive to the book) almost instantly. So: note to list -- If you have a copy of "Java Examples in a Nutshell," this is your guide to the FAC archive. If you don't own the book, I suppose you don't really need it, since the NetRexx flavor of most of the significant examples is freely available. But, if you're migrating code (or trying to learn Java and NetRexx at the same time), then get the book and the archive and work your way through both. Also, if you'd like to know the "backstory" for the FAC code, then the book will be a godsend. Beginners: Expect me to post at irregular intervals NetRexx snippets that illustrate some handy/common/frequently used features of the Java library ... either sampled from the FAC archive, or original/revised code from me. Hopefully these snippets will be collated eventually (assuming they're worthy) into a "NetRexx Cookbook" or some such collection to help newbies on their way. I've already posted an example for issuing a Linux (Cygwin) command. The next version will be for Windows XP. Following that, who knows? Let the FAC be my guide! Side note to David Requena: [Should there be a tilde over the "n"?] Please update the Wiki to indicate that the FAC is a NetRexx implementation of "Java Examples in a Nutshell" -- that would have saved me almost an hour of puzzlement. That's not a complaint ... just an observation. Who ever complains about reviewing their own collection of books?? Tom._______________________________________________ Ibm-netrexx mailing list [hidden email] _______________________________________________ Ibm-netrexx mailing list [hidden email] |
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On 11/2/2010 9:08 AM, [hidden email] wrote:
Just here: http://kenai.com/projects/netrexx-misc/pages/ThirdParty _______________________________________________ Ibm-netrexx mailing list [hidden email] |
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