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Vijay Narayanan on May 11th, 2009

Consider this. You have a list* of maps. You want to replicate the list a specified number of times. For example, if the list has two maps, and you want to create from this list another list that contains six maps. The constraint is that you have to write your own method, and you must [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on October 20th, 2008

If you are a Java developer looking for a powerful IDE that can get you started in no time, you should look no further than NetBeans. Why? NetBeans is free and open-source. A lot of people list preference with open-source software just because it is free. But beyond just the cost, there is a lot [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on October 14th, 2008

(Warning: Lotsa brackets, like this one.) Back in 2001-02 (ah, the good ol’ days), when the stock markets recoiled after the dotcom bust and thousands of people found themselves out of a job in Silicon Valley, thousands of miles across the face of the earth, the impact was felt in Chennai. The great Indian IT [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on July 3rd, 2008

try {     writeSunCertifiedJavaProgrammerExam(); } finally {    clearExam(); }

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