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Unicode and Encoding: Python vs Java Shootout, part 2

So, here we come to our second part; if you did miss the first, it's there. All of the following discussion is relative to Sun Java 6, but most details - if not every detail - is still valid for Java 7 and 8. Let's see the way Java handles

Unicode and encoding: Python vs Java shootout, part 1

Before going on with this post, be sure you've read The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!) - otherwise, I won't be able to solve your issues.Sometimes Java fans just say that Python Unicode support sucks. While there's a

Deploy any Java webapp via war to Heroku

Heroku Java support is something I longed for, but they apparently don't support deploying a plain, old war file to Heroku. I don't like that; I've got my own continuous integration setup, and I want to compile my files on my own box - this allows me to keep my

Mock Javamail primer

Small primer for mock javamail, a pretty useful project that will be handy whenever you need to test code that uses POP3/IMAP/SMTP and you wouldn't like to build wrappers for anything you need to test - javamail does not really offer interfaces that can be implemented by mock

Apple and OpenJDK: was I wrong?

Apple has announced it will contribute to the OpenJDK project, so there's probably no risk that MacOS-specific pieces of the current JDK will be lost. Probably the next, Oracle-backed JDK will be just fine on Mac and will probably be released on time.There're two things I don't understand: why

Why Apple Should Not Ditch Java

I'm not an hardcore Apple user. My first Apple product ever was a Macbook Pro I bought about one year ago.But I fell in love with the Mac platform, and I think its really strong point is that it's versatile. It's got plenty of useful proprietary apps that sometimes