Josh Bloch interviewed by Jeremy Allison
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Uploaded by googleOSPO on Mar 31, 2011
In addition to being known as "The Mother of Java," Josh Bloch is also the Chief Java Architect at Google. Josh sat down with fellow Open Source Programs Office colleague Jeremy Allison to chat about APIs, the importance of openness, and the successes and failures of Java.
Some highlights from their conversation:
(0:45) Josh describes what he does for Java and at Google.
(1:59) Jeremy expresses his disappointments with Java, based on the early potential that it showed. Josh responds with an explanation of some of the difficulties that Java faced.
(4:48) Josh and Jeremy talk about some of the factors that contributed to Java's successes.
(9:51) Josh's explains his philosophy towards creating APIs.
(14:30) Josh talks about the APIs that he's most proud of.
(19:45) Josh and Jeremy discuss the importance of reading other people's code, and the impact of Sun's decision to put the code and bug database for Java on the web.
(24:00) Josh explains how he came to be in his current position and gives advice for others who are looking for ways to get started programming.
(27:32) Josh wrote the standard Java best-practices guide, Effective Java, and co-authored two other Java books: Java Puzzlers, and Java Concurrency in Practice. As a special treat for this blog's readers, Josh is offering signed copies of his books for the first two people with correct responses to a puzzle.
http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2011/04/geek-time-with-josh-bloch.html
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Joshua Bloch is great person
iamjiaji 3 months ago
Joshua Bloch is not JUST the "mother of Java" - he is the "GOD of Java"
ashwanthfernando 5 months ago
Could you use two cameras instead of going back and fork with only one camera ?
It is kind of annoying.
blafontaine 10 months ago
Saying "You failed me" to the guest is rather harsh, don't you think?
vvindstalker 11 months ago