Do you know why you're binding those HQL parameters? Want to make the simplest AppEngine application in Groovy? How about learning about why you're such a bad programmer (that includes all of us, according to the post).

All this and more in today's Developer News for Thursday October 7, 2010.

• The Future of Java: forking, death, or stasis
• Do You Know Ruby's Chainsaw Method?
• Uncle Bob Martin's - "Clojure - Up Close and Personal"
• Coté's People Over Process » Liferay evolving beyond portals – the app server vacuum – Quick Analysis
• InfoQ: Revving Up Your Hibernate Engine
• Grails - 1.3.5 Release Notes
• thejavajar » Blog Archive » Gaelyk: Routes + Parameters + Binding = Simple Controller
• Daily Dose - Helios First Service Release
• You're a Bad Programmer. Embrace It. | Agile Zone
• Drools 5.1 Released

Have a great week!  - Ken and Eric.

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• Event: Chariot Solutions Mobile Application Development Series - Tuesday November 9th 8:30 - 10:30 AM
• Training: Core Spring Training - November 9 - 12, 2010
• Training: Enterprise Integration with Spring - December 7 - 10, 2010
• Training: Rich Web Applications with Spring - December 14 - 17, 2010
• Training: Hibernate with Spring - January 11 - 14, 2011