Using Apach Ant in Netbeans

The following ant code is run inside the -post-jar target in a Netbeans Java project.

<!--
    Copy the .jar file and the zipped directory dist
    to deploy folder in Z: drive
-->

<echo message="Zip and copy: ${application.title}" />
       
<!--
    A file name property for the zip file we are going to create
-->
<local name="zipfile" />
<property name="zipfile" value="${application.title}-dist.zip" />

<!-- The creation of the zip file -->
<zip destfile="${zipfile}">
     <fileset dir="${dist.dir}/" />
</zip>
       
<!-- Copying the 2 files -->
     <copy todir="Z:/deploy" overwrite="true">
         <resources>
             <file file="${dist.jar}" />
             <file file="${zipfile}" />
         </resources>
     </copy>

<delete file="${zipfile}" />
       
<!-- End of the copy -->

Style Guidelines for Local Variable Type Inference in Java

Stuart W. Marks just published a very useful guidelines for the use of  the newly introduced local variable type inference in Java 10:

var list = List.of("One", "Two", 3);

http://openjdk.java.net/projects/amber/LVTIstyle.html

Mastering Multithreading with C++

A very interesting series of videos about multi threading with C++ by Maya Posch:

https://www.packtpub.com//application-development/mastering-multithreading-c-video

The code in GitHub:

https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Mastering-CPP-Multithreading.git

How to Check if Your PC Is Protected Against Meltdown and Spectre

Below is a very detailed how-to for checking if a PC is protected against Meltdown and Spectre.

https://www.howtogeek.com/338801/how-to-check-if-your-pc-is-protected-against-meltdown-and-spectre/

New - iLink FIX Tag Library

CME just published a resource for querying their iLink FIX tag library. See the announce below.

New - iLink FIX Tag Library

In response to customer requests, a new iLink FIX Tag Library resource is currently available in the Client Systems Wiki. This page centralizes the iLink Message Specification and includes filters for querying iLink tags by:

• Tag Number
• FIX Name
• Tag Requiredness
• Tag Format

Taken from:  http://www.cmegroup.com/notices/electronic-trading/2018/01/20180108.html#iftl

Windows 10 and Java

https://www.java.com/en/download/faq/win10_faq.xml

2018 Holiday Schedule

Date					Holiday
Monday, January 1					New Year’s Day
Monday, January 15					Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Monday, February 19*					Washington’s Birthday
Monday, May 28					Memorial Day
Wednesday, July 4					Independence Day
Monday, September 3					Labor Day
Monday, October 8					Columbus Day
Monday, November 12**					Veterans Day
Thursday, November 22					Thanksgiving Day
Tuesday, December 25					Christmas Day

*This holiday is designated as "Washington’s Birthday" in section 6103(a) of title 5 of the United States Code, which is the law that specifies holidays for Federal employees. Though other institutions such as state and local governments and private businesses may use other names, it is our policy to always refer to holidays by the names designated in the law.

**November 11, 2018 (the legal public holiday for Veterans Day), falls on a Sunday. For most Federal employees, Monday, November 12, will be treated as a holiday for pay and leave purposes. (See section 3(a) of Executive order 11582, February 11, 1971.)

Taken from: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/snow-dismissal-procedures/federal-holidays/#url=2018