Now before everyone writes in and tells me at great length that IDEA already does that; yes, I know. There's a small note of difference between free and lots of $$$ (something I don't have).

If 2003 was the year of anything, it was the year of the blog. I've never seen so many blogging tools, libraries, aggregators, and utilities come out in such a short space of time. Was it worth it? Well, the jury is still out on that one. I think there's an ebb and flow on these sorts of things. I certainly don't read them as much as I used to.

It may seem trivial but it is important. If you've read my previous editorials, these things are close to my heart. I don't care what the project is, no matter how small it should be documented one way or another. Javadoc helps a lot and it's pretty easy to use, so there should be no excuse for not creating it let alone reading the existing stuff. Don't even get me started on unit testing. If you're going to bookmark two things, make it the API doc for the JDK you are using and a link to the Java Almanac site. If you get stuck, those two alone should help you on your way.