tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post116356322953038901..comments2024-03-24T12:52:31.153+05:30Comments on Shadow Warrior: sun puts java into open sourceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-1163650351747161982006-11-16T09:42:00.000+05:302006-11-16T09:42:00.000+05:30Ajax is mainly useful for providing enhanced user ...Ajax is mainly useful for providing enhanced user experience (Google maps) whereas Java/J2EE is meant for enterprise strength Business applications. Dunno anything about Ruby on Rail but demise of Java has been predicted before. I wish I'd data that showed percentage of J2EE business applications in existence vs. non-J2EE ones but cursory glance at number of jobs listings for Java developers shows how widely its used. J2EE Developers who've used LAMP (Linux, Apace, MySQL, PHP) tell me that it's not as big a deal as it is made out to be.<BR/><BR/>-SageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-1163604747272762372006-11-15T21:02:00.000+05:302006-11-15T21:02:00.000+05:30good points habc..ajax et al work in tandem with j...good points habc..<BR/><BR/>ajax et al work in tandem with java and complement each other in the entire framework..<BR/><BR/>also ruby on rail is hot and will pick up soon in next couple of years.. but won't be able to dislodge J2EE as a whole..<BR/><BR/>I am thinking J2EE/Jini/SOA/WMF are here to stay..kautilyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196450087427067882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-1163578706138968942006-11-15T13:48:00.000+05:302006-11-15T13:48:00.000+05:30by the way Matz is Japanese Also most of the Web 2...by the way Matz is Japanese <BR/><BR/>Also <A HREF="http://web2.wsj2.com/ruby_on_rails_11_web_20_on_rocket_fuel.htm" REL="nofollow">most of the Web 2.0 stuff</A> is in Railshabchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234410242846200850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-1163578228796270522006-11-15T13:40:00.000+05:302006-11-15T13:40:00.000+05:30ajax, asynchronous javascript and xml are for the ...ajax, asynchronous javascript and xml are for the client side<BR/><BR/>For the server side the hot language right now is Ruby and the hot framework for web development is Ruby on Rails - Ruby on Rails is supposed to be 3 to 10 times more productive than Java for regular web apps.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/11/16/ruby-the-rival.html" REL="nofollow">Bruce Tate</A> has a book on <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Java-Bruce-Tate/dp/0596100949/sr=8-1/qid=1163577483/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-7857147-8307859?ie=UTF8&s=books" REL="nofollow">Beyond Java</A><BR/><BR/>another book by Bruce Tate is <A HREF="http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/title/fr_j2r/" REL="nofollow">From Java To Ruby</A><BR/><BR/>Ruby Language was invented by <A HREF="http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/about/" REL="nofollow">Yukihiro “matz” Matsumoto</A><BR/><BR/>Ruby on Rails was written by a Danish programmer <A HREF="http://www.loudthinking.com/about.html" REL="nofollow">David Heinemeier Hansson</A><BR/><BR/>Java still remains the language of choice on the server for large enterprise apps - but Ruby is moving very fast.habchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234410242846200850noreply@blogger.com