http://weblogs.java.net/blog/batate/ en-us 2006-05-28T08:18:25-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/batate/archive/2006/05/thanks.html java.net has been good to me for all of these years, but it's time for a change. I'm moving my blog to blog.rapidred.com. Community batate 2006-05-28T08:18:25-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/batate/archive/2006/01/we_should_learn.html I've long been an ORM bigot. I tend to think ORM is the answer to questions that haven't even been asked yet. But a couple of months of Active Record development is changing the way I think about wrapping. We can learn from Ruby on Rails in this area. Open Source batate 2006-01-19T09:42:57-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/batate/archive/2005/12/popular_vs_grea.html Cedric Beust posted an interesting blog about the Fan Syndrome as it pertains to Ruby on Rails. It got me thinking, why are some great frameworks scorned, and why are some poor frameworks popular? batate 2005-12-17T09:56:39-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/batate/archive/2005/10/joe_the_amazing_1.html Beyond Java became generally available last week, and my pet monkey learned to code.]]> batate 2005-10-03T08:48:09-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/batate/archive/2005/03/kudos_to_jcp_ex.html JDO passes unanimously. Hats off to the JCP. They did the right thing. Community batate 2005-03-01T13:11:38-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/batate/archive/2005/02/the_toy_1.html David Geary recently wrote a thought provoking article critical of Ruby on Rails. I think that he's got some great points. And I think he's wrong. Community batate 2005-02-25T12:57:46-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/batate/archive/2005/02/why_the_jcp_wil.html In mid January, the JDO 2.0 public draft was voted down by the JCP. This issue will soon come up for a vote again, and a no-vote could kill JDO. But this won't happen. J2EE batate 2005-02-22T07:44:38-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/batate/archive/2004/10/time_wisdom_and.html Like a number of people, I've been asked if AOP is the next big thing. And I've been wondering myself exactly when it's going to "pop". What's missing? J2EE batate 2004-10-13T13:27:48-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/batate/archive/2004/07/spring_and_the.html In this blog, Bruce Tate looks at the english archer, its impact on the battlefield, and compares them to the emergence of Spring. Extreme Programming batate 2004-07-30T02:55:03-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/batate/archive/2004/07/a_strange_car.html I've been a little perplexed about some of the responses calling for improvements of Java simplicity and testability. I'll blog about that later. First, I wanted to tell you about shopping for a strange car. batate 2004-07-14T22:09:34-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/batate/archive/2004/07/a_little_heresy.html I just read Hackers and Painters, and it's got more than enough heresy in it. Great book. I think we're in a wonderful age of heresy, where it's getting easier to buck the establishment to get things done. batate 2004-07-08T03:54:27-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/batate/archive/2004/07/good_middleware.html In this blog, Bruce Tate talks about the principles of good middleware design. J2EE batate 2004-07-07T07:51:14-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/batate/archive/2004/07/wheres_the_chic.html In this article, Bruce Tate takes an interesting look at choosing a restaurant in San Francisco at JavaOne. Different types of developers take different approaches. J2EE batate 2004-07-05T04:41:58-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/batate/archive/2004/06/jdo_let_the_gam.html As expected, much of the action at this year's conference has been in the undergound. In this blog, Bruce Tate looks at the fast and furious movement within the Java persistence community. J2EE batate 2004-06-29T11:38:58-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/batate/archive/2004/06/the_illusion_of.html In this article, Bruce Tate examines the next programming paradigm. He also talks about what he's looking for at this year's JavaOne. batate 2004-06-28T19:21:15-08:00