Janice J. Heiss's Blog

In addition to exploring the wonderful world of technology at Tech Days, and getting to interview many Java technology luminaries and unsung heroes on java.sun.com as a staff writer for Sun, Janice J. Heiss is a published writer of fiction and non-fiction and has written and performed for the stage, including stand-up comedy.

She also blogs at: http://blogs.sun.com/janheiss/, http://blogs.sun.com/TechDaysEvents/, and http://blogs.sun.com/javaone2008/.

Java Champion, Adam Bien, on Java EE

Please check out my java.sun.com interview with Java Champion and Java EE expert Adam Bien, who says:

* "There are three big fallacies. First, believing that J2EE is complex; second, believing that Java EE 5 is easy, and third, believing that distributed programming could be simpler."

* “The best advice I know is: ‘Don't distribute’.”

* “Large-scale IT projects are inherently inefficient. It’s a misconception to even talk about a large-scale project.”

* "Most of the Javadoc comments in projects are worthless. They
redundantly describe information that can be easily obtained from the method's signature."

See what you think as this QA has caused a bit of a buzz over on theserverside.com

The Story of Ruby, JRuby, and Rails at Sun

In a new article NetBeans, Solaris, GlassFish: The Ruby's Red Slippers Fit just up on java.sun.com, yours truly covers the Ruby/JRuby landscape. I got to adventure into new territory and learn a bit about Ruby and accompanying technologies that share some of Ruby's glitter. Those who have not wandered in Ruby land might take a look -- a lot is happening.

* The TIOBE Programming Community index which gives an indication of the popularity of programming languages, ranks Ruby 10th in popularity with 2.66% of programmers.

* As is well known, much of Ruby’s recent growth is tied to the popularity of the open source Ruby on
Rails framework, known as “Rails,” which is used for database-backed web applications based on the Model-View-Control pattern. Rails empowers web site construction by analyzing database structures, comprehending table relationships, and automatically creating object-relational mapping code. Rails fits the new Web 2.0 framework nicely and is popular among younger developers.

* Sun is making Ruby and Rails faster and enhancing functionality through JRuby which allows Ruby to enter enterprises where Ruby and/or Rails have never entered as Ruby developers gain access to the Java APIs and the Java community.

* Support from NetBeans, Solaris, GlassFish and more makes for a complete develop and deploy environment.

* Finally, as other applications and languages evolve, Sun is very open to enhancing their value through the flexibility, interoperability, and sheer power of the Java platform.

QA with Java Champion, Cay Horstmann

Check out my interview with Java Champion Cay Horstmann on java.sun.com if you want to know:

* Why it never pays to optimize code until after you profile.

* What's wrong with the JavaServer Faces library implementers, and the app server implementers

* Where JSF programmers go wrong.

* The problem with threads.

* The case for closures.

* The biggest mistakes computer science teachers make.

* Why we have too many scripting languages.

He's provocative and fun! Tell me what you think, please.

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