Re: Effort to program in Java, is it efficient....

[Dieter Bender <dieter.bender@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mittwoch, 18. Februar 2004 17:20, Mike.Crump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I'm getting some feedback in my company that while general in nature has me
> thinking about Java in the big picture.   The two themes I'm getting are:
>
> 1.)  It's to complicated - it's a bazooka when we just need a bullet.  Now,
> granted some of that can be how we are doing things so it's not just
> pertaining to the language.

you need more efford for application design and less implementing the 
application.

>
> 2.)  I have an end user with technical skills who keeps claiming to have
> studies that shows when a similar development project is done between Java
> and some other sort of technology that the Java side always takes more time
> and is more expensive.

wich studies??? wich other technologies??? that statement is without any 
worth. in java you can get great benefits by using freeware and open source 
frameworks. have a look at most of rpg and cobol applications. reinventing 
the wheel over and over.



>
> I apologize for the nature of these questions but I'm not sure on how to be
> more specific but:
>
> 1.)  In broad terms can Java be implemented in a simple manner and does
> that make sense in a lot of cases.  In my company we have probably over
> complicated our environment with some original implementations of EJB's
> that we are now regretting.  So, I realize that we may be the source of the
> problem......
> So, can it be done in a simple manner and what would be the best
> implementation to keep it simple?

it depends on your application, if you are talking about a web application use 
struts, for example.

>
> 2.)  How does the JAVA language/environment stack up to other technologies?
>
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> Michael Crump
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