RE: New RPG programmers

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, even EJB has its uses.  If you define the requirements
carefully enough, there are situations where EJB makes sense.  But
they're rare, just as they are with extreme programming.

99% of the time, my problem is not with the technique or technology
itself (although SOAP comes pretty close).  Instead, it's with the
zealots who try to shoehorn it in where it doesn't belong, and who have
to badmouth perfectly good tools to do so.  This includes, for example,
those who insist you rewrite your business logic in Java, or those who
say that SQL should be used for all database I/O.  The XP zealots are
the same sort, shouting down anybody who might disagree.

Joe


> From: Mike Eovino
> 
> I know of (and agree with) your issues concerning EJB, but what's your
> beef with extreme programming?  It's not the panacea that some make it
> out to be (then again, what is?), but it works in certain situations.