Comments on: Its OK to code that Web 2.0 app in Java http://evolutionarygoo.com/blog/?p=196 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:52:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: rob http://evolutionarygoo.com/blog/?p=196#comment-6628 rob Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:15:00 +0000 http://evolutionarygoo.com/blog/?p=196#comment-6628 @Lars Yes, LinkedIn is very a much a Web 2.0 application. I guess you might have a different definition of Web 2.0 than I do, but I think Web 2.0 is about openness, social networks, sharing, etc... LinkedIn meets all of these requirements. I can testify that Java development is not slow and tedious if you know what you are doing and using quality frameworks that work well with what you are trying to accomplish. Any language or tool can be slow and tedious if you don't take the time to learn how to use it properly. Have you tried Grails? If you are interested in Java development, but looking for a dynamic language, Grails make excellent use of the Groovy language and you get all of the power of Java. @Lars Yes, LinkedIn is very a much a Web 2.0 application. I guess you might have a different definition of Web 2.0 than I do, but I think Web 2.0 is about openness, social networks, sharing, etc… LinkedIn meets all of these requirements.

I can testify that Java development is not slow and tedious if you know what you are doing and using quality frameworks that work well with what you are trying to accomplish. Any language or tool can be slow and tedious if you don’t take the time to learn how to use it properly.

Have you tried Grails? If you are interested in Java development, but looking for a dynamic language, Grails make excellent use of the Groovy language and you get all of the power of Java.

]]> By: Lars Fischer http://evolutionarygoo.com/blog/?p=196#comment-6627 Lars Fischer Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:05:14 +0000 http://evolutionarygoo.com/blog/?p=196#comment-6627 Is LinkedIn Web 2.0? It rather looks like a standard web app. Of course it's ok to use Java, especially if the result needs wo work with high volumes of traffic. But Java web development is slow and tedious compared to other web frameworks. There must be hundreds of Java web frameworks but none of them can hide the fundamental language problems Java has. Is LinkedIn Web 2.0? It rather looks like a standard web app. Of course it’s ok to use Java, especially if the result needs wo work with high volumes of traffic.

But Java web development is slow and tedious compared to other web frameworks. There must be hundreds of Java web frameworks but none of them can hide the fundamental language problems Java has.

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