J2EE 1.4, Sun’s new Java Specification, will undoubtedly be widely adopted by the makers of Java-based software, but though Sun’s attempts to hype it have not been as successful as in the past. Aside from the fact that the software industry just isn’t as exuberant as it once was, many vendors are already “ahead of the spec” and have implemented functionality that customers demanded without waiting for Sun and Java to blaze the trail.
I’m a C# developer, but I’ll admit that JDK 1.5 – Tiger – is fast, sometimes a little faster than my C# applications, but… why the celebration for 1.4? Did something special happen to it when I wasn’t looking?
J2EE 1.4, not JDK 1.4.
They would get along famously, as Na and H2O …
So maybe an open source java would speed development of java libraries? I don’t think that innovation can be canned, except for Microsoft’s factory line innovation.
I don’t think that Microsoft wanted Java to be open sourced.
So maybe an open source java would speed development of java libraries?
The article says that the specification has just been released but the techology is already present in many app servers.
So since implementation has preceded the finalisation of the specification, why do you think even speedier development is required?
Until something really good hsppens to EJB’s, things will appear to be stagnant. Something like spring and hibernate is what will take it forward, being able to implement j2ee projects without having to maintain the enormous overhead of ejb. J2EE isn’t EJB – just a part of it. I think the fact that companies appear to believe you need EJB experience to be a J2EE developer is putting a lot of people off – even moving them to .NET – when this simply shouldn’t be the case.
Whether this comment is relevant to the post or not, it is my strong opinion as to why there is not a big ‘hoopla’.
The article didn’t really explain what is new in Java2 Enterprise Edition 1.4.
J2EE1.4 mostly features WebService integration, welecome enhacements to EJB-QL, support for non JMS messaging, timer services, and incorporation of Servlets 2.4 and JSP 2.0.
Read more here:
http://otn.oracle.com/oramag/webcolumns/2003/techarticles/marinescu…
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Completely off topic, but does jre1.5 have native look&feel pr. default?? Somehow all my old java programs seem to use my look and feel after switchin to 1.5 beta.
They would get along famously, as Na and H2O …
Sounds like a good, basic solution to me…
Completely off topic, but does jre1.5 have native look&feel pr. default
To my understanding – SUN introduced a new METAL look/feel with jdk 1.5. But to use the native look and feel – one must still Java to do so.
I read an article on JSP 2.0 a while back and it looked quite nice. A lot of people are opposed to inline scripts (because they are evil….EVIL!! – at least that’s what they say) and JSP 2.0 seemed like a nice compromise that might appeal to the XSLT crowd.