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Archive of June 2008

Over-design and dependencies
Monday 30 Jun 2008 at 12:22
I've read some discussions lately about over-design. I think it started with a rather funny post by Adam Bien, and it is currently a hot topic at JavaLobby.
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Inside or outside the browser? I don't care.
Wednesday 18 Jun 2008 at 09:23
Recently, I have been following some discussions about the browser being the center of the Internet experience or not. Are we going to see more functionality available in browsers, or are we moving to a world where more stand-alone applications are running outside the browsers? To be honest, I don't care.
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Why Java? Because it's everywhere.
Tuesday 03 Jun 2008 at 09:22
As a Java developer, this discussion sounds familiar to you. Every now and then, you have to answer this question from customers, your marketing people, fellow developers,... . My personal answer on this question is shifting a bit from the "Enterprise advantages" to the "Mobile opportunities". I see the same shift in other pieces of software, including GlassFish v3.
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