I wrote last month about the decline of the Java programming language in a post called Stop the Insanity. The gist of the post is that the Java language has stagnated and this stagnation will eventually lead to a decline in popularity. I felt that this was a fairly uncontroversial idea; programming languages follow cycles […]

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Java 5 (a.k.a. Java 1.5, a.k.a. Tiger) has been out for a little more than a year now, yet adoption seems to be going slowly. This is frustrating since Java 5 represents a major release of the Java platform and includes some potentially big productivity enhancements as well as a significant number of performance enhancements. So, what is holding it back? More importantly, when should developers make the leap?

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There is an article over at DevX entitled “Opinion: Eclipse Fails to Meet the Enterprise Java Developer’s Needs” by Gerard Fernandes. As the name suggests, the author attempts to make the argument that Eclipse is just a fundamentally bad piece of software. Unfortunately, in attempting to do so he makes some factual errors.

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The UML is a very effective notation for object oriented software designs. However, as with many useful tools, there seems to be some misunderstanding about what the UML can and cannot do. This misunderstanding can lead to organizations failing to meet their goals because they are not using their tools properly. This is unfortunate since […]

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