Guidelines For Java Framework Developers

January 26th, 2006 I have seen way too many java frameworks, way beyond my limits of tolerance. And I have found a perfect solution.

September 13th, 2006 I have been inundated with emails after my article Java Database Framework (ORM Replacement) in 80 Lines of Code, asking for the source code of the framework or if I could release it as open source. I haven't been yet able to individually reply to all of them, sorry.

October 7th, 2005 Now everyone and their Mother-in-law is jumping in the Annotation bandwagon. I believe Cedric was the first developer to come up with an annotation based framework - TestNG.

April 10th, 2006 The beauty about Java community is that they never shy of creating yet another framework for any new / good idea. You have seen dozens (or more) of dependency injection (IoC) frameworks.

May 6th, 2008 The key features of Java EE 6 (Java Enterprise Edition version 6) are: Modular Platform - Java EE 6 introduces profiles targeted for particular segment of users like web developers or mobile developers. Java Profiles allows you to select Java EE 6 features to be included in a profile.

January 9th, 2007 Security vendor Imperva has identified an access-control vulnerability in DWR, Java Open Source AJAX development framework (stable release 1.1.3 and 2.0), which it says an attacker can use to compromise a DWR based application which may in turn enable him to say break into back-end databases or servers or launch a denial-of-service-attack. On a positive note Imperva commented that DWR, AJAX Web application development framework, is "emerging as the lingua franca for building new generation Web 2.0 applications" :) Forceful Method Invocation Attacks The key issue is how DWR restricts access to not exposed class methods.

August 23rd, 2008 First tell me what is the best way to concatenate large number of String objects? Is it a + b? Most Java developers know not to use a + b (+ operator) because of huge performance problems, they use StringBuffer instead. In fact I did some tests in the past which confirms this folklore.

August 9th, 2006 I previously mentioned that I intended not to use any Java ORM frameworks. ORM frameworks I have seen so far have a steep learning curve and tend to shoe horn your architecture into their model.

June 30th, 2006 Most Java programmers attempt to use Ruby like they use Java, similar to the mistakes C/C++ programmers commit when transitioning to Java. However Ruby provides a cleaner programming paradigm which if embibed can be effectively used to solve your problems.

August 19th, 2006 I wrote about how I use a simple Java framework instead of ORM like Hibernate or Spring for effectively solving my data handling requirements. It has made me tremendously productive.

July 14th, 2005 Today I had an interesting conversation with my ex-Boss and good friend. He asked me to summarize the current state of Java world these days as he was busy with databases and scientific computing.

June 29th, 2007 After sometime I am back to developing in Java & JSP. And boy does it smell good! If there is a programmers heaven, I am in it now.

April 10th, 2006 Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE, formerly referred to as J2EE) Version 5 has arrived. Its streamlined features offer added convenience, improved performance, and reduced development time, all of which enable developers to bring products to market faster.

September 13th, 2005 "We are actively promoting Java in China as well as the rest of Asia-Pacific," said Scott McNealy, chairman and chief executive of Sun, in an interview with China Daily. "We are working with the (Chinese) government and other key players to establish Java as the industry standard for delivering open and secure services." Java technology is being used globally in more than 2.5 billion devices, including 1 billion smart cards, more than 708 million mobile phones, more than 700 million PCs, and in data centres of the world's largest companies and organizations.

January 9th, 2006 I informed in my previous post that I have decided to shun all java frameworks for my current project and develop with basic Java / J2SE components instead. Here is a synopsis of my journey as it is unfolding.