Building a WebSite Using Java?

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Here is a question that I have been pondering on and off for quite a while: Why do "cool kids" choose Ruby or PHP to build websites instead of Java? I have to admit that I do not have an answer. Why do I even care? Because I am a Java developer. ...

Sun Changes Ticker to JAVA

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

This is going to be a very short blog because the story itself is too good to add any comments: Sun Microsystems changes ticker to JAVA On August 23, 2007, "Sun announced Thursday that it would retire its SUNW moniker on Nasdaq and replace with JAVA effective Monday. The software known ...

JavaFx and Rich Internet Application

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

Quite a few people are asking me what I think of Sun's JavaFX annoucement . It is funny and we saw this coming - Who wouldn't anticipate Sun to make some big annoucement at JavaOne ? People were predicting the annoucement is going to be "open sourcing Java" - Oh, ...

Is Ajax Deprecating Client Side Java?

Monday, December 11th, 2006

The Ajax wildfire makes many people constantly think about what impact it has on other technologies such as Java, Flash and .NET. Are application developers going to switch from other technologies to Ajax? I explored this subject with regard to Flash in my earlier post The Converging Developer Community - AJAX ...