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2010/03/03

Java Enterprise Development - 2010 style


  • You use the Java EE 6 Web Profile, and don´t need to pack your application into an EAR file.
  • You code your domain model using a xml-less ORM fram framework (JPA). JPA actually makes sense and does what its supposed todo without fuss.
  • You let your JPA implementation generate your database schema for you, which it does with surprising efficiency.
  • You use modern, component-based view frameworks (like Facelets or Wicket) , and get by writing little or no XML for defining navigation (remember struts-config.xml?)
  • You use annotations everywhere (your JPA entities, your Session Beans, your Servlets) and even start to forget XML syntax
  • You don´t bother writing deployment descriptors for all your session beans. You just add one annotation to any POJO and it automatically gains EJB powers.
  • You only write Remote Interfaces when you actually needs a component to be remotely accessible.
  • You have no idea what CORBA is.
  • You have a vague idea of what JNDI is, but you use dependency injection everywhere to get what you need.
  • You develop using a lightweight application server (glassfish 3) that redeploys your application in seconds every time you make a change. Most of the time you don't even notice it.