Jay Blanton is a Java/XML developer with over 8 years of experience working on JEE applications and currently SOA applications. He also has experience with architectural development with multiple APIs like iBatis, Freemarker, Hibernate, Struts, XQuery, XSLT, and ESB.
With the rapid evolution that Java and open source frameworks have made since
the release of J2EE, enterprise Java IT seems to be producing too many Java
dinosaurs. Developers, technical managers, or architects who no longer pursue
their technical skills don't understand the evolution of JEE in comparison to
J2EE, persistence frameworks, IOC frameworks, Web frameworks, or Web 2.0 and
its effects on enterprise Java. Yet decisions are made based on out-of-date
J2EE experience.
To understand this better, we need to understand relevance. Wikipedia defines
relevance (the philosophical concept of relevance) as "a term used to
describe how pertinent, connected, or applicable some information is to a
given matter." We need to ask ourselves the following questions:
Are we releva... (more)
Jay Blanton is a Java/XML developer with over 8 years of experience working on JEE applications and currently SOA applications. He also has experience with architectural development with multiple APIs like iBatis, Freemarker, Hibernate, Struts, XQuery, XSLT, and ESB.
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