2007
The Geronimo renegade: The exodus from JBoss to Apache Geronimo
by holyver (via)
Now that Apache Geronimo has earned Java™ 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) 1.4 certification and has reached version 1.1.1, many developers will be moving away from building their software on top of more restrictive platforms. Specifically, there have been a number of articles and tutorials written lately describing migrating away from the JBoss application server to Apache Geronimo. This installment of The Geronimo renegade column describes many advantages of doing so.
symfony Web PHP framework » symfony Weblog » Is symfony too slow for real-world usage?
by kasi77
Let’s finish by saying that in most cases, symfony does not compete with RoR or Django. The choice is often between symfony, .Net and Java Struts, because these are the real alternatives for professional developments.
2006
Review of Open Source Workflow Engines written in Java
by clochix
List of Java based workflow engines
PolePosition
by holyver (via)
PolePosition is a benchmark test suite to compare database engines and object-relational mapping technology. As of today it is by no means complete. Database vendors and open source database project participants are invited to improve the test implementations and to contribute further disciplines ("Circuits"). The PolePosition framework source code will help to implement own tests quickly and to time and output the results as number series and graphic visualisations.
A. Sundararajan's Weblog
by bhenriet & 1 other
ite: Yes, I agree with you -- this post is meant for a Java programmer to start with Groovy and JRuby quickly. BTW, I did say this: "It is said that you can write Fortran in any language! While you still have to learn language specific idioms, naming, cod
Python & Java: Side by Side Comparison
by YukuanMark & 2 others
A programmer can be significantly more productive in Python than in Java. How much more productive? The most widely accepted estimate is 5-10 times. On the basis of my own personal experience with the two languages, I agree with this estimate.
SWT, Swing or AWT: Which is right for you?
by flubba & 1 other
By providing a comparison of Eclipse's SWT with the Java Swing and Abstract Windows Toolkit (AWT) GUI tool kits, this article helps developers of new applications decide which to choose. Read descriptions of each tool kit's basic features, and the pros an
C++ vs Java vs Python vs Ruby : a first impression
by YukuanMark & 2 others
I am a language agnostic journeyman programmer. I am not a fan of a particular language (I almost said 'fanboy') but thats a bit inflammatory). I just want to write useful programs and have fun doing it. I know C++ and Java pretty well. I did some beginne
2005
dirtSimple.org: Python Is Not Java
by Riduidel & 1 other
In examining the code, I found that they had done lots of things that make sense in Java, but which suck terribly in Python. Not because "Python is slower than Java", but because there are easier ways to accomplish the same goals in Python, that wouldn't
Swing vs. SWT
by mbertier & 1 other
and the winner is... Swing !
Actually, it a very well written article and probably the most informative one I have ever read.
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