Tag: Java

I like my type safety. It gives me a nice feeling of comfort knowing that the compiler will tell me what to put in, and beat me up if I do something stupid. Maybe that’s why I don’t really feel comfortable in Rubyland, maybe I will some day.

Anyway, Kevin Bourillion has a good post about beeing extraordinarily typesafe and Guice. I really like Spring for what they’ve done and use it all the time, but XML is a problem. Maybe it’s time to check out their Java config interface.

Ted Neward was contacted by a reader with some questions regarding architects and their role. You can find the excellent answer here.

Johannes Brodwall is spearheading some really interesting stuff in the financial sector in Norway. They are going lightweight and using Jetty as a container for highly critical business systems. Read a blog about their environment here. I’m also looking forward to his promised posts on the organizational side of things.