EJB3 vs. Spring

Spring and EJB 3.0 are both reactions, in their own ways, to the complexity of EJB 2.1 and the complaints piled upon it. Both support developing with Plain Old Java Objects (POJOs) and give the framework responsibility for handling transactions, security, persistence, etc. But the two use substantially different approaches. In this article, Michael Yuan puts the two frameworks up against one another to see how they stack up.

rating comment: Very good article, which points out the major differences between EJB 3.0 and Spring. Although both frameworks pursuit the same targets they use very different approaches. These differences are illustrated in this article, by brief but meaningful examples.
I really like the concept of Spring, which can be used perfectly in small enterprise applications. But I think if you want to scale, you should use a standards-based technology like EJB 3.0.

Eclipse 3.1 released

Die freie Entwicklungsumgebung Eclipse ist rund ein Jahr nach dem letzten Major-Release nun in der Version 3.1 erschienen. Die neue Version bringt zahlreiche neue Funktionen mit, soll schneller zu Werke gehen und Java 5.0 unterstützen.

Endlich!!!! ;-)

Renaming Java

Starting now, at the 2005 JavaOne Conference (June 27-30), let's all
adopt the new naming system. As future releases of the platform ship,

• J2SE 6.0 will become Java SE 6 (code name Mustang), and J2SE 7.0 will become
  Java SE 7 (code name Dolphin).
• J2EE 5.0 will become Java EE 5.
• J2ME will become Java ME, because it does not have a version number.

When you write, use the following terms at first reference:

• Java Platform, Standard Edition 6
• Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5
• Java Platform, Micro Edition

Note: That's without the "2" and without the "dot zero."

These changes in the naming scheme of Java are really annoying, and hopfully completed after Mustang was released!

rearranged rss@linsin.de

Neue feeds rein, alte feeds raus! Das war das Motto der Umgestaltung von rss@linsin.de! Ab sofort gibts folgende feeds:

• heise.de
• golem.de
• spiegel-online.de
• javamagazin.de
• theserverside.com
• java.net news

google stellt erde zum download

Die frei erhältliche Beta-Version von Google Earth verknüpft die Funktionen von Google Maps und lokaler Suche mit dreidimensionalen, frei dreh- und schwenkbaren Satellitenansichten, zahlreichen zusätzlichen Informationsquellen und einer Schnittstelle zum Keyhole-XML-Format KML.

Mir wäre es ja lieber wenn es erstmal Google Maps für Deutschland gäbe....

Why J2EE Projects Fail

- Good technology and usage doesn't guarantee success
- Bad technology usage can guarantee failure

Rod Johnson at TheServerSide Java Symposium 2005

Friday night