Java Reference
In-Depth Information
• Integration: Java integration story is excellent. One gets
connectors for SAP, AS400, files etc. for free. ESBs, LDAP
servers are free.
• Framework / Libraries: If you need a specific library - you
will find everything in Java. Before you are going to write a
single line of code you should do some research first.
• Strategic consideration: with Java EE you are truly
vendor-neutral. This is very handy in the price-negotiation
phase. You can even go into production without any costs
(subscriptions, licenses etc). Java EE apps are very portable.
Java EE is not even dependent on Oracle - it was developed
by all major vendors.
• Stability: Java language is stable for ages. There are no
breaking changes. Java EE 5 and 6 platform is backward
compatible as well. So you can deploy your legacy J2EE 1.X
app to a Java EE environment and smooth-migrate it.
• Best practices: Java EE are about 10 years on the market.
There are many applications and framework. The most
mistakes are already made and not the best practices / patterns
are very mature.
• In most of the .NET projects you will find open source
extensions,
as
well
as,
commercial
.NET
tools.
Such
a
mixture can be very "interesting" (regarding support issues)
•
Operating
System:
you
can
choose
whatever
operating
system you want to for production and development.
