Java Posse #253 - Roundup 09 - Java Language a Productivity Dead End?

Is the Java Language a Productivity Dead End? Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Recorded at the Java Posse Roundup 2009, this session takes an objective look at where we go from here with the Java language, and what the future might hold (including other languages for productivity). Keep Java the same? http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Interviews/bloch_effective_08_qa.html Change Java? Closures http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-06-2008/jw-06-closures.html Properties and Events http://blogs.sun.com/joe/entry/java_properties_and_events Project Coin http://openjdk.java.net/projects/coin/ Sid Dabster - User Friendly http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/sid/ Changes in Fortran and Cobol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobol Enumerations and Iterators http://www.coderanch.com/t/202139/Performance/java/Enumeration-vs-Iterator Java Puzzlers http://www.javapuzzlers.com/ Builder pattern http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Builder_pattern Domain Specific Languages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_programming_language Does productivity in other languages scale to hundreds of developers? http://www.infoq.com/articles/Will-the-Enterprise-change-Ruby http://steve.vinoski.net/blog/2008/02/05/static-languages-rationalizations-and-myths/ http://www.softwaresecretweapons.com/jspwiki/dynamiclanguagesslowlytakeovertheworld JVM languages summit http://www.infoq.com/JVMLanguageSummit Scala http://www.scala-lang.org/ Server Side JavaScript http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server-side_JavaScript Java FX http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/JavaScript/Client-side-and-Server-side-JavaScript/ Forth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_%28programming_language%29 Lisp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_programming_language Ruby on Rails http://rubyonrails.org/ Annotations http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/javaOO/annotations.html Elvis operator - inline null check http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/coin-dev/2009-March/000047.html Groovy http://groovy.codehaus.org/ Grails http://grails.org/ Generics http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/language/generics.html Java -source flag http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/tooldocs/windows/javac.html#options Reification in Generics http://gafter.blogspot.com/2006/11/reified-generics-for-java.html Option types in Scala http://blog.lostlake.org/index.php?/archives/50-The-Scala-Option-class-and-how-lift-uses-it.html Higher order functions http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-highfunc.html Java exceptions multiple catch proposal http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/coin-dev/2009-February/000003.html Checked exceptions vs Runtime exceptions http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/dev2arch/2006/11/effective-exceptions.html Findbugs http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/ PHP and Zend http://www.zend.com/en/ Technical Debt http://blogs.construx.com/blogs/stevemcc/archive/2007/11/01/technical-debt-2.aspx Python 3000 http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3000/ Thanks Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth Brice Ruth and Webprojkt.com - http://webprojkt.com - for our archives site - http://archives.javaposse.com Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect Kirsty Doherty, Oliver Widder and Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork Brian Ehmann - the Java Posse intern Craig Muth for maintaining the Java Posse Memorizable site - http://memorizable.org/Java_Posse Theme Music: Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI), written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney. Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad. Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1) To contact us: Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465 4626 Or send us email - [email protected] The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall