Hi all!
These are very exciting times for the Java enthusiast. As James Governor
points out in his JavaOne 2017 keynotes talk:
'Things have changed in the Java ecosystem probably more in the past 3
weeks, than they have in the previous 13 years.' [1]
And since Java EE is going open source [2], Java EE is probably on the
upswing again.
Also on JavaOne this year, there was this great talk by Adam Bien 'Java
EE Heavyweigth or Lightweigth -- Mythbusters', where he demonstrated in
a very entertaining way, the lack of reason for going 'lightweight'.
Personally I'm a fan of Java EE and there are 3 main reasons why:
1) The technology is very mature and production proven.
2) It is a standard technology, and there are good reasons to stick to
a standard and anticipate all its best-practice patterns [4].
3) You get a bundle of features for free, especially monitoring, which
is interesting for productive use.
How does this relate to Apache Isis?
I believe we could do better in honoring those, that are potentially
interested in using Isis on top of Java EE infrastructure.
I would like to motivate a discussion about what you think regarding the
relevance of Java EE for Apache Isis.
Cheers, Andi
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNg9lmk60sg?t=47m40s
[2] https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/ee4j/charter
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwimkQQDhio
[4] http://realworldpatterns.com/
