If you look at my responses, you will see that I concentrate on the problem of the GWT app hanging, not on Java on the server side or anything else server side.
I agree that non-GWT related posts (and I include all those damn EXT extensions and all that other s***) should not be encouraged, and I agree that there is a type of neo-programmer which does not embrace the Empirical Development Methodology to the extent they perhaps should. (EDM ... aka 'Trial And Error') Nevertheless, stamping on someone when they are asking a legitimate GWT question is not the way to deal with that problem. I've been on this list since August 2006, Isaac a few months later and we have seen many different 'enthusiastic' programmers realise how the list works. You have been in the group less than 2 months and three of your four posts have been about how the group should be run or telling people to stop clogging up the list, and the other one was in response to someone reading Excel data on the server FFS. Inexperienced GWT programmers don't necessarily understand what is GWT and what is real Java - it's all Java after all. Politely pointing out where the line is drawn is, in my opinion, a more reasonable approach than simply telling inexperienced programmers to go away and learn to solve their own problems. If you took your own advice, you wouldn't need to be on this list. There are different levels of experience and this list caters for them all. It doesn't exclude everyone who knows less than you do. Ian On Aug 28, 7:33 pm, Frank Argueta <[email protected]> wrote: > If you look at the posts byRahul, who only started posting since > July, you'll find that a lot of them are off topic. For example : > > - how do I connect to convert is JDBC ResultSet into ArrayList > - how do I execute DOS commands > - how do I convert XML to PDF > - how do I format XML on the server > - why xml manipulations fails on server > - hosted mode hangs because I did something screwy on my server and > here's my sample code : > <<method opens a new connection on each invocation without closing > it>> > > I realize you are a helpful bunch of smart guys, but imagine if every > Java beginner starts posting such questions on the GWT forum. The > traffic on the GWT forum is high enough that additional noise like > this really doesn't help. > > Having been in the business a while, I recognize a certain type of > developer that post questions without making the slightest of effort > in trying to read up / search for a solution on their own. Taking the > liberty to fire an email to the GWT group at the first signs of > encountering a problem is definitely not helpful to any party > involved. Moreover responding to such questions will only encourage > him to post more server related questions without putting in a > concerted effort to resolve it himself. > > Frank "Argue"-ta. > > On Aug 28, 2:03 pm, Ian Bambury <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 2009/8/28 Isaac Truett <[email protected]> > > > > Ian, > > > > Yes, the name did not escape my notice. But I do find reference to it > > > as a surname, probably of Spanish origin. Why not give him the benefit > > > of the doubt? > > > Because he's only posted 4 times and his previous comment toRahulwas > > > "Perhaps you should learn Java and also learn how to solve your > > problems instead, especially if its urgent to you - which does not > > make your issue urgent to anyone else. Please stop posting questions > > not related to GWT on this forum." > > > The one after that was > > > "I would request that this group require message subjects and sender > > names to be in English. The foreign characters in sender name / > > subjects are quite distracting." > > He doesn't seem to be entering into the spirit IMO, and if he can't take it, > > he shouldn't dish it out. > > > Ian > > >http://examples.roughian.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
