Of course we've always had code generation and scaffolding tools, but I get the feeling that it's gaining popularly and breaking into the mainstream (i.e. not just Groovy, Rails etc.).
GWT uses generation to the extreme for obvious reasons, Lombok uses generation to make up for stale language evolution, Spring has always been into low-level AOP kind of things, but their latest Roo framework seems to embrace generation even further. So is this a general tendency all around, code generation becoming mainstream? I've traditionally feared the day I can't do full round- trip engineering in plain view but depend on magic generators and IDE's (perhaps due to experiences with JDeveloper and the ADF framework). Is this a good thing or a symptom of inferior languages and lack of expressibility? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en.
