On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 19:37:49 -0600, "Michael Torrie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > This whole weird drug dependency on xml files is one of the main things > that drives me away from anything Java. It's so bad and very confusing > and not very readable either. It only gets worse when you need to mix > in other things like Spring.
Well, there's good reasons for XML coming out of your ears in Java-land -- the language just isn't sufficiently dynamic enough to do some things itself, and XML allows some of that flexibility. For other things (like ORM--*cough* Hibernate *cough*) I'm guessing it's just a case of "when you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail." I much prefer the approach of SimpleORM there. Of course, it's not as good as what you see in dynamic languages (PyDO, ActiveRecord), but it's well-designed for all that. The author's whitepaper is mandatory reading for anyone interested in ORM, IMO. Very clueful guy. > In my opinion, for what I am doing on a daily basis, anything Java for > web apps is overkill. Over-designed, over-abstracted. Did I mention > over-abstracted? Preach it! :) -Jonathan .-----------------------------------. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `-----------------------------------'
