RE: [jug-discussion] JDJ: Featured article on Spring

2005-01-10 Thread Michael Oliver
As one of the certifiable experts, Erik is dead on target. I would only add that human nature is to use the tools one knows best and if they know more than one tool, to use the best tool they know about. If A Company hires Erik they do so for a number of reasons, most of which is the perception

Re: [jug-discussion] JDJ: Featured article on Spring

2005-01-10 Thread Bryan . ONeal
Could you elaborate more one item number 3? In addition, how is scalability with regards to spring? Does it scale as well as EJB? If not, at what point do you see EJB surpass Spring? On Sun, 9 Jan 2005, Warner Onstine wrote: Contrary to popular belief we don't all do Web development (I do,

Re: [jug-discussion] JDJ: Featured article on Spring

2005-01-10 Thread Warner Onstine
Spring (and other IoC containers like Hivemind) use POJOs (Plain Old Java Objects) as their beans. So, in theory you can code to an interface and swap out one bean with another, as long as they implement the same interface. Where this breaks down in practice is when you start using things like

[jug-discussion] Spring FUD is unfounded.... RE: [jug-discussion] JDJ: Featured article on Spring

2005-01-10 Thread Richard Hightower
Tuesday should be a lively discussion. I am sharpening my tongue. :o) I respect Randy, but I find Randy's fears unfounded, and his question indicate a lack of knowing what Spring is and what it is not. Spring does not replace J2EE. There is more risk to sticking with existing J2EE technology

Re: [jug-discussion] Spring FUD is unfounded.... RE: [jug-discussion] JDJ: Featured article on Spring

2005-01-10 Thread Robert Zeigler
Richard Hightower wrote: Tuesday should be a lively discussion. I am sharpening my tongue. :o) On that note... will you be presenting your spring pres. to us? Or am I still presenting NIO? =) (Again... I'm perfectly happy presenting; I'm perfectly happy not presenting. Just so long as I know

RE: [jug-discussion] Spring FUD is unfounded.... RE: [jug-discussion] JDJ: Featured article on Spring

2005-01-10 Thread Richard Hightower
I apologize for being a little rough. -Original Message- From: Richard Hightower [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 10:54 AM To: jug-discussion@tucson-jug.org Subject: [jug-discussion] Spring FUD is unfounded RE: [jug-discussion] JDJ: Featured article on

RE: [jug-discussion] Spring FUD is unfounded.... RE: [jug-discussion] JDJ: Featured article on Spring

2005-01-10 Thread Bryan . ONeal
Depends on which ASU campus as to which city its in ;) However, like the LA basin, almost anywhere in metro phoenix is close enough. Do you have details? Where, when, is it free, etc. :) I think there are several of us up here that may want to attend. On Mon, 10 Jan 2005, Richard Hightower

RE: [jug-discussion] Spring FUD is unfounded.... RE: [jug-discussion] JDJ: Featured article on Spring

2005-01-10 Thread Michael Oliver
Did you get your flu shot? Michael Oliver CTO Alarius Systems LLC 3325 N. Nellis Blvd, #1 Las Vegas, NV 89115 Phone:(702)643-7425 Fax:(520)844-1036 *Note new email changed from [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Richard Hightower [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January

[jug-discussion] RE: Topic for Tues, Jan 11

2005-01-10 Thread Tim Colson
Hey Gang - Let's just make it official, shall we? http://www.tucson-jug.org - I listed Richard as a "special guest"... but howabout we get him to do Spring this month and Robert could do NIO in February? Warner is the scheduler -- I'm just the lackey who puts things up on the website.

RE: [jug-discussion] Spring FUD is unfounded.... RE: [jug-discussion] JDJ: Featured article on Spring

2005-01-10 Thread Michael Oliver
;-) You must be sick, being so sensitive, so I just wondered if you got a flu shot. Michael Oliver CTO Alarius Systems LLC 3325 N. Nellis Blvd, #1 Las Vegas, NV 89115 Phone:(702)643-7425 Fax:(520)844-1036 *Note new email changed from [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Richard

Re: [jug-discussion] Spring FUD is confounded

2005-01-10 Thread Erik Hatcher
On Jan 10, 2005, at 12:54 PM, Richard Hightower wrote: Regarding Erik's opinions: As far as Spring vs. HiveMind, Pico container, Avalon, etc. HiveMind is nascent and not nearly as mature. Quite true, however it is mature in that it has evolved from Howard's mulling over the Tapestry

RE: [jug-discussion] Spring FUD is unfounded.... RE: [jug-discussion] JDJ: Featured article on Spring

2005-01-10 Thread Richard Hightower
Nah just tired! -Original Message- From: Michael Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 11:55 AM To: jug-discussion@tucson-jug.org Subject: RE: [jug-discussion] Spring FUD is unfounded RE: [jug-discussion] JDJ: Featured article on Spring ;-) You must be

Re: [jug-discussion] RE: Topic for Tues, Jan 11

2005-01-10 Thread Warner Onstine
The only problem is that I already have someone else scheduled for February (and March) so they would need to agree to it as well. I will check with them and see. -warner On Jan 10, 2005, at 11:45 AM, Tim Colson wrote: Hey Gang -   Let's just make it official, shall we?  

Re: [jug-discussion] RE: Topic for Tues, Jan 11

2005-01-10 Thread Robert Zeigler
Warner, I have no problem with being pushed back past March. Actually, that would work better for me. April, May, or June are all better for me than Feb. or March. So... =) Robert Warner Onstine wrote: The only problem is that I already have someone else scheduled for February (and March) so

RE: [jug-discussion] Spring FUD is confounded

2005-01-10 Thread Richard Hightower
RE: It lives on in the various ways it has spun off: http://avalon.apache.org/closed.html So its underpinnings are still quite viable. Good luck pitching a project with such a ringing recommendation as it live on in many forms... It would be quite hard to convince a decision maker of such a

RE: [jug-discussion] Spring FUD is confounded

2005-01-10 Thread Richard Hightower
This is my impression of Avalon and Fortress. I would be hard pressed to back it up in fact at this point in time. Take it with a grain of salt. (last comment for me I am having too much fun. I gotta get back to work! This time for real. I am working from home. ) -Original Message-

RE: [jug-discussion] Simplicity

2005-01-10 Thread Richard Hightower
Yes. I agree. -Original Message- From: Erik Hatcher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 12:45 PM To: jug-discussion@tucson-jug.org Subject: [jug-discussion] Simplicity On Jan 10, 2005, at 2:36 PM, Richard Hightower wrote: I first learned about IoC from the

Re: [jug-discussion] Spring FUD is confounded

2005-01-10 Thread Erik Hatcher
On Jan 10, 2005, at 2:36 PM, Richard Hightower wrote: As always, I am in violent agreement with you. :o) Erik and I have been in violent agreement since 2001. I love ya man: http://www.lucenebook.com/search?query=hightower+lesiecki (I had to put lesiecki in there to get my highlighter to

RE: [jug-discussion] Simplicity

2005-01-10 Thread Michael Oliver
Amen! Michael Oliver CTO Alarius Systems LLC 3325 N. Nellis Blvd, #1 Las Vegas, NV 89115 Phone:(702)643-7425 Fax:(520)844-1036 *Note new email changed from [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Erik Hatcher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 11:45 AM To:

RE: [jug-discussion] Simplicity

2005-01-10 Thread Richard Hightower
Which is exactly why both of you should dig Spring as it goal in life is to simplify J2EE development!! Mike you can still catch the AM flight and be in Tucson tomorrow for my talk. Erik you will need to catch the red eye tonight. Are flights from Vegas cheap -Original Message-

RE: [jug-discussion] Simplicity

2005-01-10 Thread Michael Oliver
Oh yea cheap, $39 last time I checked but I am attending a Knowledge Management Conference here and meeting with some of my old buds, so I will have to pass. Michael Oliver CTO Alarius Systems LLC 3325 N. Nellis Blvd, #1 Las Vegas, NV 89115 Phone:(702)643-7425 Fax:(520)844-1036 *Note new email

RE: [jug-discussion] Simplicity

2005-01-10 Thread Richard Hightower
No worries -Original Message- From: Michael Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 2:33 PM To: jug-discussion@tucson-jug.org Subject: RE: [jug-discussion] Simplicity Oh yea cheap, $39 last time I checked but I am attending a Knowledge Management Conference

[jug-discussion] AOP overhead

2005-01-10 Thread Richard Hightower
This is just with bare bones JVM setting running inside of Eclipse. I am calling a simple method that I decorate with AOP. The overhead for AOP seems to be about 0.00048 milliseconds on my box or 0.0048 seconds. If I use dynamic AOP support the overhead jumps all the way to 0.00059

Re: [jug-discussion] Spring FUD is confounded

2005-01-10 Thread Erik Hatcher
On Jan 10, 2005, at 4:50 PM, Drew Davidson wrote: creamy OGNL goodness I love OGNL, but the thought of it being creamy has lessened it somewhat. Given that it is all of that, I think this is where some of the risk comes in. It may be too big for some situation. If you only need IoC, it's a