Subject: Re: What's a good practice to reuse formBeans with validation From: "Tea Yu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> === Hey thanks for all the proposals regarding validation... though I guess I've no time to dig into David's validator at the moment. My colleague just reminded me: dare we not resolve all the forseeable stuff by stuff this SUNDAY, we must go back to JSPs |o|
And here comes one more proposal: hey! listen! stick to the old methods and hire whoever you want! What? we aren't developers anymore, we do maintenance only... full time!! in office hours! Tea Yu > Even sadder that (at least here in the States) you'd BETTER be learning it > on your own time. Because if you don't, you're liable to find yourself out > in the street, and some H1-B visa holder sitting in your seat because he HAD > the required skills. Why should they invest anything into training their > developers. That reduces the profit for the shareholders (or venture > capitalists), and after all, developers ARE a renewable resource!!! > > > > > > I plan on trying it some time when I'm not under so much time > > > pressure. (It's ironic that sometimes we're so busy that we don't > > > have the time to learn how to do things more efficiently). > > > > That's a funny and sad statement at the same time :-) I can definitely > > relate. Many companies want to use new technologies and haev their > > programmers scramble to convert existing apps to that new technology BUT > > they totally see it as "anti-productive" for programmers to sit and learn > > it the correct way. Basically, it's a "convert the app to Struts but > you > > can't learn Struts on our time (only on your time) so you need to Slam and > > Hack the struts solution. Oh and by the way, it needs to work perfect > and > > fast the first time. During your Sundays at home (instead of spending > > your time with your family) you can do all the learning of Struts that you > > want but while you're on our time, those keys better be a-clickin' and > > results better be a showin' and it better be done in 2 weeks or we're > > canceling the project") :-) > > > > Ironically, after doing that, many companies will never give you the time > > to "redo" it the right way like they tell you in initial meetings ("after > > it's done initially, you can go back and redo it the right way). Rather > > they'll have you slop together more screens and such on top of the > "rushed" > > system. So you end up converting an application to struts but now your > > newly sloppily created system has a web-based front end system around the > > slop instead of a JFC-Based applet :-) In order to redo it the right > > way, the midnight oil and weekend's need to be burned and you'll get no > > satisfaction from the company as they'll turn around and say "Had you > > designed it the right way from the start, you would not have needed to > work > > evenings and weekends". -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>