Hahah good one.. I have read this article long days back. Yes this happens too. To tell you, even SAP got Java libraries as well ehehehehe. Its great that Web2py is doing good changes. I wish it keep up something different "Think Different" and attract more people to this community
Regards, Rohit On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Michele Comitini <[email protected] > wrote: > None of the java programmers that I worked with ->*once they*<- used > web2py ever > looked back for web application development, ever. Once you go python > you never go back to java unless forced. > > mic > > 2012/6/1 Michele Comitini <[email protected]>: > > Massimo, > >> > >> > >> I talk to many employers and entrepreneurs. There is a perception that > Java > >> programmers are the > > > > please finish the phrase it was getting interesting ;-). > > > > > > @RKumar > > > > This is old but even more true today so pls read it: > > http://www.paulgraham.com/pypar.html > > > > I do work with Java often (too often) and so I know that world. Its a > > world where the approach is not about solving problems once for all by > > coding the solution and sharing it. It's all about patterns. do you > > want to base your code on patterns solved and implemented to the state > > of the art or do you want to have a job writing always the same > > things. This is all about python,ruby,go (and even C++ today) vs > > java. > > > > > > Many Java programmers are groupable by a simple question: "Why did > > you *choose* to learn Java?" > > The answers are: > > 1. "Because it is the most requested skill" > > 2. "Because it is the best overall tool" > > > > For the ones that take 2. comes another question: "Which other > > programming environments do you have experience with?" > > Answers: > > "Well I was told so" > > "Cobol" > > "Are there any other environments?" > > "It's the only open source environment" [not even opensource until > icedtea] > > > > None of the java programmers that I worked with used web2py ever > > looked back for web application development, ever. Once you go python > > you never go back to java unless forced. >

