Enterprisey IT Journal

The Cost to attend the JavaOne Conference I did some math to calculate the minimum damage that attending JavaOne may cause to  your valet. In my calculations I was assuming registration fee of $2500 (waived for speakers). I did not take into account early bird discounts or any other coupons that could bring the fees down to $1500). I did not include local transportation, parking food and drink expenses, which for some people may substantially increase the cost of attendance. So let’s see… 1. For a   speaker (non-consultant) living in the Bay area:   $0 2. For a   speaker (consultant between the projects) living in the Bay area:   $0 3. For a   speaker (consultant on the project) living in the Bay area:   $3000 - $5000 of lost earnings. 4. For a   regular attendee  (non-consultant) living in the Bay area:   $2500 5. For a   regular attendee  (consultant betw... (more)

Interviewing Java Developers With Tears in My Eyes

During the last week I had to interview five developers for a position that required the following skills: Flex, Java, Spring, and Hibernate.  Most of these guys had demonstrated the 3 out of 10 level of Flex skills even though each of them claimed a practical experience on at least two projects. But this didn’t surprise me – Flex is still pretty new and there is only a small number of developers on the market who can really get Flex things done. What surprised me the most is a low level of Java skills of most of these people. They have 5-8 years of Java EE projects behind their b... (more)

Klee Associates, Inc. Launches New Blog on ERPtips.com

Klee Associates, a SAP training and education provider, has announced the launch of a new blog dedicated to SAP training and education. The new blog, titled SAP Training: Taming the Beast, will serve as an ideal setting for SAP users to obtain free information and education on SAP's ERP software packages. The blog will offer frequent discussions on all aspects of SAP training and education, SAP best practices, SAP certification, SAP configuration, SAP how to instructions, SAP integration, and SAP implementations. Jocelyn Hayes, Klee Associates' resident SAP expert, will provide ... (more)

Web Frameworks and IDE in Java/J2EE

In the first two articles of this series (see http://java.sys-con.com/read/108260.htm and http://java.sys-con.com/read/124664.htm), I started thinking aloud about automating my gas station using various Java-related technologies. This time, I'm trying to figure out what IDE and Web framework to use. How Many Java Web Frameworks Does Mankind Need? Being a consultant in my previous life, I worked on different projects for various clients. Each time I joined a project I had to learn a new Java technology that promised to make my life easier. Here it comes again! Now I need to selec... (more)

Look Mom, No Application Servers, Look...MOM!

In the unlikely event that you're not familiar with my gas station, you can find my previous essays at http://java.sys-con.com/general/gasstation.htm Recently, I've conducted a small survey among my truck drivers. I asked them just one question: "What do you think of application servers?" The most popular answer was, "I don't need no stinkin' application server." And truck drivers usually know what they're talking about! You may think that now I'll start selling one of the popular application frameworks. Wrong! The idea of these frameworks was nice: get back from complex contain... (more)