Java & Spring: Impressions From a non coding perspective
I am a bit funny when it comes to learning technology, I read about it away from the computer, because otherwise there would be a lot of stuff that I would be doing that would interfer with the process of actually reading a book. Anyway, I am reading Agile Java Development right now, and I got to the point where the author shows how to build a simple page. The sheer amount of steps required is scaring me. What is more worrying is that the author keeps saying how simple this is compare...
It just depends on how smart the tools are, actually.
Ben has a few words to say about Compiled vs Dynamic Laguages and the Code Feedback Loop. I mostly agree with what he says, I usually open a booish interpreter open so I can try stuff out. However, there are a few things that I don't agree with:The compiler is becoming less and less popular these days because it cannot protect your program from logic flaws, It’s becoming much like the spell-check feature of word processors. They can tell you that you mispelled the word definate definite, but a sentence like this...