enterprise java

[afuna]

I am discovering, to my absolute horror that enterprise Java is a lot like myself: often has a point, but unable to get there without going on long rambling tangents; requires a lot of structure to hold itself together; loves, loves, loves to scatter and repeat itself everywhere.

I am reading tutorials on how to set up and use JPA. Sooooo many things that need to be set up before you can even test whether you can, say, connect to a database. And at that, all the articles make it a point to emphasize how wow, the new API makes life so much easier and better more convenient and faster than before (perhaps I shall one day see the difference, the way I did when I was being frustrated by maven's complexity, and then had to use ant briefly, which made me realize what all the fuss about maven was about)

I definitely cannot mistake what I am doing as anything other than work. Which is not a bad thing! I have plenty of toys to play with on my off time :)

Less frustrating, more flexible, more lightweight, more exciting, more practical, toys.

Comments

[owl]

Welcome to the wondrous world of enterprise Java :) It'll be fine once you get used to it.

And I hear you on Maven versus Ant. We're using Ant for this project, and ugh.

[hypatia]

enterprise java: our generation's COBOL :)

(wandered over here from damned_colonial :) )

[afuna]

Ahaha, wow that is just *perfect*.