[thelist] From PHP to...?

[martin.p.burns at uk.pwcglobal.com]

Memo from Martin P Burns of PricewaterhouseCoopers

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Another big thing (particularly if you're wanting to know "what's
in it for me as a professional developer") is that it's becoming
the de facto standard for enterprise systems, which means
more, better-paid, gigs.

Cheers
Martin





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> I guess that at the end of the day, server side Java can accomplish pretty
> much anything that can be accomplished with other forms of serverside
> programming. I guess that if one is predisposed to programming in Java (or
> is used to C++) then it's a wonderful environment. What I'm very unsure
> about though is whether serverside Java can do anything extra that would
> make it worthwhile for the non-Java programmer to change over. I would like
> to hope so, but in all the conversations I've ever had about it I've not yet
> heard one single point that would make me consider taking the time to learn
> it.
>
> I would LOVE to hear of some really good reasons though. Perhaps someone
> here has been programming in this environment long enough to be able to
> explain what the advantages are?

Object-oriented.


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