If you are a Java pro and read Java is dead, but you’ll learn to love it you may think: oh no, not one of those Java bashing discussions again. And you are absolutely right. How stupid those “I do not like Java” programmers have to be to claim that Java is dead? Let us bring them back down to earth a bit 
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I like these little tools that help to save time. If you have to create user interface designs, a new category of tools is on the horizon: mockup tools. These allow to work like with pencil and paper, but add all advantages of modern software design to it.
First sketches can always be done with a pencil and paper. But, if you discuss such designs with your team you soon have to redraw them completely again. Finally, this can ...
The architect tries to limit project risks. So, she uses future-proofed designs containing abstractions. This can help to reduce maintenance efforts. But, when presenting such designs to developers, you may be surprised by bad attitude: “This is too complex to implement”. Developers need simple designs for fast coding. Are you behind the eight ball then?
I myself like to discuss designs with developers. For me it’s important to get early feedback from the guys who have to implement all this. So, ...
MoreAt the moment I have a deeper look at Flex stuff. So, from time to time I find related Flash stuff. Here’s a link to a page that I found today:
Maybe not as intuitive as the standard stuff we see in the Web browser today. But amazing in the details.
Our teacher in physics at grammar school had a credo: With all the knowledge about the things behind, don’t forget about the esthetics and beauty in it.
Without a doubt: ...
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Rainer Eschen is an agile coach with a focus on Scrum Project Management.
He is a Certified Professional Scrum Master I, a Certified Project
Management Associate (IPMA Level D) and co-founder of openPM.
Since the mid-1990s Rainer worked as a consultant, developer, architect, team leader, systems engineer, project manager, scrum master and scrum coach – since 2000 with a strong focus on JEE. He was also part of “the source” for 3 years working at Sun Microsystems, Germany.
Rainer is author of the book ICEfaces 1.8: Next Generation Enterprise Web Development, Packt Publishing, 2009.
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