Is the Java Language a Productivity Dead End?

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Recorded at the Java Posse Roundup 2009, this session takes an objective look at where we go from here with the Java language, and what the future might hold (including other languages for productivity).

• Keep Java the same?
• http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Interviews/bloch_effective_08_qa.html
• Change Java?
• Closures
• http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-06-2008/jw-06-closures.html
• Properties and Events
• http://blogs.sun.com/joe/entry/java_properties_and_events
• Project Coin
• http://openjdk.java.net/projects/coin/
• Sid Dabster - User Friendly
• http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/sid/
• Changes in Fortran and Cobol
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobol
• Enumerations and Iterators
• http://www.coderanch.com/t/202139/Performance/java/Enumeration-vs-Iterator
• Java Puzzlers
• http://www.javapuzzlers.com/
• Builder pattern
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Builder_pattern
• Domain Specific Languages
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_programming_language
• Does productivity in other languages scale to hundreds of developers?
• http://www.infoq.com/articles/Will-the-Enterprise-change-Ruby
• http://steve.vinoski.net/blog/2008/02/05/static-languages-rationalizations-and-myths/
• http://www.softwaresecretweapons.com/jspwiki/dynamiclanguagesslowlytakeovertheworld
• JVM languages summit
• http://www.infoq.com/JVMLanguageSummit
• Scala
• http://www.scala-lang.org/
• Server Side JavaScript
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server-side_JavaScript
• Java FX
• http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/JavaScript/Client-side-and-Server-side-JavaScript/
• Forth
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_%28programming_language%29
• Lisp
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_programming_language
• Ruby on Rails
• http://rubyonrails.org/
• Annotations
• http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/javaOO/annotations.html
• Elvis operator - inline null check
• http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/coin-dev/2009-March/000047.html
• Groovy
• http://groovy.codehaus.org/
• Grails
• http://grails.org/
• Generics
• http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/language/generics.html
• Java -source flag
• http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/tooldocs/windows/javac.html#options
• Reification in Generics
• http://gafter.blogspot.com/2006/11/reified-generics-for-java.html
• Option types in Scala
• http://blog.lostlake.org/index.php?/archives/50-The-Scala-Option-class-and-how-lift-uses-it.html
• Higher order functions
• http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-highfunc.html
• Java exceptions multiple catch proposal
• http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/coin-dev/2009-February/000003.html
• Checked exceptions vs Runtime exceptions
• http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/dev2arch/2006/11/effective-exceptions.html
• Findbugs
• http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/
• PHP and Zend
• http://www.zend.com/en/
• Technical Debt
• http://blogs.construx.com/blogs/stevemcc/archive/2007/11/01/technical-debt-2.aspx
• Python 3000
• http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3000/

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• Theme Music:
  • Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI),
    written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney.
    Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad.
    Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
  • Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)
    

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