John D. Head aka "Starfish" | CommentsRamblings on IBM Lotus Notes, integration with MS Office, Games, Movies, Music, Apple Stuff & whatever else I feel like ...911 - I will never forget- September 11, 2008 What an attack, horrible, devastating but also spectacular. Maybe blinding.You touch on the basically mutual feeling of solidarity outside of the US right after the attack. Yet, with almost all of the world behind them the Bush administration "fumbles" most of it at great cost. Imagine that.http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/911-i-will-never-forget?opendocument&am... 911 - I will never forget- September 11, 2008 I remember 11th September 2001 very clearly.Just days earlier I had agreed an amicable split with my (now ex) wife. We'd picked that evening to meet up and talk about how to split the household posessions.We met on neutral ground in a local pub with the smouldering twin towers all over the TV screens in the background. Compared to what was on screen, nothing seemed less important than who got the lawnmower or TV.http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/911-i-will-never-forget?opendocument&am... Are you ready for some football NFL 2008 season starts today- September 10, 2008 Tom Brady going down can't be good for your fantasy leagues.http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/are-you-ready-for-some-football-nfl-200... So IBM thinks it is important that all the LotusScript Developers transition to Java ... where is IBM Education- September 9, 2008 I think Wayne nailed it: just like with a spoken language, once you get firmly embedded in a programming language, you start to "think" in that language.A big obstacle to learning a new spoken language is the temptation to try to speak each word in the new language while still thinking of the equivalent word in the old language... and it's often the same with programming. While there's significant overlap between the core product objects in LotusScript and their equivalents in the Notes Java...http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/so-ibm-thinks-it-is-important-that-all-... So IBM thinks it is important that all the LotusScript Developers transition to Java ... where is IBM Education- September 8, 2008 IBM doesn't need to produce material to the degree of JavaRanch. What they do need is to take common LS constructs and show us (Java newbies) how to do the same or better in Java. And I don't mean a call for call translation - show us how Java programming structures can overcome limitations in LS, how and where to implement call back routines etc. Otherwise people will simply write LS procedures in the Java language.There is a reason LS became so popular, its' lack of complexity is actually...http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/so-ibm-thinks-it-is-important-that-all-... So IBM thinks it is important that all the LotusScript Developers transition to Java ... where is IBM Education- September 8, 2008 As someone who has already taken the Java bull by the horns, there are plenty of resource to learn pure Java (outside of a notes and domino environment). However, the hardest part was using the Java in NotesDomino in anger, which is entirely due to the lack of adequate tools - not the lack of instructions, books or online tutorials. Jeff has got the idea - you need to do more Java to learn it.With the new set of features in 8.5 such as xPages and the Designer in eclipse, there is going to be a..http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/so-ibm-thinks-it-is-important-that-all-... So IBM thinks it is important that all the LotusScript Developers transition to Java ... where is IBM Education- September 8, 2008 John,Great idea, but getting IBM to release a book, on a Lotus product !!! This is the mob that no longer prints yellow books (no admin or designer manuals), making it near impossible for beginners to learn how to use their product in the first place.http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/so-ibm-thinks-it-is-important-that-all-... So IBM thinks it is important that all the LotusScript Developers transition to Java ... where is IBM Education- September 8, 2008 Axel,Your comments explain my confusion and clarify John's point.In Java, there's so many options to consider. I appreciate your comment here because folks in my shop use Spring and will tutor me in that direction. I've been working a bit with Eclipse IDE and it's cut some pain compared to working in NotePad.Thanks.http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/so-ibm-thinks-it-is-important-that-all-... So IBM thinks it is important that all the LotusScript Developers transition to Java ... where is IBM Education- September 8, 2008 DISCLAIMER: Websphere might make a lot of sense, if you have to integrate a big backend infrastructure with 2phase-commit-requirements, a crew WAS Admin wizzards who know all that script automation stuff, etc. Not for a simple application to be developed in a week for comparision purposes with a simple notes application.http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/so-ibm-thinks-it-is-important-that-all-... IBMs website is adding AddThis.com widgets in places- September 8, 2008 IBM should add BleedYellow's Dogear service, and LinkJam ;-)http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/ibms-website-is-adding-addthis.com-widg... |