Java IDEs have come a long way and have made development so much easier in that last 5 years it is mind boggling.
I started experimenting about 5 years ago when I started working with my current employer. Java was still new, at least to me, and object oriented programming was even newer.The IDEs were either exremely expensive or extremely free. I opted for extremenly free. I had the hardest time getting used to the complexity of Java and didn't make much progress.I had a crutch called Microsoft. They build tools that could take guys like me and make us believe we knew what we were doing. The going was a little rough and it kept me from really immersing myself in Java and all its flexibility.
Fast forward 5 years and now I am a fan of Java. I am a student of design patterns and the stufy of algorithms. To what end you might ask? I became designer and architect of sorts. I discovered there was method to the madnes and it came down to good OO principles and patterns. What power and flexibility. Patterns cross all platforms and languages. They even worked on old VB 6. These studies have led me to more robust and mature JDeveloper.
I started experimenting about 5 years ago when I started working with my current employer. Java was still new, at least to me, and object oriented programming was even newer.The IDEs were either exremely expensive or extremely free. I opted for extremenly free. I had the hardest time getting used to the complexity of Java and didn't make much progress.I had a crutch called Microsoft. They build tools that could take guys like me and make us believe we knew what we were doing. The going was a little rough and it kept me from really immersing myself in Java and all its flexibility.
Fast forward 5 years and now I am a fan of Java. I am a student of design patterns and the stufy of algorithms. To what end you might ask? I became designer and architect of sorts. I discovered there was method to the madnes and it came down to good OO principles and patterns. What power and flexibility. Patterns cross all platforms and languages. They even worked on old VB 6. These studies have led me to more robust and mature JDeveloper.
