5 Things a Java Developer Should Consider This Year
This
post is about 5 things that I am planning to do this year. I have
created it for me to track my progress then thought it can be a good
direction for anybody similar.
If you have yet not understood the NoSQL databases its the best time. Lots of choices on the NOSQL side, may be MongoDB or Hadoop can be a starting point. We can create applications using Spring Data or the native Java adapters to connect to the Data Store.
2. Get the first app on Java PaaS on Cloud and ask your 5 friends to use it.
You have many platforms available including Openshift backed by JBoss and Redhat , CouldFoundry backed by Spring source and VMware. Cloud is the future of application deployments and Software as service gaining more popularity. From a developer point of view nothing really changes apart from the configurations and deployment.
3. What really is Software Design?
Read the GOF Design Pattern catalog and Search your project for the usage of it. If you are not using them check if you have similar patters. If you have a Java enterprise application you can check for Java EE patterns. Take a existing use case and think of possible alternative implementations.
4. Learn a new Programming Language and create a sample project
I think here you have 2 broad choices, Ruby or a JVM functional language. There are a number of functional languages available. It will help you become a polygot programmer.
5. Contribute to the community
You should be doing it already if not it is the time to start. There are a number of ways including Community Forums, Stack overflow or write a blog
on how your leanings.
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Comments
Tom Marrs replied on Wed, 2013/02/27 - 12:30pm
This is good advice. I've taken some of these steps, and I plan on implementing all of them.
Ricardo Cirous replied on Sun, 2013/03/03 - 5:48pm
in response to:
Tom Marrs
tom can you give me an example of project using j2ee and mongodb
Ricardo Cirous replied on Sun, 2013/03/03 - 6:02pm
Manu can you give me your email adress i need some help
Flora Kalisa replied on Sun, 2013/03/24 - 3:33pm
Most of your recommedations are mentioned in The clean coder book by Robert C. Martin
There is is a mistake in your article : CouldFoundry should be CloudFoundry
Evan Harris replied on Mon, 2013/04/15 - 12:01am
in response to:
Flora Kalisa
There is a mistake in your comment: recommedations should be recommendations.
Thamizh Thomas replied on Wed, 2013/05/08 - 11:39pm
Thanks for the DZone Community for their valuable resources and services.
I really benefit from your resources of new technologies.
Please help me find ways to contribute to your communities
Thamizh Thomas replied on Wed, 2013/05/08 - 11:41pm
Thanks for the DZone Community for their valuable resources and services.
I really benefit from your resources of new technologies.
Please help me find ways to contribute to the community