It seems to me it’s my Java time again – several things are pushing to try out Java although the company is still moving forward to C/C++ and PHP.
First problem is Android, this is a platform that EVERY application needs to think about, and obviously Java is the only way to get things done (I heard of NDK, but it seems it is not a full function development kit).
The next one is migration, I’m seriously thinking about migrating all my Java Web sites to PHP so that we can leverage resources within the company, such as resource pool. I need to dig into some sample applications to see how much effort we need to get this done, but since Java developers won’t like this idea (although they know about it), I don’t expect they are going to give me reasonable evaluation, so I have to be hands-on.
Nothing else, I still don’t believe Java is a good choice for any applications other than e-commerce, and this makes me sick as it does sound like “COBOL is the excellent choice for business system” …
Yes, Java is heavy and fat, it does not fit into my world :).