Code Generation: Good, Bad or Ugly?

Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.comA discussion about code generation and where it might be useful, or whether it should be avoided. Recorded at the Java Posse Roundup 2009 in Crested Butte, CO.* Early vs. late binding + http://stackoverflow.com/questions/367411/

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• Matisse

• http://wiki.netbeans.org/NBDemoGUIBuilder

• EJB 2.1 vs EJB 3.0

• http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/

techjournal/0602_ejba/0602_ejba.html

• Bytecode generation at runtime

• http://cglib.sourceforge.net/

• ASM

• http://asm.ow2.org/

• Thrift

• http://incubator.apache.org/thrift/

• Protocol buffers

• http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/

• Comparison

• http://www.eishay.com/2008/11/serialization-protobuf-vs-thrift-vs.html

• QtJambi

• http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-08-2007/jw-08-qtjambi.html

• Scala

• http://www.scala-lang.org/

• Dynamic proxies

• http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/reflection/proxy.html

• Interface injection

• http://blogs.sun.com/jrose/entry/interface_injection_in_the_vm

• WSDL - Web Services

• http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl

• IDL - Interface Definition Language

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface_description_language

• Annotations

• http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/language/annotations.html

• Working around limitations of Java?

• http://www.cis.njit.edu/~cis456/javacourse/Java_Limitations/outline.html

• Database persistence, JPA

• http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/J2EE/jpa/

• Traits/Mixins

• http://www.scala-lang.org/node/126

• DSL - Domain Specific Language

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_language

• MDA - Model Driven Architecture

• http://www.omg.org/mda/

• OptimalJ

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OptimalJ

• UML

• http://www.uml.org/

• NoMagic

• http://www.nomagic.com/dispatcher.php

• POJOs

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_Old_Java_Object

• Dynamic Languages

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_programming_language

• Schema migrations

• http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/SchemaEvolution

• Autopatch

• http://autopatch.sourceforge.net/

• JavaFX production suite

• http://javafx.com/docs/gettingstarted/production_suite/

Thanks

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• Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork
• 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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