Shay Shmeltzer

Most of the discussion surrounding Web 2.0 applications revolves around the way it revolutionized end users' interaction with applications and with other users. An area that is sometimes left out of the discussion is the impact Web 2.0 had on the developers who are actually building these applications. Creating Web 2.0 applications involves a variety of technologies and standards from UI technologies such as AJAX and DHTML to back-end technologies such as SOA and other mash-up technologies (see Figure 1). This puts a new burden on developers and challenges them to become multidisciplinary developers - proficient in a range of new and emerging technologies. One key enabler that will allow a developer to overcome this challenge is having the right development tool in his a... (more)

Java Advice for Beginners: How Do I Start Learning JDeveloper and ADF?

Shay Shmeltzer's Blog Where does someone start who wants to learn development with JDeveloper (and ADF)? I am asked so often that I figured I'll write down my canned answer here and in the future I can just point people to this brief basic advice. First step - Learn the Java language (at least the syntax) - while it might seem that you can do a lot in JDeveloper without coding any Java line... (more)

JSF: A Wish List

JavaServer Faces (JSF) has seen increased momentum among enterprise Java developers ever since it was incorporated into Java EE 5.0 and became the standard framework for Java-based Web development. While some are just now taking their first steps with JSF, early adaptors have already discovered both the upside and downside of this framework. Some developers prefer to wait for the next ma... (more)