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Beyond Java
Bruce Tate, author of the Jolt Award-winning Better, Faster,
Lighter Java has an intriguing notion about the future of
Java, and it's causing some agitation among Java developers.
Bruce believes Java is abandoning its base, and conditions
are ripe for an alternative to emerge.
In Beyond Java, Bruce chronicles the rise
of the most
successful language of all time, and then lays out, in
painstaking detail, the compromises the founders had to make
to establish success. Then, he describes the
characteristics of likely successors to Java. He builds to
a rapid and heady climax, presenting alternative languages
and frameworks with productivity and innovation unmatched in
Java. He closes with an evaluation of the most popular and
important programming languages, and their future role in a
world beyond Java.
If you are agree with the book's premise--that Java's reign
is coming to an end--then this book will help you start to
build your skills accordingly. You can download some of the
frameworks discussed and learn a few new languages. This
book will teach you what a new language needs to succeed, so
when things do change, you'll be more prepared. And even if
you think Java is here to stay, you can use the best
techniques from frameworks introduced in this book to
improve what you're doing in Java today.
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