BEA WebLogic Server™ 8.1 Unleashed
by Mark Artiges, Gupreet Singh Bhasin, Bernard Ciconte, Malcolm Garland, Saranathan Govindarajan, James Huang, Subramanian Kovilmadam, Kunal Mittal, Paul J. Perrone, Tom Schwenk, Steve Steffen
Java Skills
Java skills are, of course, the essence of WLS 8.1 development. Java skills are vastly different depending on what you're doing. A programmer used to doing small command-line programs in Java won't necessarily even know where to start developing an online application using WLS, or even a Swing GUI app connecting through JDBC to a database.
Because of this, assembling a team to build applications becomes more difficult. A manager cannot simply hire a Java programmer; she must know what underlying technologies the application will be using. This doesn't mean the employee can't learn the new technology, but a learning curve will be associated with doing so.
The norm in software development is to have one person wear many hats and do ...
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