Project alive
It is important not to select a library for use that is not alive. Have a look at the roadmap of the library, the last time a release was shipped, and the frequency of the commits. If the library is not alive, we should consider not using it. Libraries work in an environment and the environment changes. The library may connect to a database. The new version of the database may provide new features that give us better performance only if the library is modified to accommodate these new features. The library communicates over HTTP; will it support the new 2.0 version of the protocol? If nothing else, the version of the Java environment will change over the years and the library we use should sooner or later follow it to leverage ...
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