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I haven't used WebObjects for years, but I'm curious how this whole Java kerfuffle is going to affect that. Do people still use it?
by recurser 16y ago
I haven't used WebObjects for years, but I'm curious how this whole Java kerfuffle is going to affect that. Do people still use it?
- cosmicray 16y agoIn theory, it should have minor (if any) effect. The existing version of Java 6 will still run (and Apple has said it will have support for the normal cycle, whatever that means). Potentially other versions could appear. WebObjects use of java is primarily server side, and as such has less (possibly little) GUI usage. It may even be possible to run WebObjects on other platforms. That becomes an interesting situation if the license stipulates Apple hardware, but Apple no longer provides the proper runtime environment to use it.
- biafra 16y agoIt will have an effect. Anyone using WebObjects will use an IDE for that. Currently all popular Java IDEs are written in Java. When there is no decent Java for frontend applications (Soylatte is X11.app only) then WebObjects Developers will have to use Linux oder Windows.
- stonemetal 16y agoApple has said it will have support for the normal cycle It means deprecated for one rev and dropped the next. Just like they handled PowerPC supported in 10.4 deprecated in 10.5 gone in 10.6. So Java will be gone in 10.8.
- cosmicray 16y ago> So Java will be gone in 10.8. Apple's implementation of the JVM may be gone in 10.8. That's not the same thing as saying there will be no JVM (and conversely no java of any kind). I suspect someone will step up to the plate, either openJDK or Sun/Oracle.
- slantyyz 16y agoIn the late 90s, WebObjects ran on Solaris and Windows. The companies I worked at sold implementations on both.
- jfb 16y agoIt's in very heavy use internally at Apple.