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Thanks for your response. Say I create a standalone java application in university and think it has business application. If it fulfills a critical pain point

Thanks for your response. Say I create a standalone java application in university and think it has business application. If it fulfills a critical pain point within a business could they integrate that into their environment? I guess my question is: do enterprise ready applications _have_ to be written in Enterprise Java? Thanks

smoyer 13y ago
If your application doesn't need to connect to the business' other systems, then you can write it in whatever way you want. For any significant system, I'd recommend using an MVC or MVP pattern (see Martin Fowler's excellent articles - I prefer the "Passive View" for its testability). If you're selling to large enterprises, the other thing you'll need to be is consistent. You can have short release cycles if you want, but the company's IT department may not upgrade each time you release. You'll need a very defined way of jumping several versions (e.g. Many companies completely skipped Windows Vista, staying with Windows XP longer than Microsoft would have liked and then upgrading to Windows 7).