Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!novia!news-out.readnews.com!news-xxxfer.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!86597e80!not-for-mail From: "Arved Sandstrom" Subject: Re: Looking For Direction Message-ID: X-Comment-To: alt.comp.lang.java,comp.l Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.databases In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92] Lines: 44 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:23:33 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 96.60.20.240 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1303917813 96.60.20.240 (Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:23:33 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:23:33 CDT Organization: TDS.net Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.databases:409 To: alt.comp.lang.java,comp.l JC wrote: [ SNIP ] > Off the top of my head, I am thinking of a Unix based version of Oracle for > the DBMS. For the user interface I am thinking of something that is > integrated with a web browser. And of course some sort of interface between > the two. All this with my limited knowledge of what's out there today. I > might be a dinosaur but certainly not stupid; I am quite capable of > learning. I haven't been to school since 1996 when I graduated with a BS in > Comp/Sci & Math. > > Many Thanks to any/all that respond ... > > -JC I realize that you posted to Java newsgroups, and others have already provided good advice for Java-based work. However, in line with where you say you're currently at, I would recommend investigating a .NET approach in parallel with following up the Java/J2EE leads. For a web application you might then be looking at ASP.NET MVC 2, using C# as your primary programming language, with SQL Server as your database. The J2EE parallel to this could be JSF/Facelets in Java EE 6, with Java 1.6, using Oracle or PostgreSQL. There are lots of permutations, obviously, but these are broad brush suggestions. Would I recommend one over the other, J2EE over .NET, or vice versa? No, I simply recommend being aware of both technology sets. Especially since you are essentially coming in at ground zero, which is not necessarily a disadvantage here. HTH, AHS -- It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter. -- Nathaniel Borenstein --- * Synchronet * The Whitehouse BBS --- whitehouse.hulds.com --- check it out free usenet! --- Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24