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Dev vs Dev! Java has a Library That Will do That

December 28th, 2010 by Mike Wilcox

What does a conversation between a new front end developer and a back end developer sound like? Using XtraNormal, I’ve created a video based on past experience. While this focuses on a Java developer, it is a compilation from ASP and PHP guys as well. If you’re a back end developer you should still see the humor in this. And if you don’t — then you resemble that remark!

If you’ve never seen an XtraNormal video, they don’t move a lot (my wife asked if they were going to fight). They are animated characters having a conversation. I think the humor comes out of the lack of emotion due to the computer generated voices.


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9 Responses to “Dev vs Dev! Java has a Library That Will do That”

  1. Jeremy Brown (@notmessenger) says:
    December 28, 2010 at 6:22 pm

    Very nice! Definitely a “it’s only so funny because it’s true, but I wish it wasn’t” situation.

  2. David Lender says:
    December 30, 2010 at 4:03 pm

    Pure awesomeness!

  3. ¿Eres un desarrollador web? « sidelab says:
    December 31, 2010 at 9:57 am

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  4. JakeJBlues says:
    December 31, 2010 at 10:18 am

    Great, just great, thx!

  5. Club AJAX | Dev vs Dev! JavaScript is a Toy says:
    January 6, 2011 at 9:39 am

    [...] in the first video, while this focuses on a Java developer, it is a compilation from ASP and PHP guys as well (and [...]

  6. redsword says:
    January 14, 2011 at 6:52 pm

    can we not just get along? Java rules!! JavaScript is a toy — It could not even come up with its own name :)

  7. Nic says:
    January 15, 2011 at 11:08 am

    I wouldn’t call PHP, ASP.NET, or JSP developers “back-end” developers. It is sad if people like the guy in red really exist though. Any Java/JVM-language developer worth his/her salt should be familiar with at least one or two UI technologies along with at least one JavaScript library.

  8. Bob Byron says:
    January 15, 2011 at 12:21 pm

    Nic,

    I think the point is most people underestimate the magnitude of front end development. For just the browser side alone, you have to consider HTML, JavaScript, JS Frameworks, CSS, Cross-browser compatibility, XHR communications, XML, JSON, UI Design, graphics, cookies, parameters, forms, optimization, events, timers, mouse movement… I could go on. The back end has session variables, packages, external libraries, compilation, builds, war files, ear files, etc. I could go on there too.

    The point is, there are enough variables in each environment that separating the two offers great advantage. It lets each side create a simpler design. The front end developer concentrates on the user interface while the back end developer focuses in on the services.

  9. Nic Johnson says:
    September 19, 2011 at 11:33 am

    There’s no such thing as a GridView people, it’s a table :)