m0smithslash's Journal: Software Development Jan 2003 Vol 12 No 1

Offshore Uproar

A lot of the magazine is dedicated to offshore development. There is understandable hostility toward it and hopes that it will be slowing down. Other sources mention the same.

The AOP Report Card

Aspect Oriented Systems mentioned:

• AspectJ
• Aspect-Werkz
• JBoss AOP Framework
• Aspect C++
• JAC
• Nanning

AOP ideas presented:

• pointcut mechanism
• advice

How does AOP stack up in these areas?

• Expressiveness : ok and getting better
• efficiency : static deployment (AspectJ) is good, dynamic has some problems with optimization and compiler times
• Intuitive : Seems to make sense but its going to take some time and training to use it properly
• Compatability : AOP code will run on standard JVMs. Some use changes to Java syntax while others use a separate XML file to specify the aspects
• Tool Support : Tools support is weak at this point.

Third International Conference on AOP