[Springframework-developer] I want to help

[Ken K. <kk...@kk...>]

Hello all,

I've been monitoring this project since its inception and am very
interested in making a contribution. I just completed my Web Component
Developer certification (93%) on Tuesday and am now in the position to
be able to devote a significant amount of time to the project. Although
I have no commercial Java development experience, my experience as a
professional product developer (hardware and software) is extensive,
and  my knowledge of Java and OOD in general is quite sound. In addition
to some programming in C++ and Java, I have been using OOD
techniques/patterns in non-OOD development languages and programming
environments for more than 10 years in my work as a Control Systems
Engineer. Information regarding my career history is available at my
personal website, http://www.globaldialog.com/~kkrebs.

I am very motivated as I need to gain real world experience and am
willing to do whatever kind of work is needed. I have gained enough
experience on my own to be quite comfortable working with Ant, JUnit,
XML, webapps, design patterns, JDBC, Swing, and the Spring framework
itself. Though I understand the basics, I am less comfortable at this
time with EJB, CVS, transactions, and AOP. I believe the best way for me
to participate initially probably would be to assist in the demo/tutorial.

Regarding Validation :
It seems to me that  the validation portion of the framework is
incorrectly  packaged in the web jar. As Rod points out on page 497 of
the book, "Validation should depend on business objects, rather than the
web tier. This maximizes the potential to reuse validation code". I
should think a developer working on a Swing client for instance would
rather find it in the core jar.


To Rod,

Many thanks for your terrific book. My copy is already getting kind of
beat up from all the reading and rereading.


Eagerly  :-) ,

Ken Krebs
KK Technology Inc.
414 Hummingbird La.
Madison, WI 53714
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