I only did a small amount of j2ee programming for a course I took in school, but like all Java (or at least all Java I've experienced,) your code can be written from a text editor. I'm not sure about the accessibility of glassfish. Wonder if the netbeans accessibility stuff works with it? Eclipse is also handy for the j2ee code. -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kerneels Roos Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 2:14 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Java EE in terms of Accessibility and in General Hi everyone, On the Wikipedia article on Java there's a claim that on the server side, web oriented arena, ASP.NET and Java EE are in strong competition and rival each other quite equally in popularity, but that Java EE tends to be used more for highly distributed, security conscious systems. I can believe that since it corresponds to the on average more corporate look and feel of the few Java EE job postings I've noticed (and some other general feel I can gauge). I don't know enough about Java EE yet, but it seems to me that it's more elaborate than ASP.NET and supporting MS .NET technologies, almost as if Java EE also offers frameworks of multi tiered setups and middle ware and all sorts of protocols. Is anyone on the list an expert in Java EE perhaps? How accessible do you find the process of developing systems in Java EE? Would you recommend the technology? Any other Java EE comments? It doesn't look like a quick and dirty solution to get a web based system up and running -- it looks very verbose and extensive, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. Appart from just diving into it, can anyone recommend a learning trail one could follow to get into this type of Java development? Also, are there particular technologies in the EE stack that is now considered obsolete and not worth learning? The Java language itself seems less feature rich than the latest C#, but that's also not necessarily a bad thing. -- Kerneels Roos Cell: +27 (0)82 309 1998 Skype: cornelis.roos __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind