John , my ,what a detailed explaination. Wow , that was really enlightening to read. it was really nice to get the reply from you immdeatley.
You have said that you have gone through Kent Beck's book threee times . Same here. But , i am goind to read it once againg in perspective of your answer. May be my thought process may be more refined now , while reading it.
I really envy on one thing that you have received onsite training from objectmentor. If i have not mistaken , it is run by RObert C. Martin , one of the foremost proponent of XP. He is having one of the best XP sites. Did you receive trainig from Kent Beck & Martin Fowler also ,as they generally come to objectmentor sessions. How was the experience ? Was it useful in your business ? Waht was the utility value of that trainig ? In what way it is helping you ? Can you share that with us ? can you also share your other experiences while using XP , if time permits & if it is o.k for you.
You have said that Glad to see people are talking about this kind of stuff on Java Ranch. I think , if i have not mistaken , it is complement for javaranch & for me also , may be. As a moderator of this discussion forum , I am really exalted with the complement from you. it is really enlightening to see people like you , steve come & share their experiences , share their quality time & get the satisfaction of participating. I am really , really happy.
I earnestly request you , Steve , Frank to participate in this forum , share your experiences & make this place more richer for knowledge sharing.
You said " Stopping your soapbox . " it ws not at all soapbox. It was really wonderful to have detailed explaination.
Last thing . "Now if I could only find a mobile robotics company in the Denver DTC area that was using Java..." . my small brain couln't understnad this. Can you please elaborate ?
Now , I am stopping my soapbox. ( By the way ,
SOAP : Simple Object Access Protocol from Microsoft )
Bye.
[This message has been edited by shailesh sonavadekar (edited November 14, 2000).]