Brandon Harper

I don't view this informal querying of a job aggregator to be the end-all absolute truth, nor do I really view it as a scientifically sound study, but I wanted just to make public last week the results of an job-market survey I compiled recently using data from indeed.com (an aggregator for job sites). I found it interesting that I was able to search a large percentage of the jobs available in the US and wanted to compare some various technology related keywords. The results, arranged by programming languages and platform architectures, were as follows: Java (-barista -coffee) 53,6... (more)

Are There More Java Jobs Than .NET Jobs?

I don't view this informal querying of a job aggregator to be the end-all absolute truth, nor do I really view it as a scientifically sound study, but I wanted just to make public last week the results of an job-market survey I compiled recently using data from indeed.com (an aggregator for job sites). I found it interesting that I was able to search a large percentage of the jobs availabl... (more)

Blogging & Development Perspectives

Newly appointed CFDJ Editorial Board Member Brandon Harper writes: With the proliferation of many respected developers in the ColdFusion community sharing their experiences and knowledge by blogging, we've seen quite a huge jump in both information sharing as well as the discussion of best practices in software development. These increases in enlightenment also started happening around th... (more)

i-Technology Viewpoint: Why Java Is Not Slow

Not to directly pick on Peter Bell at all (he’s a very smart guy and I really enjoy his blog, so this is nothing personal at all), I just noticed something he mentioned in a recent comment on a blog entry and felt that it was something I should address in a blog post rather than a comment. Also, writing this entry gives me a good reference point later to send to people when they pr... (more)