With the end of 2010 rapidly approaching, it is time to summarize what I believe are the ten most significant developments in 2010 in the software development community. As I have disclaimed before, this is entirely biased toward my interests. It is difficult to gauge the importance of events in spaces one is not familiar with, so I tend to favor areas that I do know and am able to make some educated (albeit anecdotal) conclusions about their significance. I started writing this blog in late 2007 and have written posts similar to this one on significant software development developments for the years 2007, 2008, and 2009.
Although I enjoy many different programming languages, I would most closely associate myself with Java programming. Therefore, it’s not surprising that this year’s developments are dominated by Oracle’s ownership and stewardship of Java. It is a challenge to decide whether to represent all of these things under one item, to have an item for each issue, or to go somewhere between. I chose the last option and bundle multiple items related to Oracle’s stewardship of Java into a smaller number of groups, but do not limit all of these events to one of the items.
The interesting thing is that even with only 3 days left in the year 2010, there is still the possibility that a major development could occur that should make this list.
Source:-http://www.javaworld.com/community/?q=node/6611
