The trouble is entropy: there are many more ways to screw it up than there are to get it right.
At least in the Java world I see stackoverflow as part of the problem more than part of the solution. Using tools like Maven and Spring involves understanding how they work, which means reading the manuals cover to cover over and over again.
If your intro to this tech have a 20 module project that's been worked on developers from Mr. Cowboy Genius to the Guy Who Got an MS in Artificial Intelligence because He Didn't Have Any Natural Intelligence. All of these guys write XML by cut and pasting from Stack Overflow so of course the build process works only 20% of the time and it's a terrifying thought to get anywhere near the wiring.
Put some czar who knows something in charge of these cross-cutting concerns and you find these technologies are just fine.
Maven haters gotta hate. Same goes for a lot of Java detractors. The tech works just fine, but you can't grok it with a two paragraph blog post. Not as bad as PHP however, where it's far too easy to learn just enough to be dangerous and the lurking dangers are manifold.
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 17.5 ms ] threadAt least in the Java world I see stackoverflow as part of the problem more than part of the solution. Using tools like Maven and Spring involves understanding how they work, which means reading the manuals cover to cover over and over again.
If your intro to this tech have a 20 module project that's been worked on developers from Mr. Cowboy Genius to the Guy Who Got an MS in Artificial Intelligence because He Didn't Have Any Natural Intelligence. All of these guys write XML by cut and pasting from Stack Overflow so of course the build process works only 20% of the time and it's a terrifying thought to get anywhere near the wiring.
Put some czar who knows something in charge of these cross-cutting concerns and you find these technologies are just fine.