The Quest!

Every worthwhile journey has to have an end goal. I have been giving this some thought to give my travels into the world of Java a purpose. I need to define a point where I can say “I have arrived”. An obvious option for this would be to write an application of some sort, and go through the iterations of developing that application. This leaves quite an open playing field and I have considered the following points to help me decide what this application will be

• It has to do something useful (that I would actually use it for!)
• Do something that’s already been done so – I’m not trying to suddenly make a monumental and revolutionary breakthrough in software here…
• Employ areas of technology that I am familiar with (in my case systems integration through XML messaging – although the app doesn’t need to be centric to this otherwise it will feel too much like “work”)
• Could be something topical, i.e. mobile devices and media are big

 

With the above thoughts in mind I’m thinking about some sort of application that could run on a mobile (using the Java ME) and can also work on a desktop which involves connecting to a server that runs a web service (Axis perhaps??). If its going to be media related then I’m thinking podcasts, rss, streaming (hmm, maybe too much??). I’m just thinking aloud here. Wouldn’t it be great if you could have an app that could make your podcasts easier to manage and synch with your mobile which was lighter and a bit more user friendly than iTunes….

 

I think we have a winner Houston.