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I contend that components bring reuse. Back in my Delph days I was much more productive than I've ever been in Java. We all know that separating presentation from logic is a Good Thing(TM). The biggest area where Java has been lacking in making components reusable has been configuration. Consider IOC containers like Spring and Hivemend. In the end, Spring services are non-visual components that can be consumed over and over in different appliations. Cardsharp on Software. So You've Got a Startup You've been bitten by the bug. You bit the bullet. You've hitched up your wagon and thrown your hat into the ring. Pick your smarmy metaphor, it's all the same. You've started or hired on with a technology startup and now it's time to make magic happen and code up a storm. Hold Your horses In your mad rush to get cracking on code you've probably already made preliminary decisions about what technologies and frameworks to use.

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