I'd just like to point out that this is not the only Java mindset. It's certainly true that Java has a long and horrible tradition of people thinking that everything and the kitchen sink should go in the app server (which can then be managed with a SOAP interface!), but this is not intrinsic to Java, and it's not the only way to work with Java. Some of us are actually pretty keen on the 12 factor approach.
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I'd just like to point out that this is not the only Java mindset. It's certainly true that Java has a long and horrible tradition of people thinking that everything and the kitchen sink should go in the app server (which can then be managed with a SOAP interface!), but this is not intrinsic to Java, and it's not the only way to work with Java. Some of us are actually pretty keen on the 12 factor approach.