What happened to Aspect-Oriented Programming?
Michael Schuerig <[email protected]> Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:40:54 +0200
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--apd1kZ5pc2rmYjycmkwwh0sIay7oeRP6EAcqVyk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Around 2005 there was quite a buzz around Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect-oriented_programming). At least as a (then) Java programmer, it was hard not to notice AspectJ, Spring AOP, AspectWerkz, and lots of other implementations. There also was a lively academic discussion. As far as I can tell, practical AOP never really caught on outside the Java community. I effectively lost contact to that community, when I started using Ruby and Rails in 2006. Even knowing about AOP, I never missed its facilities as Ruby metaprogramming allows enough aspect-like programming (among other things) to suit me. These days, I don't here much about AOP. No doubt, the main reason is that I don't hang out where that discussion may be happening. Still, I read enough language- and community-agnostic material to notice that AOP is absent. Also of note is that apparently none of the recent languages such as Clojure and Scala have taken up aspects. I have a suspicion that general AOP has been boiled down to a few core techniques used in frameworks such as Spring. Am I obviously right/wrong? Can anybody provide some insight into what has been happening? Michael -- Michael Schuerig mailto:[email protected] http://www.schuerig.de/michael/ --apd1kZ5pc2rmYjycmkwwh0sIay7oeRP6EAcqVyk Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> </head> <body style="background-color: #fff;"> <span style="display:none"> </span> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStartT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"> <div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEndT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-text" > <p><br> Around 2005 there was quite a buzz around Aspect-Oriented Programming <br> (AOP; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect-oriented_programming">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect-oriented_programming</a>). At <br> least as a (then) Java programmer, it was hard not to notice AspectJ, <br> Spring AOP, AspectWerkz, and lots of other implementations. There also <br> was a lively academic discussion.<br> <br> As far as I can tell, practical AOP never really caught on outside the <br> Java community. I effectively lost contact to that community, when I <br> started using Ruby and Rails in 2006. Even knowing about AOP, I never <br> missed its facilities as Ruby metaprogramming allows enough aspect-like <br> programming (among other things) to suit me.<br> <br> These days, I don't here much about AOP. No doubt, the main reason is <br> that I don't hang out where that discussion may be happening. Still, I <br> read enough language- and community-agnostic material to notice that AOP <br> is absent. Also of note is that apparently none of the recent languages <br> such as Clojure and Scala have taken up aspects.<br> <br> I have a suspicion that general AOP has been boiled down to a few core <br> techniques used in frameworks such as Spring. Am I obviously <br> right/wrong? Can anybody provide some insight into what has been <br> happening?<br> <br> Michael<br> <br> -- <br> Michael Schuerig<br> mailto:<a href="mailto:michael%40schuerig.de">[email protected]</a><br> <a href="http://www.schuerig.de/michael/">http://www.schuerig.de/michael/</a><br> </p> </div> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStart|**|-~--> <div style="color: #fff; height: 0;">__._,_.___</div> <div id="ygrp-actbar" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 10px; white-space: nowrap; color: #666; padding-top: 15px;"> <div> <a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20What%20happened%20to%20Aspect-Oriented%20Programming%3F" style="margin-right: 0; padding-right: 0;"> Reply to <span style="font-weight: 700;">sender</span></a> | <a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20What%20happened%20to%20Aspect-Oriented%20Programming%3F"> Reply to <span style="font-weight: 700;">group</span></a> | <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pragprog/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJxZG1sNmxiBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzI4Mzg3MDgEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDA3MjA3BG1zZ0lkAzEwMjA4BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3JwbHkEc3RpbWUDMTMxNTk4OTY3Nw--?act=reply&messageNum=10208">Reply <span style="font-weight: 700;">via web post</span></a> | <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pragprog/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJldTVidDdjBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzI4Mzg3MDgEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDA3MjA3BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA250cGMEc3RpbWUDMTMxNTk4OTY3Nw--" style="font-weight: 700;">Start a New Topic</a> </div> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pragprog/message/10208;_ylc=X3oDMTM2cTRmZGpmBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzI4Mzg3MDgEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDA3MjA3BG1zZ0lkAzEwMjA4BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3Z0cGMEc3RpbWUDMTMxNTk4OTY3NwR0cGNJZAMxMDIwOA--">Messages in this topic</a> (<span style="font-weight: 700;">1</span>) </div> <!------- Start Nav Bar ------> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <div id="ygrp-vital" style="background-color: #e0ecee; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 10px;"> <span id="vithd" style="font-weight: bold; color: #333; text-transform: uppercase; ">Recent Activity:</span> <ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; display: inline;"> </ul> <div style="clear: both; padding-top: 2px; color: #1e66ae;"> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pragprog;_ylc=X3oDMTJlbnAybnJnBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzI4Mzg3MDgEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDA3MjA3BHNlYwN2dGwEc2xrA3ZnaHAEc3RpbWUDMTMxNTk4OTY3Nw--" style="text-decoration: none;">Visit Your Group</a> </div> </div> <div id="ygrp-mkp" style="border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; clear: both; float: left; font-family: Arial; margin: 5px 0 10px 0; padding: 0 10px;"> <div id="hd" style="color: #628c2a; font-size: 85%; font-weight: 700; line-height: 122%; margin: 10px 0;">MARKETPLACE</div> <div id="ads" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <div class="ad" style="color: #628C2A; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; padding: 0 0;"> <p><a href="http://global.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=15oi049pg/M=493064.14543979.14562481.13298430/D=groups/S=1705007207:MKP1/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1315996877/L=5006f41e-dead-11e0-9487-17fe8b365c2c/B=qUEtLUPDhEI-/J=1315989677430100/K=jMej9xfOs49erswWjKVPmQ/A=6060255/R=0/SIG=1194m4keh/*http://us.toolbar.yahoo.com/?.cpdl=grpj">Stay on top of your group activity without leaving the page you're on - Get the Yahoo! 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