December 02, 2004

Aspect-Oriented Programming follow-up

In follow-up to yesterday's post, here is the proof I was refering to. Russ was waiting on approval from O'Reilly for the translation and republishing of his Spring Framwork article which he was given so now posting this becomes more relevant.

To protect from SPAM harvesters I have x'd out the emails. Please access the extended portion of this entry for the remainder of its content.

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From: ???
TO: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
CC:
Date: Wed Dec 01, 2004 08:26:03 AM GMT
Subject: Can I translate your article into chinese?

Dear Russell:

I'm a software engineer which had been working in Java technology for sevel years. Your article ,"An Introduction to Aspect-Oriented Programming with the Spring Framework", really give me a impression. AOP, which I interested and learned recently, is a hot topic in China developers. And the articles you wrote about using AOP in Spring framework is the best material for learning that I have seen. I really want to present my appreciation to you,since I got a lot from your articles.

But many chinese developers aren't good at English.It's difficult for them to read your articles in English directly. They are thirsty to learn new technology ,new methodology,new ideas from outer world.

I want to share my delight which I got by reading your articles to my countrymen.So,I have a strong desire to translate your article into chinese and got them readable in the technology magazine named PROGRAMMER in China. This will also make chinese developers get more familiarity about you.

So, I wrote to you and wondered whether you agree it.

Thanks and Best Regards

Roey Zhang
Software Engineer
China Networkshanghai CO..ltd (www.networkshanghai.com)
Email:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx

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It seems that developers in China already know just how important Aspect-Oriented Programming is. I have no doubt that if you haven't already figured it out a little Googling on the topic will do much to convince you of the relevance of this programming methodology.

More information on AOSD related projects and technologies can be found at http://www.AOSD.net. There you will find a link to how this is relevant to XSLT as the folks at AOSD.net have the AspectXML project that Russ and I worked on listed in the "Tools for Practioneers" section. The base of that project is XSLT.