We are starting to use ADF (Jdeveloper) as a replacement of an Oracle Legacy product. However, the recent events of Oracle getting rid of Java has led my manager to reconsider using ADF. There is also an industry shift towards web-based development tools.
He has interpreted the statement of direction that they will be working mostly on javascript solutions, and will not be updating functionality in the future. He has also commented that Oracle has not updated the statement of direction for ADF since the Java outsource, leaving their clients in the dark about it.
I contended that I thought Jdeveloper is now a mature technology, therefore did not need massive upgrades especially since many upgrades require significant resources. Jdeveloper does just about everything, so it doesn't need much, except tweaks.
What is the future direction given all the changes? Our development window is 20 years. We need something that will be around that long.
Thank you,
Stuart