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I am pleased to announce the first public release of Impala, a dynamic module framework for Java enterprise application development. Impala builds on the Spring Framework to provide a modular environment for web-based applications. It allows you to divide Spring-based applications into a hierarchy of modules which can be dynamically added, updated or removed to an existing running application.
N-BRAIN has announced the "Hydra Versus Dragon Coding Competition", which pits teams of Java developers against each other in a public battle to win $7000 each in prizes.
Exadel has released Flamingo, an application framework to aid in the creation of rich internet applications, catering to JBoss Seam but targeting Adobe Flex and JavaFX in the future as well. This contributed content from Igor Polevoy tells you more.
Build a MapReduce system using the same off-the-shelf, robust, open-source components already running at your company and that your engineering team already mastered. Do you want to quickly implement large indexing jobs, protein folding software, or financial trend analysis? Build a MapReduce system with tools that already exist in your production clusters!
determyne Inc. has announced the technology preview of an open source transaction-level performance monitoring solution for J2EE applications. insideApps is an end-to-end transaction tracing and reporting system that enables you to centrally and automatically monitor the performance of your J2EE applications. In contrast to the traditional approach of collecting and displaying aggregated metrics for different system components, insideApps focuses on monitoring applications from a transactions perspective.
Jason Lee sent in this review of JavaOne 2008, exclusive to TSS. Jason is author of Mojarra Scales, a JSF library that leverages YUI - and his summary is: "It was a long week, full of great technical sessions... In this annual State of the Java Union, there was plenty of news for every Java developer, regardless of your market."
I attended the JavaOne show this week, after a 4 year gap. What a difference - who knew Java could be so boring? My prescription for curing the Java flu: fight for the low end, make Java easier to get started with, make Java prettier, and make Java fun.
JavaOne has always been known for using the technology - every attendee has a badge that runs Java, for example, for very simple data retrieval. (At least, that's what I've heard.) This year, the killer device looks like the LiveScribe pen, easily.
JGAP is a Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming package written in Java. JGAP version 3.3.3 is an extensive release with many enhancements and improvements: simplified examples, improved documentation, and a better evolution cycle.
JavaOne is a conference that struggles to retain its importance: here, I summarize my experiences so far at JavaOne 2008.
Codice Software - makers of the PlasticSCM revision control system - says that a Swedish charity is using PlasticSCM as part of Codice' software donation program to help orphans in Awassa, Ethiopia. The important thing here is to recognize the social contribution.
"OSGi for Beginners" is the first of a series of articles aimed at teaching developers how to create OSGi bundles, including dependencies included with the bundles.
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Eugene Ciurana describes how to build a MapReduce system using the same off-the-shelf, robust, open-source components already running at your company and that your engineering team already mastered.
(May 12, Article)
This article by JR Boyens details using Terracotta to propagate configuration management on the fly across a network, such that a client can pull up its configuration data live. Terracotta suggests that this is an excellent use of the platform; while this article is cursory, the concept is valid.
(May 6, Article)
This article is the first of a series of articles aimed at teaching developers how to create OSGi bundles, including dependencies included with the bundles.
(May 5, Article)
Mastering EJB was one of the original and most influential EJB books in the industry. Mastering EJB III now returns with two new expert co-authors, updated for EJB 2.1 and 30% new chapters including security, integration, best practices, open source, and more.
(Book PDF Download)
This short article by Jags Ramnarayan, chief architect for GemStone systems, discusses how reliable messaging and distributed caching can - and should - be combined to offer consistent views of data, even when a message is consumed after a cache might have been updated.
(April 29, Article)
This is chapter 8 of David Heffelfinger's book, "Java EE 5 Development using Glassfish," on configuring and using security for Java EE.
(April 21, Chapter Excerpt)
This article by Reza Rahman covers more of the features being discussed for EJB 3.1: asynchronous invocation and EJB Lite.
(April 21, Article)
Ross Mason, founder of the project and CTO of MuleSource, talks to us about the new features in this release, upgrade path, and the new configuration features with the choice of Spring XML or SCA.
(April 17, Tech Brief)
This article by Danny Hui describes a variant of the Abstract Factory Design pattern, useful when creating local stateful objects with dynamic parameters, or dynamically wiring up objects.
(April 15, Article)
At TheServerSide Java Symposium, we spoke with John Davies who considered the rise of Grid-like alternatives to the J2EE standard server.
(April 10, Article)
This article by Rick Grehan explains where an object-oriented database makes sense, what the advantages are, and when to choose an ODBMS as a solution.
(April 7, Article)
This article explains how Esper provides an event processing paradigm that responds to complex conditions with Esper, an open-source project for continuous real-time analysis of data.
(April 4, Article)
In this article, Alok Mahajan and Nikhil Sharma offer a very workable overview of the activities involved in performance testing, offering concrete definitions and filling in potential gaps.
(March 24, Article)
Ed Burns interviewed developers at Big Lots!, a bulk retailer, and discussed their successful use of JSF for their mission-critical instore applications.
(March 24, Article)
They might have been off to a slow start but JavaSpaces-based architectures continue to gain attention This podcast discusses JavaSpaces basics. Joe Ottinger talks about the role of JINI, the JavaSpaces API and more.
(March 20, Podcast)
This is the second in a series of articles by Reza Rahman, and is a preview of more of the changes the EJB 3.1 expert group is working on for the next version of the Java EE specification: Timer service enhancements and simplified packaging.
(March 11, Article)
This podcast, recorded from TSSJS 2007 in Las Vegas, demonstrates how JSF and Ajax work together to create efficient, maintainable user interfaces.
(March 11, Podcast)
This article covers anti-patterns and pitfalls of day to day JSF development. Most of these issues have kept the author up at night; some of these are the same old challenges with a new face, pun intended. These challenges include performance, tight coupling, thread safety, security, interoperability and just plain ugliness.
(February 28, Article)
This article discusses some alternatives for load balancing an application server behind Apache httpd, including implementation details for setting up load balancing, some of the features provided by apache such as 'server affinity,' and safe removal of server nodes.
(February 25, Article)
In this podcast interview, Justin discusses all that has to happen on the server side in order to render Ajax and its related technologies on the client side, why there's an increased focus on security as it pertains to what ends up in the browser and how all of this, and much more, will be covered in-depth at TSSJS.
(February 22, Podcast)
In this podcast interview, Matt discusses the inherent benefits of developing with a framework, component-based vs. request-based frameworks, the danger of a 'one framework fits all' mentality, criteria for comparing frameworks, and how all of this, and much more, will be covered in-depth at TSSJS.
(February 15, Podcast)
In this interview done at JavaZone, Owen Taylor talks about GigaSpaces and how to achieve linear scalability in your processes in this thought-provoking interview concluding with a discussion of co-location and partitioning for scaling applications.
(February 13, Tech Brief)
The Application Server Matrix is a detailed listing of J2EE vendors and their application server products, with information on latest version numbers, J2EE spec support and licensing, pricing, platform support, and links to product downloads and reviews.
(Application Server Comparison Matrix)
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