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The Killer Device of JavaOne 2008

Posted by: Joseph Ottinger on May 09, 2008    0 comments    last post: May 09, 2008
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 3.3.3 released (Java Genetic Algorithms Package)

Posted by: Klaus Meffert on May 09, 2008    0 comments    last post: May 09, 2008
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.

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Frank Cohen's JavaOne 2008 Report

Posted by: Frank Cohen on May 09, 2008    6 comments    last post: May 09, 2008
JavaOne is a conference that struggles to retain its importance: here, I summarize my experiences so far at JavaOne 2008.

Codice Software Donates Plastic SCM to Help Ethiopian Orphans

Posted by: Joseph Ottinger on May 08, 2008    1 comment    last post: May 08, 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.

Article: OSGi for Beginners

Posted by: Joseph Ottinger on May 08, 2008    7 comments    last post: May 09, 2008
"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.

Urbancode Releases AnthillPro 3.5 Build and Release Server

Posted by: Eric Minick on May 08, 2008    0 comments    last post: May 08, 2008
Urbancode released AnthillPro 3.5 this week at JavaOne. AnthillPro supports teams who frequently release by proving application lifecycle automation to drastically reduce the time and risk involved in the build, deploy, test, and release cycles. New integrations include VMWare, agile project management tools, and testing tools.

Data Transformation & Processing with Smooks v1.0

Posted by: Tom Fennelly on May 08, 2008    13 comments    last post: May 09, 2008
Version 1.0 of the Smooks Data Transformation & Processing Engine has been released. Smooks can go from java objects to different object structures, can bind text to an object model, can split messages or combine multiple messages into a single message, can manage huge messages (think "gigabytes"), can route messages and manage fragment-based transforms, and more.

Billy Newport on S2AP: very nice, shame about the license

Posted by: Joseph Ottinger on May 07, 2008    23 comments    last post: May 09, 2008
Billy Newport has posted "SpringSource application server, very nice, shame about the license" - a blog entry saying "It looks like what others and I have been planning/hoping to do over the next few years," but "Most vendors have absolutely no interest in a GPL type license."

Early Bird discount expires this Friday - Save $100 now

Posted by: Joseph Ottinger on May 07, 2008    0 comments    last post: May 07, 2008
This Friday is your last chance to save $100 off TheServerSide Java Symposium-Europe. This year's Java Symposium-Europe features over 40 can't miss keynotes, sessions, expert panels and fireside chats. Register now to lock in your spot at the discounted rate.

JavaOne 2008: Day One (So Far)

Posted by: Joseph Ottinger on May 06, 2008    11 comments    last post: May 08, 2008
JavaOne 2008 Day One has started, of course, and it's an interesting show, with a lot of undercurrents about JavaFX (as expected) and multimedia - and mobile applications. There's a lot more, of course, and this thread is meant for people to add comments at will...

Article: Using Terracotta for Configuration Management

Posted by: Joseph Ottinger on May 06, 2008    2 comments    last post: May 09, 2008
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.

Intrannuity's iBilling Library 1.0 is released

Posted by: iBilling Client on May 05, 2008    2 comments    last post: May 05, 2008
iBilling is an SOA-based J2EE billing platform that provides recurring billing and subscription/account management functionality. iBilling provides specific functionality required by the majority of member and donor centric organizations, including a clean and simple way to process one-time (pos/retail) and batch credit card and bank account (ACH) transactions.



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Using Terracotta for Configuration Management

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)

OSGi for Beginners

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)

Free Book PDF Download: Mastering EJB Third Edition

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.
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Why should you combine Reliable Messaging with Distributed Caching?

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)

Java EE 5 Development using Glassfish: Security

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)

New Features in EJB 3.1 - Part 3

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 on Mule 2.0 Released

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)

Programmatic Dependency Injection with an Abstract Factory

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)

High-Performance Alternatives to J2EE

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)

When to use an Embedded ODBMS

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)

Complex Event Processing Made Simple Using Esper

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)

Performance Engineering - a Practitioner's Approach to Performance Testing

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)

JSF at Big Lots!

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)

Integrating Space-Based Architecture with J2EE

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)

New Features in EJB 3.1 - Part 2

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)

Ed Burns's Enterprise Grade Ajax and JSF

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)

JSF Anti-Patterns and Pitfalls

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)

Load-balancing Tomcat with Apache

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)

Sneak Peek - The Presentation Tier @ TSSJS

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)

Sneak Peek - The Framework Impasse @ TSSJS

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)

Owen Taylor on GigaSpaces and Linear Scalability

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)

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