TheServerSide.com Newsletter #30

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IN THIS ISSUE

TSS At JavaOne
o TheServerSide At JavaOne, Where Will You Be?

Featured Technical Articles
o Dynamic Value Objects Using CMP2 and XML

Hard Core Tech Talks
o Anne Thomas Manes - CTO Systinet

Enterprise Java Education Strategies
o Get a FREE Phillips TiVO machine when you take EJB for Architects

Upcoming Conferences
o SD Software Development Conference & Expo

New App Server Reviews
o WebLogic Server 7
o SilverStream - Standards and Stability

New J2EE Patterns
o Business Interface with EJB 2.0 Local Interfaces

Key J2EE Industry News Headlines
Some key headlines:
o Apache: JSR 99 Vote Locks Open Source out of Java
o New ECperf Results: IBM Bounces Back with Best Price/Performance

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TSS AT JAVAONE

TheServerSide At JavaOne, Where Will You Be?

The Java industry's largest conference, Java One next week will feature tons of talks and sessions, announcements, parties and more. At this Java One, Sun and the vendors will be heavily pushing their J2EE 1.3 and Web Services solutions. Can't make it to Java One? Don't worry, TheServerSide will be providing day-by-day coverage.

At this conference, TheServerSide will be doing the next batch of Hard Core Tech Talk interviews, and be part of three talks, and have a book signing:

Check out my Technical Session (#2459) on Thursday at 2:45, where I will be presenting a talk entitled "An architects guide to 20 EJB 2.0 Design Patterns", based on the patterns in my book and on TheServerSide. I will also be giving away a few copies of my book.

You can also get your copy of EJB Design Patterns signed by the author (me) at 6:30PM on Wednesday, at the bookstore.

If you want a sneak preview of some of how EJB 2.0 is being used in Rickard Oberg's super cool new TheServerSide.com codebase (which will go live in April), you can come by the EJB 2.0 Panel discussion on Thursday at 11am (TS-1733), where I will spend a few minutes talking about how we are using EJB 2.0 on the new TSS codebase.

Another interesting talk is former TSS architect Ed Saikali's BOF on J2EE Code and Release Managment Best Practices on Thursday at 8pm.

See you there!

Floyd Marinescu

Let everyone know what you think the coolest things to see will be.

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FEATURED TECHNICAL ARTICLES

Dynamic Value Objects Using CMP2 and XML
By Meeraj Kunnumpurath

This article proposes an alternative to the standard Value Object/Data Transfer Object approach patterns, by illustrating using EJB 2.0 in conjunction with bean introspection and JAXP to create dynamic XML based data structures. In the article, a framework is developed that can dynamically traverse the container managed persistent and related fields of a given local EJB and create an XML document that can be transferred between the various tiers in the application.
Read the article here

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UPCOMING HARD CORE TECH TALKS

Get leading edge information on current J2EE issues and trends from those who know it best, the gurus and grandmasters, in Hard Core Tech Talks! Videos Hosted on HostJ2EE.com. Featured this week is Anne Thomas Manes, who will talk about Web Services and J2EE.

Anne Thomas Manes - CTO Systinet
In this interview, Anne talks about the maturity of Web Services today, practical considerations that must be made for their real world usage, and how J2EE developers can architect a web services system. She also discusses Sun One, the relationship between UDDI and EBXML, and the next step in the evolution of Web Services.

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ENTERPRISE JAVA EDUCATION STRATEGIES

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UPCOMING CONFERENCES

April 22 - 26, San Jose

The SD Software Development Conference & Expo is a 5 day show that will feature over 180 classes & tutorials on J2EE, .NET, XML, Web Services and more. The show features some very cool J2EE talks including:

An Architects Guide to 20 EJB 2.0 Design Patterns (by Floyd Marinescu)

Daily Builds Are For Wimps - an XP case study based on a J2EE application

J2EE and EJB Design Patterns

Exposing J2EE Applications as Web Services

Understanding the Java Message Service

Demystifying How EJB Servers Work

Visit: www.sdexpo.com to register. TheServerSide members can use code 2WSPON to save $300!

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NEW J2EE PATTERNS

Business Interface with EJB 2.0 Local Interfaces
By Dion Almaer

The business interface allows us to strap on the EJB architecture to Java objects. By having a base interface, we also get compile-time checking to see that our EJB bean class implements the given methods.
Read more on this pattern.

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NEW APP SERVER REVIEWS

WebLogic Server 7
By Frank Cohen

BEA released the first beta edition of WebLogic Server 7. The beta software is available for download from the BEA site. I found the new features in this venerable application server puts an emphasis on building enterprise-class Web Services, including improvements in the way Web Services are built, deployed and monitored. Software developers and system managers should be especially pleased with the new software.
Read this review.

SilverStream - Standards and Stability
By Paul Heath

SilverStream's leadership position on being first out of the gate supporting the new Standards and our good fortune with a very stable and responsive app server, makes us believers that this is a sound platform for the future. My company has been using the SilverStream App Server since version 2.5 and have had a production application for over a year now, with no system outages.
Read this review.

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KEY J2EE INDUSTRY HEADLINES

General Motors to use Web Services for Internal Integration

General Motors has launched far-reaching Web-services tests that, by year's end, should result in the company using Web Services to integrate its diverse internal IT assets, ranging from the company's 130,000-seat Lotus Notes installation, to multiple types of platforms, ERP packages and more. GM is currently evaluating .NET and IBM's solutions for the Web Services Platform.
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Gartner on What Web services Will and Won't do

ZDnet is hosting an article by the Gartner Group that enumerates over six things that Web services will fail to deliver, and six corresponding areas where Web services will succeed. The article is a good hype breaker, that also provides a practical look at the benefits of Web Services.
Click here to read more.

Apache: JSR 99 Vote Locks Open Source out of Java

According to the Apache Group, Sun and the other major vendors have locked Open Source out of Java in a recent vote on JSR 99, the Java Specification Participation Agreement. Looking at the comments from the various vendors (submitted with their votes), Apache's stance on an open and fair licensing scheme for developing Java standards is shared by by many of the vendors.
Click here to read more.

Forte for Java 4.0 EA is now available

Forte for Java 4.0 EA is now available for download! The latest Early Access release of Forte for Java in all its editions, Community, Enterprise, and new Mobile Edition, are now available to members of the Early Access Program.
Click here to read more.

New ECperf Results: IBM Bounces Back with Best Price/Performance

New ECperf results show that IBM Websphere has taken the lead in the Price/Performance category with an astonishing $13/BBops (BEA Weblogic had $18/BBops). Performance-wise, Websphere came within 62 BBops/min@Std of Weblogic. Matt Hogstrom, ECPerf J2EE Performance Specialist at IBM, gives some insight in a TSS exclusive interview.
Click here to read more.

Pramati's J2EE 1.3 Certfied Server 3.0 and Studio 3.0 Available

Pramati is now shipping the full version of their J2EE 1.3 certrified Pramati Server 3.0 and Studio 3.0 IDE. Pramati's server supports all the J2EE 1.3 API's, includes clustering capabilities, web-based console and more. The Studio IDE is a vendor neutral IDE and supports integration with several leading J2EE servers.
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Are politics eclipsing Sun from the Web services scene?

A month ago, IBM, HP, Oracle, Microsoft and others formed the Web Services Interoperability (WS-I) organization, an industry consortium dedicated to promoting best practices for Web services. The success of this initiative is critical to the success of Web Services. An event summarizing article on ZDNet concludes that the sooner Sun is given a prominent seat at the WS-I table, the better.
Click here to read more.

Sun Files Suit Against Microsoft for Antitrust Violations

Sun has announced it has filed a private antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation. The suit, filed in the United States District Court in San Jose, seeks remedies for the harm inflicted by Microsoft's anticompetitive behavior with respect to the Java platform and for damages resulting from Microsoft's illegal efforts to maintain and expand its monopoly power.
Click here to read more.

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