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REST Web services

• Establishing a coherent API for the Internet of Things (IoT)

  The rapid growth of smart devices is inspiring many developers to create applications for home monitoring, health, and other services. But these applications are dependent on early adopters that actually buy and install hardware. Read on to find out...  Continue Reading

• Java APIs to bridge the gap between today and future development efforts

  At JavaOne 2015, a big topic of conversation was APIs and API development. In the IBM keynote, the promise was that an evolutionary approach to API development will help modern day developers pass the torch to those doing development in the future.  Continue Reading

• When loose coupling and SOA style software layering doesn't make sense

  Loose coupling and adding in SOA style layers don't make sense unless an application is going to be distributed. If enterprise wide distribution isn't in your application's future, stop adding in extra complexity, and collapse those layers into ...  Continue Reading

• The challenge of managing distributed data can only be solved with NoSQL solutions

  Managing data over large geographic areas where latency and reliability problems exist is a major challenge for relational databases, but fortunately, NoSQL databases are solving the problem of managing distributed data.  Continue Reading

• Where are the REST alternatives for real-time applications?

  Enterprise developers face number of challenges in creating frameworks for building scalable real-time applications that power modern apps like the cars moving in Uber. Read on to find out how new protocols and automatically synchronized database ...  Continue Reading

• Can a pattern become an anti-pattern? How to avoid the loose coupling mistake

  Nobody is debating the benefits of loose-coupling, but far too many SOA architects take the practice too far. Make sure you know when loose-coupling makes sense, and more importantly, when it doesn't.  Continue Reading

• Conquering the challenge of integrating JAX-RS (REST) with OSGi modularity

  OSGi and REST based web services are two incredibly popular technologies that have evolved separately over the past few years. But now developers are tackling the challenge of bringing these two technologies together. Here's how they are making that...  Continue Reading

• Why API delivery will trump application delivery in importance in 2014

  Delivering software is important, but in this age of social media and networked infrastructure, allowing various pieces of software to integrate seamlessly is of heightened importance. This makes the development of externally facing client APIs more...  Continue Reading

• From WebSockets to HTML5: What's new and what's next for Java EE 7

  What's new with Java EE 7? In this article we talk with Peter Pilgrim, the author of the Java EE 7 Developer Handbook, about the key new elements of Java EE 7 that developers need to learn in order to stay current with modern development trends.  Continue Reading

• The future of AWS: From big data to content delivery networks

  Amazon, through their various web service and peripheral AWS technologies will continue to dominate the enterprise landscape. From big data to their CloudFront content delivery network (CDN), here is how Amazon will continue to dominate the ...  Continue Reading

• Resource based approaches are changing service oriented architectures (SOA)

  There has always been a debate over the right approach to SOA in terms of taking a resource based approach or a service based approach to service oriented architectures.  Continue Reading

• Defensive design becomes a security requirement when SOA meets mobile

  The enterprise landscape has changed significantly since many enterprises have implemented their SOA based systems. One reality is that when SOA meets mobile, taking a defensive approach to security becomes a requirement.  Continue Reading

• Increased mobile and social media demands push SOA systems to the cloud

  SOA based systems have been around long before the proliferation of mobile devices and social media. How are they adapting? Moving into the cloud is a big part of the new coping strategy.  Continue Reading

• Software developers demanding resource based, RESTful APIs

  Software developers are demanding APIs that are delivered in a RESTful, resource based way, and one way to do that is by building with the RESTlet framework.  Continue Reading

• Tips for managing enterprise ALM and the software development lifecycle

  The best way to learn is through the experience of others, and here we collect some of Randall Nagy's insights into managing ALM and the software development lifecycle.  Continue Reading