http://architects.dzone.com/oped/current en http://architects.dzone.com/articles/how-do-you-rate-yourself Just yesterday I received the book "Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware" by Andy Hunt. I browsed through the TOC, read the introduction and started the second chapter "Journey from Novice to Expert". Even though it was quite late in the night, I just couldn't put the book down until I finished this chapter. http://architects.dzone.com/articles/how-do-you-rate-yourself#comments http://architects.dzone.com/crss/node/5402 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:50:30 -0400 1585 15 meera http://architects.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-8.jpg Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:50:30 -0400 meera 5402 at http://architects.dzone.com http://architects.dzone.com/articles/jvm-language-summit-last-day The final day of the language summit sported loads of interesting presentations, just like the first two days. I can’t over stress how well prepared these three days have been - especially with regards to the schedule. A huge thanks to Brian Goetz, John Rose and Charles Nutter, for being the main instigators and coordinators of this effort. Very nice work indeed. http://architects.dzone.com/articles/jvm-language-summit-last-day#comments Java Server-side Client-side JVM languages http://architects.dzone.com/crss/node/5337 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:03:12 -0400 367 0 olabini http://architects.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-287154.jpg Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:03:12 -0400 olabini 5337 at http://architects.dzone.com http://architects.dzone.com/articles/jvm-language-summit-first-day Just came back from the first day of the JVM language summit, and it’s been a very interesting day indeed. I made some bad morning choices - and spending some time fighting Notes - so I ended up arriving ten minutes into the first presentation. The JVM language summit is a three day event organized by Sun, and the collection of people in the room is quite impressive. There are about 80 people... http://architects.dzone.com/articles/jvm-language-summit-first-day#comments Java Server-side Client-side JVM languages http://architects.dzone.com/crss/node/5335 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:56:15 -0400 417 0 olabini http://architects.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-287154.jpg Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:56:15 -0400 olabini 5335 at http://architects.dzone.com http://architects.dzone.com/articles/jvm-language-summit-report Thoughtworker and DZone MVB blogger Ola Bini recently attended and blogged from the JVM Language Summit that took place in Santa Clara, California last month. The JVM Summit is a three day event organized by Sun Microsystems, bringing together some of the brightest minds from the Java community -- language designers, compiler writers, tool builders, runtime engineers, and VM architects. Ola's... http://architects.dzone.com/articles/jvm-language-summit-report#comments Java Server-side Client-side JVM languages http://architects.dzone.com/crss/node/5334 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:53:04 -0400 2240 0 nbharti78 http://architects.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-224680.jpg Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:53:04 -0400 nbharti78 5334 at http://architects.dzone.com http://architects.dzone.com/articles/jax-rs-vendor-comparisons-part I'd like to evaluate the four products that I know of that support JAX-RS: http://architects.dzone.com/articles/jax-rs-vendor-comparisons-part#comments Java Architecture Server-side JAX-RS REST SOA Frameworks http://architects.dzone.com/crss/node/5217 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:17:05 -0400 2221 6 sduskis http://architects.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-182559.jpg Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:17:05 -0400 sduskis 5217 at http://architects.dzone.com http://architects.dzone.com/articles/qa-miko-matsumura-state-soa DZone recently sat down with Miko Matsumura, vice president and deputy CTO, SOA products at Software AG webMethods. In this interview, Matsumura discusses SOA leadership witin large organizations, the challenges of aligning IT services with business processes and the difference between open source and commercial SOA offerings. He also talks about the relationship between SOA and agility, and... http://architects.dzone.com/articles/qa-miko-matsumura-state-soa#comments Architecture Blueprints SOA Governanace SOA Virtualization http://architects.dzone.com/crss/node/5168 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:42:06 -0400 284 1 aslamkhn http://architects.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-276360.jpg Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:42:06 -0400 aslamkhn 5168 at http://architects.dzone.com http://architects.dzone.com/articles/cloud-services-and-visual-stud A few weeks back I started to use Windows LiveMesh. In case you never heard of LiveMesh, it is a site where you can synchronize different devices over the web. For myself, I am synchronizing my Laptops and home Computers and it turns out to be really useful. For example I take my tablet to NYU for my MBA classes and, because I share the OneNotes at LiveMesh, my other computers get automatically... http://architects.dzone.com/articles/cloud-services-and-visual-stud#comments .NET & Windows cloud mesh Visual Studio Visual Studio http://architects.dzone.com/crss/node/5126 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:20:40 -0400 316 0 guntherlenz http://architects.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-283855.jpg Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:20:40 -0400 guntherlenz 5126 at http://architects.dzone.com http://architects.dzone.com/articles/an-interview-with-gigaspaces-c GigaSpaces has just released GigaSpaces XAP 6.6 which brings improved ease of use, stronger alignment with Java EE technologies and remote service invocations. Today, I had a chance to catch up with Joseph Ottinger, former Editor-In-Chief of TheServerSide.com. Joseph is currently a software engineer at GigaSpaces. http://architects.dzone.com/articles/an-interview-with-gigaspaces-c#comments Java Architecture Server-side Gigaspaces XAP Grid Computing Virtualization Integration Performance Interoperability http://architects.dzone.com/crss/node/5131 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:48:23 -0400 1138 0 aslamkhn http://architects.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-276360.jpg Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:48:23 -0400 aslamkhn 5131 at http://architects.dzone.com http://architects.dzone.com/articles/microsoft-vision-software-serv Industry TrendsLooking at software development and solutions today then it is easyt to identify at lest 5 industry trends that the industry is gravitating to: http://architects.dzone.com/articles/microsoft-vision-software-serv#comments .NET & Windows Architecture Microsoft S+S services software Interoperability http://architects.dzone.com/crss/node/4701 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:18:03 -0400 287 0 guntherlenz http://architects.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-283855.jpg Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:18:03 -0400 guntherlenz 4701 at http://architects.dzone.com http://architects.dzone.com/articles/end-spring-vs-ejb-wars-sight Tonight I watched a video of Rod Johnson doing a presentation on Spring 2.5 at Google. He said that Spring 3.0 will be an EJB 3.1 Lite compatible container so that the Spring Application Platform can get the Java EE 6 Web Profile certification if the expert group chooses to include it in Web Profile. http://architects.dzone.com/articles/end-spring-vs-ejb-wars-sight#comments Java ejb spring Frameworks Persistence http://architects.dzone.com/crss/node/4989 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:47:34 -0400 4767 8 rdelaplante http://architects.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-236271.png Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:47:34 -0400 rdelaplante 4989 at http://architects.dzone.com http://architects.dzone.com/articles/rule-engines-and-performance-m I'm starting to see a misconception between users on rule engine performance. They seem to struggle on why you can hand craft some java code and get better performance than a rule engine, and then wonder what the value of a rule engine is. For most veterans this is obvious, it's always possible for an experience developer to write faster code if you write a custom algorithm with all the correct... http://architects.dzone.com/articles/rule-engines-and-performance-m#comments Java drools rules engine Performance http://architects.dzone.com/crss/node/4983 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:26:42 -0400 2268 2 mdproctor http://architects.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-186430.jpg Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:26:42 -0400 mdproctor 4983 at http://architects.dzone.com http://architects.dzone.com/articles/microsoft-visual-studio-oslo The recent announcement that Microsoft is joining the OMG is a major step to provide modeling solutions at different abstraction levels. Furthermore, the announcement is another indicator for a shift in thoughts about modeling within Microsoft, where DSLs (not based on UML) were the favorites until recently. I personally think that this change in modeling strategy is a victory of common sense,... http://architects.dzone.com/articles/microsoft-visual-studio-oslo#comments .NET & Windows Architecture Microsoft model Visual Studio Visual Studio VB.NET http://architects.dzone.com/crss/node/4951 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:15:13 -0400 880 0 guntherlenz http://architects.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-283855.jpg Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:15:13 -0400 guntherlenz 4951 at http://architects.dzone.com http://architects.dzone.com/articles/restful-development Web-based systems have to perform increasingly complex functionality, a lot of which is client-side, but a hefty portion of it requires complex server-side development. That complex web development is becoming reliant on implementing RESTful architectural principles, similar to those found in Ruby on Rails. A new wave of RESTful development is aimed at the Entprise in the guise of RESTful Web... http://architects.dzone.com/articles/restful-development#comments Java Architecture REST web services SOA http://architects.dzone.com/crss/node/4963 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:59:27 -0400 2059 3 sduskis http://architects.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-182559.jpg Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:59:27 -0400 sduskis 4963 at http://architects.dzone.com http://architects.dzone.com/articles/architectural-shelf-life Architectures are often thought of having an useful life but that life is usually hard to predict. Most of the time it is determined by how much pain an organization is experiencing in trying to extend it to the current business needs. After giving this some thought, I think I can state that an architecture typically has a 10, to at most 15 year useful life. To explain this idea though, I need... http://architects.dzone.com/articles/architectural-shelf-life#comments Architecture Server-side Trends Patterns http://architects.dzone.com/crss/node/4813 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:17:23 -0400 507 0 driveawedge http://architects.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-326832.jpg Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:17:23 -0400 driveawedge 4813 at http://architects.dzone.com http://architects.dzone.com/articles/code-metrics-minutes One of the primary goals of every developer should be to prevent or drastically limit the number of bugs or defects from being introduced in their source code. It is also our responsibility to write good, extensible, testable, and maintainable code. This however seems like a herculean task to many. John Smart has very well said in his latest and greatest "Java Power Tools" book: http://architects.dzone.com/articles/code-metrics-minutes#comments Java checkstyle code coverage code metrics emma Hudson javancss Opinions http://architects.dzone.com/crss/node/4774 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:43:03 -0400 4096 4 meera http://architects.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-8.jpg Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:43:03 -0400 meera 4774 at http://architects.dzone.com