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Book Review: Agile Java Development with Spring, Hibernate and Eclipse.

Community
Java,
Agile
Topics
Agile Techniques,
Dynamic Languages

Anil Hemrajani relates Agile practices to Java and several open source toolsets (Spring, Hibernate, Eclipse) designed to make Java development simpler. It's a high level overview of some free technologies used in web app development. Matt Morton liked this book, recommending it to technical managers and intermediate developers in small Java web development shops.

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Google 'simplifies web development' with AppEngine

Community
Architecture,
SOA
Topics
Web Frameworks,
Cloud Computing

At Campfire One on April 7th, 2008, Google introduced Google App Engine as a way to simplify the job of creating, running and scaling web applications, to make it 'easy.' In essence, Google App Engine allows you to build web applications locally using and then deploy them on Google's infrastructure.

Microsoft shows Django running on IronPython

Community
.NET
Topics
Dynamic Languages

Microsoft recently had the opportunity to show off some of the progress the Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) team has made when they gave a demo of Django running on IronPython. The accomplishment was shown during PyCon 2008 in Chicago, March 14-16, 2008.

Has Django Reached a Tipping Point?

Community
Java,
.NET,
Architecture,
Ruby
Topics
Web Frameworks

Django, the Python web application framework, is fast approaching its' 1.0 release and Antonio Cangiano thinks it has reached a tipping point. Based on his set of "unscientific" metrics, he may well be right.

Interview: Joe Walker about DWR 3.0

Community
Java
Topics
Web 2.0,
Javascript,
Release,
Programming

InfoQ had the opportunity to talk with the DWR (Direct Web Remoting) project lead Joe Walker. He discussed the upcoming release of DWR 3.0 including major features, helpful features and fixes for developers, a time line and a look at the future of DWR.

How to Develop New Activities for the One Laptop Per Child Project?

Community
Java,
Agile,
Architecture,
Ruby
Topics
Javascript,
Scripting,
Linux,
Programming

The One Laptop Per Child project has starting shipping its first generation of XO laptops. OLPC "is not a laptop project, it is an education project", explains Nicholas Negroponte, director of the project. A full Sugar based development environment is available for developers to contribute new activities to the project. Sugar supports collaborative activities when XOs are meshed together.

Bill Burke on Dynamic Languages: Rationalizations and Myths

Community
Java,
Ruby
Topics
Dynamic Languages,
Programming

"Am I just a Java fanboy?" - this is a good question. And it is one that Bill Burke does answer in his blog post Dynamic Languages: Rationalizations and Myths. But along with the post comes an overwhelming response, and insight into where we are heading as a community.

Python Web Framework on the JVM

Community
Java
Topics
Language,
Web Frameworks,
Open Source

Recently there has been a lot of news about numerous languages making their way onto the JVM, providing endless possibilities. Python has been around for years and its JVM implementation, Jython, hopes to bring a Python web framework to the JVM. It could prove to be what Rails is to Ruby and Grails is to Groovy.

Ruby x Agile: Matz explores the relationships between Ruby and Agile

Community
Agile,
Ruby
Topics
Agile Techniques

Ruby creator Yukihiro Matsumoto recently starred in the first of six short videos exploring the relationship between Ruby and Agile methodologies. Matz features along with Kenji Hiranabe and Shintaro Kakutani. Kenji is a self confessed ‘Agile agitator’ and Japanese translator of multiple XP/Agile books. Shintaro is a strong Ruby proponent.