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Voca, UK's largest payment processing engine running Spring

Community
Architecture,
Java
Topics
ESB,
Enterprise Architecture,
Transactions Processing

In this presentation from QCon London, William Soo and Meeraj Kunnumpurath discuss the Voca transaction processing system architecture, the previous Mainframe-based architecture, architectural challenges and requirements, the new Spring and J2EE-based architecture, upcoming challenges for Voca, and technologies to watch for in the future.

News about QCon

Presentation: JRuby: Not Just Another JVM Language

Community
Java,
Ruby
Topics
JRuby,
Language

In this presentation from QCon San Francisco 2007, JRuby project lead Charles Nutter discusses the Ruby and JRuby featureset, the JRuby compiler, calling Java from JRuby and vice versa, programming Swing with JRuby, JRuby web applications, JRuby on Rails, persistence, build automation, Test-Driven Development and Behaviour-Driven Development.

Presentation: Steve Jones on "Driving IT from the Business"

Community
SOA
Topics
Enterprise Architecture,
Business

In a presentation recorded at QCon London, Cap Gemini's Steve Jones explains his concept of a business service architecture. Topics covered include how to apply SOA to existing systems, the problems one runs into when SOA is driven by technology, and the structural and organizational impact of business-driven SOA.

Articles about QCon

Key Takeaway Points and Lessons Learned from QCon London 2008

Community
Agile,
Java,
Architecture,
.NET,
Ruby,
SOA
Topics
Events

This article presents the main takeway points as seen by the many attendees who blogged about QCon. Comments are organized by tracks and sessions: Keynotes, Architectures you've always wondered about, The Cloud as the New Middleware Platform, SOA, REST and the Web, Evolving Java, Banking, Agile in Practice, Programming Languages of Tomorrow, Effective Design, .NET, The Rise of Ruby.

Key Takeaway Points and Lessons Learned from QCon San Francisco 2007

Community
Agile,
Java,
Architecture,
.NET,
Ruby,
SOA
Topics
Events

This article presents the main takeway points as seen by the many attendees who blogged about QCon. Comments are organized by tracks and sessions: Keynotes, Architectures you've always wondered about, Architecture Quality, How much REST do we need?, Java in Action, Architecting for Performance & Scalability, Java Emerging Technologies, Challenges in Agile, Bleeding Edge .NET, The Rise of Ruby.

Interviews about QCon

QCon Panel: What will the Future of Java Development Be?

Community
Java
Topics
Language,
Leadership,
Change,
Platforms,
Design,
Programming,
.NET Framework,
Community

In this panel discussion from QCon San Francisco, several influential leaders of the software development community discussed and debated the future of the Java language and APIs based upon the lessons we have learned from the past. Topics included static versus dynamic languages, removing code from Java, forking the JVM, and the next big programming language.

JAOO Panel: Who will Develop Software in 10 Years?

Community
Architecture
Topics
Business,
Events,
Open Source,
Grid Computing

Martin Fowler, Frank Buschmann, Steve Cook, Jimmy Nilsson, and Dave Thomas discuss the future of software development. Topics covered include outsourcing, is Google the next MS?, multi-core & parallism, grid computing, software stacks of the future, and more. A thoroughly thought-provoking panel! JAOO is producing the QCon event.

Presentations about QCon

Patterns for securing architectures

Community
Architecture
Topics
Security,
Design

Security is all about trade-offs you make with your always limited resources, often a problem when designing a system or an after-thought. Only a few have the expertise to design good security and most development teams have no security expert. This talk focuses on Security Patterns for designing security in architectures, such as Role-based Access Control, Single Access Point, and Front Door.

Conquering XML with LINQ in Visual Basic 9.0

Community
.NET
Topics
XML Databinding

In Visual Basic 9.0, XML becomes a built-in data type with a rich editing experience that completely eliminates the conceptual barrier between the code that you write and the XML that you're trying to express. It will cover tips, tricks, and gotchas so that developers reach peak performance when programming against XML with LINQ in Visual Basic 9.0.