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SpringSource CTO Adrian Colyer Discusses the Impact of the Cloud on Enterprise IT

This article is a transcript of an interview with SpringSource CTO Adrian Colyer, recorded at the inaugural What's Next Conference in Paris in May. Colyer discusses the impact of mobile devices, HTML 5 and cloud-computing on enterprise IT generally, and SpringSource's Cloud Foundary product.

Charles Humble
on Sep 06, 2011
Interview with Rob Linton, author of “Amazon Web Services: Migrating your .NET Enterprise Application”

A new "Amazon Web Services : Migrating your .NET Enterprise Application" book by Rob Linton provides a deep insight into Amazon Web Services (AWS) covering a wide spectrum of topics from describing AWS components and their role in applications architecture to step-by-step instructions on setting and configuring each AWS component . InfoQ spoke with by Rob Linton about his book.

Boris Lublinsky
on Sep 01, 2011
Three Tips to Successfully Load Test Microsoft Silverlight Applications

While Silverlight is an attractive option for developing expanded application, it brings new challenges to organizations. In preparation, companies must adapt their testing approach. Given the way new technologies work when deployed on internet/intranet applications, a careful approach to testing is important.

Rebecca Clinard
on Aug 22, 2011
Scala.Net and Scala with Martin Odersky

Scala.Net will be a version of Scala that supports the .NET ecosystem. We talked with Martin Odersky, Chairman and Chief Architect as well as co-founder of Typesafe, about Scala.Net, the version of Scala that support .Net as well as about Scala in general.

Michael Stal
on Aug 17, 2011
HTML 5 or Silverlight?

While HTML5 is still a draft standard, its ultimate role as the dominant cross-platform solution is certain. Even Microsoft calls HTML “the only true cross-platform solution for everything.” But in many ways it is still severely limited when compared to Silverlight. Daniel Jebaraj of Syncfusion weighs in on the future of Silverlight and HTML5 with guidance on how to choose between the two.

Daniel Jebaraj
on Aug 08, 2011
Wally McClure on the Future of MonoTouch and Mono for Android

Wallace B. McClure is the co-author of Professional iPhone Programming with MonoTouch and .NET/C# and the soon to be released Professional Android Programming with Mono for Android and .NET/C#. Our interview took place took place prior to and just following the announcement that Xamarin would be taking over maintenance of Mono from Attachmate.

Jonathan Allen
on Aug 01, 2011
AI, ML & Data Engineering

Using Entity Framework to Successfully Target Multiple Databases

Yevhen Shchyholyev discusses some of the problems that the user may face in the process of developing an application with Entity Framework that interacts with Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite as well as SQL Server. It is intended to be useful to both developers using one of these databases for the first time as well as for those who regularly interaction with multiple databases.

Yevhen Shchyholyev
on Jul 25, 2011
Database-based High Performance Message Exchange Service for Enterprise Applications

Database Message Exchange Service (DBMES) stores messages in database for a Windows service to deliver to external services and vice versa. A message can be anything – an order, some task, a message for a destination message queue, a payload for calling external webservice and so on. DBMES decouples the client from the external services that are not on the same network or not always available.

Omar AL Zabir
on Jul 11, 2011
Dependency Injection with Mark Seemann

Mark Seemann, author of Dependency Injection in .NET, talks to us about the differences between DI and Service Locators and the importance of having a Composite Root. He also touches on how these all relate back to the SOLID principals of object oriented design.

Jonathan Allen
on Jun 27, 2011
Busy Java Developer’s Guide to Flex

Flex is a set of tools designed to make it easier for developers to build SWFs without having to use the Adobe Flash tool. This article explores Flex from a Java guy’s perspective, then shows how to set up the environment and examines topics like how to integrate Flex code with existing Java applications, as well as its applicability for use as a mobile device client technology.

Ted Neward
on Jun 21, 2011
Micro ORMs with Sam Saffron and Rob Conery

Opinions about ORMs vary widely. Some see it as an essential tool for simplifying data access while others claim it greatly increases complexity while robbing applications of much needed performance. Sam Saffron and Rob Conery have found a middle ground in what’s known as a Micro ORM.

Jonathan Allen
on Jun 13, 2011
Increasing Role of Open Source in ASP.NET

There has been an increasing trend in the ASP.NET team lately to adopt more Open Source - from supporting JQuery and Modernizr, to releasing sources for some underlying platform components. InfoQ gets in touch with Scott Hunter, Principal Program Manager Lead for ASP.NET to learn about this new trend, drivers behind some recent decisions and how things might look in the future.

Roopesh Shenoy
on Jun 07, 2011

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