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Eric Newcomer on WS Transaction Standards

In a recent blog post, IONA CTO Eric Newcomer wrote about the OASIS Transaction TC's progress in standardizing the Web services WS-Coordination, WS-AtomicTransaction and WS-BusinessActivity specifications. Eric talked to InfoQ about this particular set of specifications, as well as the standardization process and the role of the big players in general.

Stefan Tilkov
on Sep 27, 2006
Testing Ajax Applications with Selenium

The Selenium develompent team briefly introduces Selenium, a web acceptance testing tool, and shows how to test Ajax applications with waitForXxxx Selenium commands, as well as how to test a simple Ajax effect - an asynchronous text update - with Selenium.

Jeff Xiong Mike Williams Josh Price
on Sep 25, 2006
An Introduction to Web Services Reliable Messaging

Web Services Reliable Messaging 1.1 is available as a new draft version of the OASIS specification originally released by Microsoft, IBM, BEA and others. WS-RM ensures messages can be delivered reliable over unreliable protocols such as HTTP. Paul Fremantle, co-chair of the OASIS technical committee, provides an introduction.

Paul Fremantle
on Sep 14, 2006
Why Would a .NET Programmer Learn Ruby on Rails?

.NET developer Stephen Chu gives us some insight into his transition to Ruby on Rails programming. Quote: "By being loyal to one technology stack, I am bound to unconsciously make biased decisions, which will ultimately hinder my ability to deliver business value."

Stephen Chu
on Aug 11, 2006
Delivering Java Apps on Fedora Core

Fedora Core 4 was the first release to include a a lot of code written in Java. gcj aims to implement a complete system, compatible with Java, centered around an ahead-of-time compiler. It has a cleanroom class library based on GNU Classpath, and a built-in interpreter. The compiler can compile Java source files, class files, or even entire jar files to object code.

Tom Tromey
on Jun 26, 2006
The HandleExternalEvent Activity in Windows Workflow

Scott Allen walks through the implementation of a HandleExternal Event Activity in Windows Workflow Foundation that is used to handle events raised by the process that is hosting the workflow runtime.

Scott Allen
on Jun 22, 2006
Real-World Rule Engines

For many developers, rule engines are buzzwords, or black boxes on an architectural diagram: something to be feared or admired from afar, but not understood. In this article, Geoffrey Wiseman shares his practical experience with rule engines and with Drools in particular to support in-market solutions for financial services.

Geoffrey Wiseman
on Jun 19, 2006
Casestudy: Brasilian National Healthcare System

This casestudy takes a detailed look at the implementation and architecture behind the Brasilian National Healthcare System, a 2M line of code, truly mission critical Java application. Lessons learned, best practices, and details down to the interaction diagram are covered

Fabiane Nardon Floyd Marinescu
on May 12, 2006
Simple JAVA and .NET SOA interoperability

.NET and Java interop can be made really simple using a REST documentcentric approach. This article compares a REST and SOAP approach to interop as well as the advantages of using HTTP POST vs. GET for REST invocations.

ThoughtWorks Inc Paul Hammant Ian Cartwright
on May 12, 2006
.Net Exceptions - Tracking Down Where In The Code The Exceptions Occurred

Tess Ferrnandez, an escalation engineer in PSS (product support services) at Microsoft, outlines the procedure for tracking down where in your code an exception occurred by using a stack dump.

Tess Ferrnandez
on May 10, 2006