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  • JRuby compiler finished

    As Charles Nutter reports, JRuby's Ruby to Bytecode compiler is finished. This is used for AOT and JIT compilation, and will go into JRuby 1.1. Future plans include a compiler that could help with Java integration by turning Ruby classes into Java types.

  • Behind Microsoft's Astoria REST Framework

    In Microsoft's Architecture Journal issue 13, Pablo Castro talked about several key features of the Microsoft’s REST Framework – Astoria.

  • Abstracting Data Query in Ruby with Ambition Ambition

    The .NET community is familiar with the general purpose query facilities added to the .NET Framework by the project LINQ. Ruby was missing such an abstraction layer. Chris Wanstrath brings his own solution: Ambition.

  • Interview: Peter Kriens discusses OSGi

    OSGi is a Java modular development specification. OSGi is used in a wide variety of applications, from mobile phones to enterprise servers and the Eclipse IDE. In this interview, Peter Kriens explains where OSGi came from, what sorts of applications it's useful for, integration with Spring, the JSR 277/294 debate, and the future of OSGi.

  • GigaSpaces XAP 6.0:スペースベースアーキテクチャ向けの簡易化SpringベースAPI

    GigaSpaces recently released version 6.0 of it's eXtreme Application Platform (XAP), which is an infrastructure software platform that provides scaling out of applications in distributed environments. InfoQ spoke with Geva Perry and Nati Shalom of GigaSpaces to learn more about this release and the changes that have occurred in this version.

  • Presentation: Operational Manageability lessons learned from eBay

    You're confident that your software will handle horizontal scale to thousands of servers. But how about your operational team? Have you also architected for managing that large collection of servers? Dan Pritchett will present lessons learned at eBay and lead a discussion on how to ensure your transactional scalability doesn't ignore your architecture's manageability.

  • Kent Beck, Martin Fowler, Speaking at QCon SF Nov 7-9

    Kent Beck & Martin Fowler will be keynoting & delivering tutorials at the QCon San Francisco Nov 7-9th conference. Also, the schedule has been finalized with a new complete track covering security from a development perspective, and also a panel on the future of Java development including Joshua Bloch, JRuby's Charles Nutter, Spring's Rod Johnson, and .NET's Erik Meijer.

  • Fault Tolerance and the Grid

    Arjuna Technologies, the company behind the world's first Java transaction service and Web Services transactions implementations, has turned its attention to the world of the Grid. What's involved in developing reliable Grid applications and are the current Data Grid infrastructures really up to the job?

  • Enterprise Application Platform 4.2: First JBoss release under RedHat support model

    JBoss, a division of RedHat, recently announced the first release of their Enterprise Application Platform (EAP), which is based off of JBoss Application Server 4.2. InfoQ took the opportunity to learn more about this release and the potential changes it brings.

  • GlassFish V2 Brings Clustering, Administration, and Speed Enhancements

    Today Sun Microsystems released GlassFish V2. GlassFish is an open source Java EE 5 compliant application server. InfoQ sat down with Sun Community Development and Marketing Manager Ken Drachnik to discuss the features of V2.

  • Has JPA Killed the DAO?

    Recent developer discussion has explored whether JPA has killed the DAO pattern. DAO supporters argue that it isn't going anywhere soon however.

  • HDIV 2.0: Security framework now integrates with Spring MVC and JSTL

    HDIV, an open-source web application security framework, recently released version 2.0. InfoQ spoke with HDIV project lead Roberto Velasco Sarasola to learn more about this release.

  • SOA Software Adds SOA Management for Microsoft BizTalk Server

    SOA Software, a provider of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Governance, Security, Mediation, and Management solutions, announces a partnership with Microsoft to provide SOA Governance features for BizTalk Server 2006 R2.

  • Interview: Yahoo's Doug Cutting on MapReduce and the Future of Hadoop

    In this special InfoQ interview, Hadoop project lead Doug Cutting discusses MapReduce, the benefits of open source, and the future direction of the project.

  • Agile Bibliography Wiki

    George Dinwiddie announces the Agile Bibliography Wiki to track readings on the subject of agile, particularly those that are useful to back up a point, or which are useful references, and invites the community to help fill out the reading list.

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