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  • Laforge and Rocher Discuss the future of Groovy, Grails and Java

    In this interview, Graeme Rocher and Guillaume Laforge of SpringSource talk about the present and future of the Grails framework and the Groovy language. Rocher talks about Grails 1.4 and some of its enhancements such as improvements to GORM. And Laforge discusses Groovy 1.8, which features new DSL authoring capabilities, among other things. They look at how Java’s future impacts their projects.

    Laforge and Rocher Discuss the future of Groovy, Grails and Java
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    22:23
  • Stefan Tilkov Talks REST, Web Services and More

    Stefan Tilkov discusses REST (Representational State Transfer) and RESTful web services based upon work he has done for clients of his consultancy. Stefan talks about the shortcomings of the WS-* specs and says he sees little need for WS-* web services any more. Stefan also talks about how web development frameworks are beginning to map to the RESTful model, and the concept of REST and security.

    Stefan Tilkov Talks REST, Web Services and More
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    40:03
  • Avi Bryant on Trendly, Ruby, Smalltalk and Javascript

    Avi Bryant talks about the iterative process that led to Trendly (http://trendly.com/ ), using Javascript, Ruby and Java in the process. He goes on to give his view on the state of Smalltalk and Squeak and talks about his experiments with writing a Smalltalk that compiles to idiomatic Javascript to make use of all the modern Javascript VMs.

    Avi Bryant on Trendly, Ruby, Smalltalk and Javascript
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    36:15
  • Zed Shaw and Matt Pelletier Decide if Rails is Enterprise Ready

    Zed Shaw and Matt Pelletier sat down with InfoQ's Obie Fernandez at RailsConf to explore some of the reasoning behind setting up the mongrel project, getting adoption in enterprise and dealing with developers who just aren't ready. Watch the interview to find out how much Shaw's Enterprise Mongrel product will cost, where the support contracts are and who'll come out on top when the vultures land.

    Zed Shaw and Matt Pelletier Decide if Rails is Enterprise Ready
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    40:25
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