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InfoQ Editors' Recommended Reading List

We recently had a conversation amongst the InfoQ editorial team about the books we would most recommend to InfoQ readers based on the books that we felt had most influenced us as programmers, architects and managers. Here is the resulting list of sixteen books that we eventually agreed on, plus a few other tips, with comments from the editors who originally suggested them.

Charles Humble
on Feb 17, 2009
Mainframe Integration with JBoss ESB and LegStar

In this article we look at how the open source JBossESB has been used to integrate legacy COBOL CICS applications without necessarily having to rely on XML and Web Services stacks.

Mark Little Fady Moussallam
on Feb 16, 2009
Blaze Data Services or LiveCycle Data Services?

This article, by Ryan Knight, compares two similar products: Adobe’s LiveCycle Data Services (LCDS) and Open Source Blaze Data Services. The comparison is necessary to know the differences between the two products in order to choose the right one for a certain situation.

Ryan Knight
on Feb 16, 2009
Tijs Rademakers and Jos Dirksen on Open Source ESB

InfoQ has published a sample chapter from the book “Open Source ESBs In Action”, authored by Tijs Rademakers and Jos Dirksen, and took the opportunity to interview the authors about their experience in using open source ESBs in real-world projects.

Stefan Tilkov
on Feb 13, 2009
What Would Alan Cooper Do?

The User Interface plays an important role when using an application, be it a desktop application, a web or a mobile one. The book About Face, written by Alan Cooper, a thought leader in user interface design, provides interesting and useful guidance on creating a UI for an application. This article contains some of the book’s most notable ideas.

Naysawn Naderi
on Feb 12, 2009
Distributed JBI

Officially, the JBI (Java Business Integration) standard is limited to a single Java Virtual Machine (JVM) instance. In a new article, Sun's Derek Frankforth describes and contrasts the strengths and weaknesses two different styles of setting up a distributed JBI topology using OpenESB, and shows how they complement each other in the end.

Derek Frankforth
on Feb 10, 2009
JavaScript Test Driven Development with JsUnit and JSMock

This article is a crash course in writing maintainable JavaScript. We'll add features to a running example by iteratively following a simple principle: write a unit test, make it pass. Each test will serve as a quality feedback loop, creating both a safety net and an executable form of documentation for anyone who wants to change the production code.

Dennis Byrne
on Feb 09, 2009
A Message Type Architecture for SOA

This article proposes a new Message Type Architecture based on two DSLs to help manage the message formats in a SOA. The approach promotes reuse via the Enterprise Data Model referenced in message type definitions. It also helps aligning the Data and SOA governance processes.

Jean-Jacques Dubray
on Feb 09, 2009
Case study: Eclipse Rich Ajax Platform Use at CAS Software AG

Eclipse RAP (Rich Ajax Platform) in the real world is covered in this case study which looks at how CAS Software AG used RAP on a recent new product offering. Eclipse Equinox is also used by CAS and covered in the case study.

Craig Wickesser
on Feb 01, 2009
Amazing Charts In Rails

A introduction to creating Flash charts using the FusionCharts Free from Ruby, complete with a feature comparison of other charting libraries.

Srividya Sharma
on Jan 29, 2009
Java 7 Module System Concerns

Java module systems has received a lot of attention lately. One reason for that was the controversy regarding JSR-277 which partially duplicated OSGi. Another was the plans for Java 7. In this article Lukas Krecan gives us a round-up of the current solutions and presents his concern on upcoming solutions like project Project Jigsaw and JSR-294.

Lukas Krecan
on Jan 28, 2009
Using the Concurrency and Coordination Runtime

Nick Gunn provides a practical introduction the Concurrency and Coordination Runtime for .NET. CCR radically changes the way multi-threaded applications are written in .NET, shifting the focus from threads and locks to lightweight, asynchronous tasks.

Nick Gunn
on Jan 28, 2009

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