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  • Implementing Exceptions in SOA

    In this InfoQ article, Boris Lublinsky highlights the problems with exception handling in SOA, and suggests a SOA-based solution: a logging service that accepts all logging requests, stores and forwards them to an exception resolution service, which is responsible for enforcing rules about exception resolution, a notification service, an exceptions/logging portal, and service management.

  • Case Study: Composite Applications at Safeco

    A case study about how motor vehicle insurance records company Safeco used SOA approahes, SCA, BPEL, and composite application approaches to reuse legacy code, enable runtime modifiability thanks to decoupling, Java and .NET interoperability, and the ability to deliver a complex solution integrating over 5 systems in less than 8 weeks with a small team.

  • Automating File Uploads with SSH and Ruby

    In this article, Matthew Bass guides you step-by-step through the process of creating your own version of a Ruby script to automate file uploads using SSH. Complete source code examples are included, with line-by-line analysis of what the code is doing. A good introduction to Ruby as a powerful scripting language.

  • Case study: A new approach to integrating architectures post-merger at Lawson

    The merger of Lawson and Intentia in 2006 left developers with an important problem to solve - the integration and presentation of legacy applications and business services that are constructed in Java, .NET, and other technologies. This case study looks under the hood at the new architecture at Lawson and how they got there.

  • InfoQ Changelog

    InfoQ maintains a version number tied to new features developed for the site as a means to communicate progress to its audience. v1.1.5 is the latest version. InfoQ initially launced at 0.6 last year.

  • Making Sense of all these Crazy Web Service Standards

    Michele Leroux Bustamante explains the most relevant WS-* standards used today in terms of their actual implementation among WS platforms (with a focus on Java and .NET), their level of adoption and readiness. If you are new to web services or to the WS* protocols, or you are having difficulty keeping up with the pace of change in this area, this article should help.

  • Interview: Ricco Deutscher on "SOPERA"

    Deutsche Post World Net, one of the world's largest logistics companies (and owner of DHL) has created a “SOA platform”, called “SOPERA”, which aims to be a full-featured SOA environment. Today, SOPERA announced it will contribute its platform to the Eclipse Foundation. InfoQ had a chance to talk to Ricco Deutscher, Managing Director of the newly founded company behind the platform.

  • Coming From Ruby

    Do you "come from" a particular programming language? If so, that's great — but don't forget to take each language on its own terms. David A. Black shares some thoughts about "coming from" a language, and the etiquette of language travel, in the context of the recent history of Ruby.

  • The MOle Plugin

    The MOle, so named because it acts as the investigators agent, is a plugin that provides insight into the inner workings of Ruby on Rails in realtime, as requests come in and get processed. The author describes how the plugin came about and gives InfoQ readers a detailed introduction to his innovative plugin.

  • Book Excerpt: Scaling Software Agility

    "But does Agile scale?" Emerging stories and case studies indicate that it certainly does. InfoQ brings you two excerpts from Dean Leffingwell's book "Scaling Software Agility: Best Practices for Large Enterprises". Chapter 1 presents how Agile methods respond to the need for competitive advantage, and Chapter 2 revisits "Why the Waterfall Model Doesn’t Work".

  • Adding Properties to Ruby Metaprogramatically

    Werner Schuster walks us through a simple example of adding Java-style properties support (declarative getters, setters and change listeners) to Ruby classes via a Mixin by using elements of meta-programming. Introduces ideas for enhancement using principles of design-by-contract and pluggable type systems.

  • Interview: Jérome Louvel about Restlet

    In this exclusive InfoQ interview, Jérome Louvel talks about Restlet, a Java framework for building Web applications following the REST architectural style. Topics covered include the reason for Restlet's existence, REST support in Web services frameworks and in Ruby on Rails, expectations for JSR 311 and Restlet's roadmap.

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