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Scala in Large Scale Systems

This is the first installment in a series about using Scala for large-scale data stores and analytics. Dave Hrycyszyn speaks to Andrew Jayne, senior software engineer at McLaren Applied Technologies, about the experience of building a custom high-performance data store in Scala.

Dave Hrycyszyn
on Feb 03, 2015
AI, ML & Data Engineering

Big Data Processing with Apache Spark – Part 1: Introduction

Apache Spark is an open source big data processing framework built around speed, ease of use, and sophisticated analytics. In this article, Srini Penchikala talks about how Apache Spark framework helps with big data processing and analytics with its standard API. He also discusses how Spark compares with traditional MapReduce implementation like Apache Hadoop.

Srini Penchikala
on Jan 30, 2015
Evo: The Agile Value Delivery Process, Where ‘Done’ Means Real Value Delivered; Not Code

Current agile practices are far too narrowly focused on delivering code to users and customers. There is no systems-wide view of other stakeholders, of databases, and anything else except the code. This article describes what ‘Evo’ is at core, and how it is different from other Agile practices, and why ‘done’ should mean ‘value delivered to stakeholders’.

Kai Gilb Tom Gilb
on Jan 26, 2015
Building a Mars Rover Application with DynamoDB

DynamoDB is a NoSQL database service that aims to be easily managed, so you don't have to worry about administrative burdens such as operating and scaling. This article shows how to use Amazon DynamoDB to create a Mars Rover application. You can use the same concepts described in this post to build your own web application.

Daniela Miao Kenta Yasukawa
on Jan 25, 2015
Java

5 Advanced Java Debugging Techniques Every Developer Should Know About

With architectures becoming more distributed and code more asynchronous, pinpointing and resolving errors in production is harder than ever. In this article we investigate five advanced techniques that can help you get to the root cause of painful bugs in production more quickly, without adding material overhead.

Tal Weiss
on Jan 20, 2015
InfoQ Talks to Azul Systems Gil Tene Part 2

In this part 2 of InfoQ's conversation with Gil Tene of Azul Systems, Gil discusses their latest engineering project aimed at bring better low-level memory layout control to Java, and the requirement modern high-performance Java applications have for this solution.

Ben Evans
on Jan 17, 2015
InfoQ Talks to Azul Systems Gil Tene about Zing, Zulu, and New Releases

Gil Tene of Azul Systems talks about shipping their Java 8 compatible release, the need for certified builds and the problem with the current approach to Java taken by Docker.

Ben Evans
on Jan 06, 2015
Java 9 and Beyond. Oracle's Brian Goetz and John Rose Glimpse into the Future

Oracle's Brian Goetz (Java Language Architect) and John Rose (JVM Architect) take us on a deep-dive discussion about some of the technologies and features being discussed for Java 9 and beyond.

Ben Evans
on Jan 04, 2015
Lessons Learned by Scaling Android Apps - AnDevCon Panel Summary

At the last AnDevCon, Doug Bateman moderated a panel focused on what it takes to build Android apps that scale up to millions of global users. This included team management, testing and design for testability, feature and release management, support, open source contributions, alternative architectures, and more.

Sergio De Simone
on Jan 02, 2015
Teaching Kids Java Programming

During the holiday season we think about our families, our children, and and their future. In this article, Yakov Fain give us some insight about what lead him to write his new book "Java Programming for Kids" (now available as a free download) and includes some sample chapters.

Yakov Fain
on Dec 22, 2014
Book Review and Interview: The Practice of Cloud System Administration

The new book, The Practice of Cloud System Administration: Designing and Operating Large Distributed Systems, looks at a wide range of considerations for cloud-scale systems. In this book review and interview with the authors, we look at how teams can apply proven best practices.

Richard Seroter
on Dec 18, 2014
Java

Designing a Highly Available, Fault Tolerant, Hadoop Cluster with Data Isolation

As data grows exponentially, the modern Hadoop ecosystem provides not only a reliable distributed aggregation system that delivers data parallelism, but also analytics for great data insights. In this article Monica Beckwith, starting from core Hadoop components, investigates the design of a highly available, fault tolerant Hadoop cluster, adding security and data-level isolation.

Monica Beckwith
on Dec 16, 2014

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