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An Open API Initiative Update
The Open API Initiative group is evolving what has become the de-facto standard API Description Format to produce a consistent and compatible format for describing APIs, allowing interoperation between tooling, systems, and runtime environments. Tony Tam, creator of the popular Swagger Specification is providing an update on the group activity.
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CQRS for Enterprise Web Development: What's in it for Business?
With a focus on the business case for a CQRS architecture, this article covers the core concepts of Command Query Responsibility Segregation, and contrasts them with a common, n-tier architecture. Benefits including scalability and maintainability are highlighted, which can reduce the total cost of ownership, and lead to an improved return on investment when choosing a CQRS architecture.
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Two Mistakes You Need to Avoid When Integrating Services
With SOA, businesses moved from monolithic applications to heterogeneous designs by decomposing functionality into services. However, architects must be careful when integrating services. Often enterprises assume adopting patterns like ESB can help. Unfortunately, there are hidden challenges with these patterns. The danger is they go unnoticed during development but surface when a system is live.
Using Templates to Transform Web Service Results into Markup
The HTTP-RPC open-source Java framework returns results in JSON by default, but can use the CTemplate system to respond with custom markup.
The InfoQ Podcast: John Langford on Vowpal Wabbit, Used by MSN, and Machine Learning in Industry
Machine learning research scientist John Langford talks to Wesley Reisz about his ML system Vowpal Rabbit, used for news personalisation on MSN.
Creating RESTful Services with T4 Based on Model and Interfaces
Amel Musić demonstrates how T4 can be used to create a flexible code generator that reduces the amount of time and effort it takes to create RESTful services.
HTTP-RPC: A Lightweight Cross-Platform REST Framework
HTTP-RPC is an open-source framework for creating and accessing cross-platform polyglot RESTful web services using a convenient, RPC-like metaphor, while preserving fundamental REST principles. 3
Article Series: Cloud and "Lock-in"
With the fast-pace of cloud changes, cloud lock-in remains a popular refrain. But what does it mean, and how can you ensure you're maximizing your cloud investment while keeping portability in mind?
Approaching Lock-In from a Consultant’s Perspective: An Interview with Nicki Watt
Consultants play a major role in helping companies deliver software. How do these consultants tackle lock-in and build portable solutions? In this interview, OpenCredo's Nicki Watt tackles this topic.
Q&A with Intuit's Alex Balazs
Intuit embarked on a redesign of their technology stack, creating a platform to build their product upon. In this Q&A, Alex Balazs, VP Fellow Architect of Turbo Tax tells us how they did it.
Wiring Microservices with Spring Cloud
As we move towards microservice-based architectures, we're faced with an important decision: how do we wire our services together?
The InfoQ Podcast: James Shore, Llewellyn Falco, and Rebecca Wirfs-Brock on TDD and Architecture
In this week's podcast Richard Seroter talks to James Shore, Llewellyn Falco, and Rebecca Wirfs-Brock on TDD and Incremental Architecture. 1
