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13 Reasons for Java Programmers to Learn Flex and BlazeDS

Thirteen reasons, some general ("it's open source" and "it has great community support") and some technical ("programming model similar to Java" and "runs in any Java app server"), for why Java Programmers should learn Flex and BlazeDS are presented. Technical reasons include examples as part of the discussion.

Ryan Knight
on Apr 27, 2009
Performance Analysis and Monitoring with Perf4J

In this article Alex Devine explains how Java developers can take advantage of Perf4J, an open source toolset for adding code timing statements and for logging, analyzing and monitoring the results. Alex introduces several aspects of Perf4J like integration with Log4J, use of annotations, pitfalls and good practices.

Alex Devine
on Apr 23, 2009
Virtual Panel: Is the Backlog a Vital Artifact and Practice or Waste?

Mary Poppendieck, Ron Jeffries, Jeff Patton, David West, Steve Freeman, and Jason Yip give us their take on backlogs and their importance to successful Agile teams.

Amr Elssamadisy
on Apr 20, 2009
Developing a Complex External DSL

In this article Vaughn Vernon explains the difference between internal and external DSLs and shows the steps involved in developing a complex external DSL.

Vaughn Vernon
on Apr 13, 2009
Key Takeaway Points and Lessons Learned from QCon London 2009

This article presents the main takeway points as seen by the many attendees who blogged about QCon. Comments are organized by tracks and sessions: Keynotes, Interviews, Tutorials, Web as a Platform, Emerging languages in the enterprise, Real World SOA, Systems that never stop, Architectures in Financial Applications, Agile Organisational patterns, Historically bad ideas, Java.Next and many more!

Ryan Slobojan
on Apr 09, 2009
Book Review: Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

Ryan Cooper reviews the Clean Code by Robert Martin and concludes that this book belongs on the bookshelf of every developer who cares passionately about quality and craftsmanship. Ryan suggest that this book will be beneficial to new developers and seasoned developers alike.

Ryan Cooper
on Apr 08, 2009
The Problem of Power Consumption in Servers

Power consumption by servers is of increasing concern to business and IT management. This Intel article discusses the sources of power consumption as a function of server form factor and workload; power consumption of other components, power supplies and conversion, plus heat generation and cooling demands. How to estimate consumption and design factors affecting consumption are also covered.

Intel
on Apr 01, 2009
Fetching strategy implementation in a J2EE application using AOP

This article presents a fetching strategy that using AOP, optimizes the data retrieval process from a back end system on a use case basis in a modular way without bloating the lower level service or repository layers.

Manjunath R Naganna
on Mar 30, 2009
Book Excerpt: Agile Testing

This book is for testers on an agile team, test and quality assurance managers transitioning to agile development, and agile teams learning how to approach testing. The book introduces agile testing, how it's different from testing on a traditional team, and what makes agile testers different. The book contains dozens of stories about the various testing-related issues faced and resolved.

Janet Gregory Lisa Crispin
on Mar 24, 2009
Interview and Book Excerpt: Jaroslav Tulach's Practical API Design

Jaroslav Tulach's latest book Practical API Design covers the topic of API design of software projects. He brings his experience as the architect for NetBeans IDE project to the writing of this book. InfoQ spoke with Jaroslav about his new book, the main motivation for writing it and other topics. We are also making an excerpt from the book available for our readers.

Srini Penchikala
on Mar 24, 2009
Interview with the Book Authors: Brown, Laird, Gee, Mitra: SOA Governance

InfoQ had the opportunity to review the new book “SOA Governance: Achieving and Sustaining Business and IT Agility” and interview its authors Clive Gee, William A. Brown, Robert G. Laird, Tilak Mitra.Topics covered include the role of reuse in SOA, SOA governance tooling, Business/IT alignment, etc.

Boris Lublinsky
on Mar 20, 2009
A Fusion of Proven Ideas: A Look Behind S#arp Architecture

In this article Billy McCafferty presents S#arp Architecture, an ASP.NET MVC architectural framework meant to leverage current best practices in architecting ASP.NET web applications by providing a project code template which uses Domain-Driven Design techniques and has built-in support for NHibernate, Castle Windsor and SQLite.

Billy McCafferty
on Mar 16, 2009

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