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JVM Dynamic Language Shootout
Travis Jensen compares Groovy, Jython and JRuby for developing web based user interfaces.
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GridGain 2.0 Supports Load Balancing, Work Stealing and Data Partitioning
The latest version of GridGain, a java based open source grid computing framework, supports load balancing and data partitioning features. GridGain Systems recently released version 2.0 of the framework which also includes a "work stealing" feature where the scheduled jobs running on overloaded nodes in the grid are "stolen" to run on underloaded nodes.
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Java Posse Roundup 2008 & OpenSpace Conferences
Last week, the 2008 Java Posse Roundup was held in Crested Butte, Colorado. The Roundup is an OpenSpace conference.
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eXo Java Content Repository 1.8 Released
The eXo Platform team has released eXo JCR (Java Content Repository) 1.8. The eXo JCR product is a JSR-170-compliant Java content repository implementation.
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Panel: Java Object Persistence: State of the Union
In this panel, the editors of InfoQ.com (Floyd Marinescu) and ODBMS.org (Roberto V. Zicari) asked a group of leading persistence solution architects their views on the current state of the union in persistence in the Java community.
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JRuby support in Ruby in Steel for Visual Studio
SapphireSteel's Ruby in Steel IDE for Visual Studio just added another feature: JRuby support. This includes a new fast debugger for JRuby. We talked to Huw Collingbourne about this new feature.
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Debate about Testing and Recoverability: Object Oriented vs. Functional Programming Languages
In his latest blog post, Michael Feathers argued that object oriented programming languages offer some built-in features that facilitate testing and are therefore more recovery friendly than functional languages. Proponents of functional languages expressed strong disagreement with this statement, which provoked a very passionate debate in the blog community.
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Interview: Joe Walker about DWR 3.0
InfoQ had the opportunity to talk with the <a href="http://getahead.org/dwr">DWR</a> (Direct Web Remoting) project lead <a href="http://getahead.org/blog/joe/" title="Joe Walker's Blog">Joe Walker</a>. He discussed the upcoming release of DWR 3.0 including major features, helpful features and fixes for developers, a time line and a look at the future of DWR.
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Interview: Patrick Curran discusses the Java Community Process
In this interview, new JCP chairman Patrick Curran discusses his goals for the JCP, what role standards play, the interactions between innovation and standardization, the impact of OpenJDK, the Java SE TCK and Apache Harmony, the shift in application servers from Java EE to SOA, future Java technology standardization, interesting and successful JSRs, and the future of the JCP.
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Flux 7.7: Increased Monitoring and Secure FTP Capabilities
Initially released in 2000, Flux is an embeddable Java software component for Java development teams who need job scheduling, file transfer and workflow management. Flux 7.7 extended the product's secure file transfer capabilities and increased the scalability of the Operations Console. InfoQ discussed with David Sims, Flux President about the new features and other product developments.
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Presentation: Designing for Testability
In this presentation from QCon San Francisco 2007, Cedric Beust and Alexandru Popescu discuss interesting features of TestNG such as grouping of tests, data providers for tests and dependency handling in tests, tips for designing easily testable code such as eliminating statics, extreme encapsulation and TDD, the importance of functional versus unit testing, and migrating from JUnit to TestNG.
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Higgins 1.0: Identity Management Solutions from the Eclipse Foundation
Identity management for networked and distributed applications continues to present several unique challenges for users and developers. Higgins is a suite of identity management solutions from the Eclipse foundation, created with the intent of simplifying and adding consistency to online authentication.
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Common Ruby MVM API research kicked off
Research on the topic of Multiple VM (MVM) Ruby will be conducted at the University of Tokyo together with Sun's JRuby team. The work will investigate issues such as communication between VMs and a common API across all Ruby implementations, with solutions provided initially for Ruby and JRuby.
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Java EE 6 Spec Lead Requests Community Feedback on Web Profile Options
In a recent blog post, Java EE 6 (JSR 316) specification co-lead Roberto Chinnici presented the two leading candidates for the Java EE 6 Web Profile, and asked for feedback from the community on which of the two options the JSR 316 Expert Group should move forward with. InfoQ took the opportunity to analyze each of the Web Profile options in greater detail.
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Article: Securing a Grails Application with Acegi Security
In this article, Fadi Shami gives a walkthrough of integrating the grails-acegi plugin with a sample Grails application. As part of this integration, there are three major components which are used – Groovy, Grails and Acegi Security.