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  • How to Integrate Models And Code

    While creating models in a form or another is very common, their combination with the code has been challenging. As a result, models are usually thrown away once the implementation has progressed. The reason is partly in the modeling languages used and partly in the tools applied. The article describes proven practices for working with both models and code.

  • HTML5 offline web applications using ASP.NET MVC

    One of the major constraints of web applications has always been connectivity, especially with mobile applications. In this article, Jef Claes shows you how to use HTML’s offline capabilities to ensure the application keeps working even when the network connection isn’t.

  • MongoDB, Java and Object Relational Mapping

    Brian C. Dilley covers pitfalls, & strengths of using MongoDB ("a very approachable NoSQL solution"), and introduces MJORM. The MJORM project is an annotation free MongoDB Java ORM library. This article builds on Brian's real world in the trenches experience with MongoDB and includes "gotchas" like "Don't treat MongoDB like an RDBMS...", how to "design your indexes carefully", and more.

  • Benchmarking JVM Concurrency Options for Java, Scala and Akka

    Michael Slinn examines how to benchmark JVM concurrency options for JVM-based langauges including Java and Scala.

  • Jags Ramnarayan on In-Memory Data Grids

    In-memory data grids (IMDG) are gaining lot of attention recently because of their support for dynamic scalability and high performance for data intensive applications. InfoQ spoke with Jags Ramnarayan, Chief Architect for GemFire products at VMWare, about the architecture of in-memory data grids, their advantages compared to the traditional databases, and emerging trends in this space.

  • Rejection of Social Media API by JCP Expert Group Members Sparks Debate On Innovation

    When the JCP rejected JSR 357 (Social Media API) in an 8 to 5 vote, members criticised it for being too broad in scope and not taking sufficient account of security and the mobile space. However, members favouring the proposal indicated this was a political move and impedes innovation.

  • Grails Best Practices

    Basic best practices for Grails projects gathered from mailing list, Stack Overflow, blogs, podcasts and internal discussions at IntelliGrape, categorized under controller, service, domain, views...

  • Scala or Java? Exploring myths and facts

    The popularization of the Scala programming language and the comparisons with other languages has greatly increased the amount of posts in blogs and social nets, many of those containing many claims that can be outdated, superficial or biased. This article explains the common issues about the language and its environment, favoring a more accurate and balanced assessment.

  • Tips to Developers Starting on Large Applications

    You've just started working on a large Java application. How would you go about understanding the code base? In a typical enterprise Java team, most of the senior developers who can help you are likely to be quite busy. Documentation will be sparse. You will need to quickly deliver and prove yourself to the team. How would you resolve such a situation? This article offers some suggestions.

  • Ember.js: Rich Web Applications Done Right

    This article walks you through building an application with Ember.js, showing the MVC system, data binding, as well as how to build GUI and Touch support.

  • Anil Gaur on Cloud Computing Support in Java EE 7

    Java EE 7 specification includes support for cloud computing to help developers build applications that are portable across Java EE PaaS platforms. InfoQ spoke with Anil Gaur, Vice President of Software Development at Oracle, about cloud computing support in Java EE 7, project road map and timeline, cloud API in Java EE 7, and cloud development and deployment tools.

  • Martin Odersky on Typesafe Stack and the Future of Scala

    In this interview with InfoQ's Editor in Chief, Michael Floyd, Martin Odersky draws the comparisons between F# and Scala, discusses the future of Scala, and addresses once and for all the question of breaking binary compatibility. He also discusses his current work on the implementation of the value class proposal, how Java might support functional programming and the new Typesafe Stack 2.0.

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