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Catching up with Nuxeo: Switching from Python to Java
Back in 2006 InfoQ covered a story about Nuxeo, an open source Enterprise Content Management (ECM) specialist company, who had announced that it was changing its core technology platform from Python to Java. Four years on we caught up with Eric Barroca, CEO at Nuxeo, to find out how that conversion went, and to explore their new technology stack and position in the ECM industry.
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DSL Interaction with Program Transformation in TXL
This article discusses a proposed solution for solving the interaction problem between two Domain Specific Languages (DSLs) using TXL and dot programming languages and Graphviz graph visualization tool. TXL allows the developers to concentrate on data analysis and information processing aspects by making the other tasks like source text parsing and results formatting effortless.
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A Blend of Java and Ruby - The Mirah Language
Mirah is a new language for the JVM that can do everything the Java language can do - but with a Ruby-ish syntax and powerful metaprogramming. InfoQ talks to Mirah's creator Charles Nutter.
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Virtual Panel: The Node.js Ecosystem - Frameworks, Libraries and Best Practices
Node.js is a server side framework based on top of Google’s V8 JavaScript Engine, that aims to assist developers in building highly scalable network programs, by using evented, non-blocking I/O. InfoQ had a virtual panel with the creators of some of the most popular 3rd party libraries and frameworks that utilize Node.js.
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Eight Quick Ways to Improve Java Legacy Systems
Even Java systems can be "legacy" systems. This article explores 8 quick and relatively low risk ways to improve even the crustiest Java application. Applications that may have previously been written off as dead can find new life by using these tips to improve performance, reduce operations overhead and grease the gears of the development lifecycle.
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A collaborative approach for real-world BPM
Bernd Ruecker explores how to achieve a better Business-IT alignment when developing BPM solutions. He describes a methodology which uses BPMN-based process model as center for collaboration where users can discuss and link requirements, business rules or other artifacts, visualize development status, specify business driven test scenarios and much more.
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The Limits of Agile
The problems faced by teams that are attempting Agile in non-traditional settings aren't that Agile principles are inapplicable, nor that the feedback cycle is doomed to failure; but rather, outside of a certain Agile sweet-spot there are additional barriers and costs to applying Agile techniques. None of these obstacles prevents Agile in itself but each increases the cost of getting to Agile.
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How to Extend the Axis2 Framework to Support JVM Based Scripting Languages
Heshan Suriyaarachchi covers some of the key concepts of the Apache Axis2 Web Service engine and how it can be extended to support JVM based scripting languages such as Jython, Jruby, etc allowing them to be used to both expose web services and write web service clients.
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Virtual Panel: State of the Art in Enterprise Flex Frameworks
Flex 1.0 was released in March 2004 and since then Flex based RIA development has been increasingly gaining momentum. Recently Adobe released Flex 4 along with Flash Builder 4, as part of the Adobe Flash Platform technology. To assess the state of Adobe Flex for enterprise adoption, InfoQ has conducted a virtual panel with the creators of popular third-party flex frameworks.
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Flexible and User-configurable Charts with Flash Builder Backed by a Java-based RESTful API
Daniel Morgan shows how to build a portal-style web application comprising a Java back-end to serve a RESTful API for creating, updating, deleting and retrieving dashboard-style, user-configurable charts assembled using Adobe Flash Builder.
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Infinispan's GridFileSystem - An In-Memory Grid File System
Infinispan is an open source data grid platform that makes use of distributing state across nodes in a cluster. GridFileSystem is a new, experimental API that exposes an Infinispan-backed data grid as a file system. In this article, authors discuss distributed mode of Infinispan and how GridFS framework manages data caching by chunking up data using a new streaming API and storing them in a grid.
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Virtual Panel: New JavaScript Frameworks Targeting HTML5
During the last year, HTML5 has gained general acceptance as one of the dominant development platforms for both the classic and the mobile Web. In that time new JavaScript frameworks have evolved that directly target this platform and attempt to set a new paradigm for Web development.