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Java EE @ NFJS Lone Star Software Symposium Austin

Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 31, 2014

As some of you may be aware, I recently joined the well-respected US based No Fluff Just Stuff (NFJS) Tour. The NFJS series Lone Star Software Symposium was held July 18 - 20 in Austin, Texas. The A more »

Spotlight on GlassFish 4.1: #3 Changing the release number

Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 30, 2014

'Spotlight on GlassFish 4.0.1' is a series of posts more »

Java API for WebSocket 1.1

Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 29, 2014

Java API for WebSocket (JSR 356) is going through the JCP maintenance release process as it enters today the Maintenance Review Ballot. This ballot will end in a week more »

David Blevins' Java EE Sessions at JavaOne 2014

Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 28, 2014

For the Java EE track at JavaOne 2014 we are highlighting some key sessions and speakers to better inform you of what you can expect, right up until the start of t more »

Using Server-Sent Events (SSE) with Nothing More Than Servlet

Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 25, 2014

As many of you know, HTML 5 Server-Sent Events (SSE) stands between the two extremes of completely stateless REST/HTTP and fully bidirectional WebSocket. I more »

How to test JavaFX Services, the Griffon way

Posted by: Andres Almiray on July 25, 2014

UPDATE: turns out the JUnitParam tests are broken due to Issue #47, however there's an alternative for parameterized tests: Spock. Continue reading at the bottom to see the updated tests UPDATE 2: JUnitParams 1.0. more »

Servlet 4.0

Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 24, 2014

The Servlet API is one of the most used API, if not the most used API of the Java EE Platform! It was revi more »

Gradle Glam: jacoco + coveralls

Posted by: Andres Almiray on July 23, 2014

Welcome to another installment of Gradle Glam! This time I'd like to say a few words about the jacoco in combination with coveralls. JaCoCo is a well-known code coverage tool; many prefer it over Cobertura because JaCoCo delivers a much more detailed code more »

Adam Bien's Java EE Sessions at JavaOne 2014

Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 23, 2014

For the Java EE track at JavaOne 2014 we will highlight some key sessions and speakers to better inform you of what you can expect. To this more »

How Pairing & Swarming Work & Why They Will Improve Your Products

Posted by: Johanna Rothman on July 23, 2014

If you’ve been paying attention to agile at all, you’ve heard these terms: pairing and swarming. But what do they mean? What’s th more »

Gradle Glam: versions

Posted by: Andres Almiray on July 22, 2014

Welcome to Gradle Glam, a series on useful Gradle plugins and how to make the most out of them in your build. Hopefully I'll be able to post at least one entry per week Let's begin with a tiny but quite resourceful plugin: gradle-versions-plugin. Season more »

JavaServer Faces 2.3 (JSF 2.3)

Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 22, 2014

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What is Your Minimum Agile Reading List?

Posted by: Johanna Rothman on July 20, 2014

In preparation for my talk, Agile Projects, Programs, and Portfolio Management: No Air Quotes Required, I have created a Minimum Reading List for an Agile Transition. Note the emphasis on minimum. I could more »

Why Testing in Women Testers Magazine

Posted by: Johanna Rothman on July 18, 2014

I have an article in a new online magazine, Women Testers, the July 2014 edition. My article is called “Why Testing?” more »

Do Teams Gel or Jell?

Posted by: Johanna Rothman on July 17, 2014

In my role as technical editor for agileconnection.com, I have the opportunity to re more »

Contexts and Dependency Injection for Java 2.0 (CDI 2.0)

Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 17, 2014

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Java EE @ UberConf

Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 16, 2014

UberConf was held June 24 - June 27 in Denver, Colorado. For those unaware, this is essentially th more »

Java API for JSON Binding (JSON-B)

Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 15, 2014

JSON-P (Java API for JSON Processing - JSR-353) provides a portable standard solution to par more »

VRaptor 4: A CDI Based MVC Framework for Java EE

Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 14, 2014

As you may know one of the surprising results of the Java EE 8 survey wa more »

Arun Gupta's Java EE Sessions at JavaOne 2014

Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 11, 2014

For the Java EE track at JavaOne 2014 we will highlight some k more »

Spotlight on GlassFish 4.0.1: #2 Simplifying GF distributions

Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 10, 2014

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Java EE @ NFJS Central Ohio Software Symposium

Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 9, 2014

As some of more »

Pragmatic Manager Posted: Standup or Handoff

Posted by: Johanna Rothman on July 8, 2014

I published a Pragmatic Manager yesterday to my subscribers. Normally, I let them enjoy the pleasure of being “in-the-know” about wha more »

It's time to begin JMS 2.1!

Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 8, 2014

Java EE 7 and more on WebLogic 12.1.3

Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 7, 2014

It isn't absurd to say th more »

Getting started with Griffon and JavaFX part II

Posted by: Andres Almiray on July 4, 2014

The first part of these series presented how Griffon 2.0.0. more »

Nobody puts Baby in a Container

Posted by: Ken Sipe on July 3, 2014

When it comes to Docker, using a Mac in a Linux world comes with some challenges. There are a number of answers out there. Which is best depends on how much you want to understand underneath the abstraction Docker provides. more »

Getting started with Griffon and JavaFX

Posted by: Andres Almiray on July 3, 2014

The Griffon team just posted the latest release of Griffon 2 (released as 2.0.0. more »

Spotlight on GlassFish 4.0.1: #1 JDBC Realm

Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 3, 2014