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Jersey, from Android to Mainframe
Posted by: Reza Rahman on February 26, 2015
As usual, the Jersey Team is busy cranking out new releases. In February, the team has released Jersey 2.16 (release notes, change log) and Jersey 1. more »
Unsynchronized Persistence Contexts in JPA 2.1/Java EE 7
Posted by: Reza Rahman on February 25, 2015
One of the more obscure features introduced in JPA 2.1 and Java EE 7 is the unsynchronized persistence context. It's not too surprising that the community does not seem to discuss it much - it's really geared towards somewhat an edge case. more »
Agile Misconceptions: Agile is Just a Project Management Framework
Posted by: Johanna Rothman on February 24, 2015
If you read least week’s post about agile misconceptions, There is One Right Approach, you will like this one. This week’s article is Agile Misconceptions: Agile is Just a Project Management Framework. If you would like more common-sense appro more »
JavaOne Replay: 'Java EE Game Changers'
Posted by: Reza Rahman on February 24, 2015
David Blevins is a frenetic actor in the overall Java EE Ecosystem. Over the years, he has been involved in various open source Java EE related projects (e.g. more »
Rakuten: Java EE Adoption in One of the World’s Largest Online Financial Systems
Posted by: Reza Rahman on February 23, 2015
One of the most important things to do at this stage of the life-cycle of Java EE is highlight successful adoption stories. We have been doing just that for a long time through our adoption stories blog as well as JavaOne. JavaOne 2014 was particularly g more »
Now Co-Hosting the Groovy Podcast…
Posted by: Kenneth Kousen on February 22, 2015
When I first starting learning Groovy in a serious way, one tool I enjoyed was listening to the Grails Podcast. Glen Smith and Sven Haiges led a discussion about Grails-related issues on a regular basis. Of course, since they talked about new developments more »
Java EE @ CodeMash 2015
Posted by: Reza Rahman on February 20, 2015
CodeMash 2015 took place 6-9 January in Sandusky, Ohio at the exotic Kalahari Waterpark Resort. With another sold-out year, CodeMash is quickly becoming one of the larger developer conferences state-side. It has it's roots in . more »
Please Help Me Title Essays on Estimation
Posted by: Johanna Rothman on February 18, 2015
I have finished the content for Essays on Estimation. But, I need a new title. The book is more than loosely coupled essays. more »
Tyrus and Autobahn|Testsuite compliance
Posted by: Reza Rahman on February 17, 2015
The Tyrus Team has just released Tyrus 1.10 (JSR 356 Reference Implementation). With only a few fixes (see Pavel's blog for details), this release could be seen as a minor one. more »
Manfred Riem Discusses JSF and Java EE MVC on JSF Central Podcast
Posted by: Reza Rahman on February 16, 2015
Manfred Riem was a guest on the most recent JSF Central Podcast. For those unaware Manfred is the co-specification lead for both JSF 2.3 and Java EE MVC 1. more »
Agile Misconceptions: There Is One Right Approach
Posted by: Johanna Rothman on February 16, 2015
I have an article up on agileconnection.com called Common Misconceptions about Agile: There Is Only One Approach. If you read my Design Your Agile Project series, you know I am a fan of determining what approach works when for your organization or project more »
Early Bird Ends Soon for Influential Agile Leader
Posted by: Johanna Rothman on February 15, 2015
If you are a leader for your agile efforts in your organization, you need to consider participating in The Influential Agile Leader. If you are working on how to transition to agile, how to talk about agile, how to help your peers, managers, or teams, you more »
The JavaOne 2014 Rock Stars are Here!
Posted by: Reza Rahman on February 13, 2015
The JavaOne team just announced the Rock Star speakers for JavaOne 2014. Not very surprisingly Java EE had a strong showing. That's very significant as the Rock Stars are based on attendee ratings. more »
Project Avatar Update
Posted by: Reza Rahman on February 12, 2015
Project Avatar began 3+ years ago as a client side JavaScript project in an effort to participate in and learn from the JavaScript community. With client-side JavaScript frameworks evolving at a rapid pace and leaders starting to separate from the&nb more »
JavaOne Is Coming to Brazil!
Posted by: Reza Rahman on February 12, 2015
The flagship Java technology conference is returning to Latin America! JavaOne will take place on June 23–25 in São Paulo - Brazil. We all know Brazilians are vocal Java supporters but clearly, this event open to all! more »
Java EE @ Java2Days 2014
Posted by: Reza Rahman on February 11, 2015
Java2Days 2014 was held on November 17-19 in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is far and away the largest Java conference in the Balkans region and now perhaps one of the most important conferences in Europe as a whole. This was another great year for this rapidly gro more »
Posted: Creating an Environment of Leadership
Posted by: Johanna Rothman on February 11, 2015
My most recent Pragmatic Manager , Creating an Environment of Leadership is up. If you like these tips and the ones in Discovering Your Leadership, check out the Influential Agile Leader. Gil Broza and I are offering the Influential Agile Leader twice thi more »
Java EE 7 Maintenance Release
Posted by: Reza Rahman on February 10, 2015
The Java EE 7 specification (JSR 342) was finalised end of May 2013 and since then, various minors errors have been reported. Those will soon be addressed as the Java EE 7 specification will go through a maintenance release (see Linda's announcement here) more »
Java EE @ JDK.IO 2014
Posted by: Reza Rahman on February 6, 2015
JDK.IO 2014 was held in Denmark on January 19-20 at the IT University of Copenhagen. It is the yearly conference of 'JavaGruppen', the Danish JUG. more »
MongoDB as a Glassfish Security Realm
Posted by: Reza Rahman on February 5, 2015
As many of you know application servers like GlassFish have excellent built-in support for common authentication providers like a database or LDAP. Using these as security realms is typically just as simple as a few clicks on an admin console UI or a comm more »
Java EE MVC to be Based on JAX-RS
Posted by: Reza Rahman on February 4, 2015
One of the key Java EE 8 APIs, MVC 1.0 (JSR 371) is solidly moving forward. A key decision for the expert group to consider was whether to base the specification on Servlet or JAX-RS. more »
What Model Do Your Estimates Follow?
Posted by: Johanna Rothman on February 4, 2015
For years, we bought the cone of uncertainty for estimation—that is, our estimates were just as likely to be over as under. Laurent Bossavit, in The Leprechauns of Software Engineering, shows us how that assumption is wrong. (It was an assumption th more »
Batch API Hands-on Lab
Posted by: Reza Rahman on February 3, 2015
During last JavaOne, we held a Hands-on-Lab on JSR 352. JSR 352 is one of the new Java EE 7 APIs. The formal API is name is 'Batch Applications for the Java Platform' but it is often referred to as the 'Batch API'. more »
CDI and DeltaSpike Overview by CDI Specification Lead
Posted by: Reza Rahman on February 2, 2015
For those of us that have been using CDI for a while it's easy to forget that basic refreshers are extremely valuable for newcomers. Fortunately this point is not lost on current CDI specification lead Antoine Sabot-Durand. He recently finished presenting more »
You Need Feature Teams to Produce Features
Posted by: Johanna Rothman on February 2, 2015
Many organizations create teams by their architectural part: front end, back end, middleware. That may have worked back in the waterfall days. It doesn’t work well when you want to implement by feature. more »
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