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Do You Know How to Say No?
Posted by: Johanna Rothman on March 31, 2015
Some of my coaching clients have way more to do than they can manage. Some of my project portfolio clients are struggling with how to say no. My most recent Pragmatic Manager newsletter is all about what to do when you have too much to do. more »
Java EE @ Devoxx France
Posted by: Reza Rahman on March 31, 2015
Devoxx France will take place next week in Paris. And this year, the most popular French Java conference is moving to a newer (and larger) venue: Palais des Congrés! The overall conference agenda is impressive but Java EE is obviously well covered (see more »
Free JPA 2.1 Cheat Sheet by Thorben Janssen
Posted by: Reza Rahman on March 30, 2015
Cheat sheets can be very handy while quickly referring to a technology one uses on a daily basis, although they can be tough to read (and write!) if the technology is very extensive like JPA. Fortunately, the changes in JPA 2. more »
JavaOne CFP is Open - Your Invitation to Submit to the Java EE Track
Posted by: Reza Rahman on March 27, 2015
It's that special time of the year again - the JavaOne 2015 call for papers is now officially open! JavaOne will be held October 25 - October 29 in San Francisco. You can read about the details and submit here (at the time of writing the site has more »
New book: "Web Development with Java and JSF"
Posted by: Reza Rahman on March 26, 2015
During JavaLand, I had the pleasure to meet Michael Müller. Michael is well known in the German Java sphere as he wrote numerous articles for various IT medias. In addition, Michael is an avid JSF user and a JSF EG member. more »
Why Managers Ask for Estimates and What They Need to Know
Posted by: Johanna Rothman on March 26, 2015
In many of my transitioning to agile clients, the managers want to know when the project will be done. Or, they want to know how much the project will cost. (I have a new book about this, Predicting the Unpredictable: Pragmatic Approaches to Estimating Co more »
Forge Powered Java EE Rapid Application Development Comes to NetBeans!
Posted by: Reza Rahman on March 25, 2015
Forge has been a great tool for Rapid Application Development (RAD) with Java EE (for sake of nostalgia it is basically the descendant of the awesome seam-gen tool of the Java EE 5 era). As powerful as Forge is, one of it's drawbacks had been that it is v more »
JMS 2.0 Revision A
Posted by: Reza Rahman on March 24, 2015
The JMS 2.0 errata has passed the JCP executive committee ballot approval! This simple maintenance release was necessary to correct a few errors in the original JMS 2. more »
Java EE 8/Adopt-a-JSR Updates: Morocco JUG!
Posted by: Reza Rahman on March 23, 2015
It is truly heartwarming to see Adopt-a-JSR moving forward! Although it is still the early days a number of JUGs worldwide have already adopted Java EE 8 JSRs. The Morocco JUG had been at the forefront of Adopt-a-JSR from the very start. more »
Java EE Management API 2.0 (JSR 373) Spins Up
Posted by: Reza Rahman on March 18, 2015
As most of you know the initial wave of Java EE 8 JSRs have been underway for a little while now, including the platform JSR itself, CDI 2, JSON-B, JMS 2.1, Servlet 4, JAX-RS 2.1, MVC and JSF 2. more »
More Ways to Visualize Your Project Portfolio
Posted by: Johanna Rothman on March 18, 2015
Every time I work with a client or teach a workshop, people want more ways to visualize their project portfolios. Here are some ideas: Here is a kanban view of the project portfolio with a backlog: Kanban view of the project portfolio more »
Java EE Container Lifecycle
Posted by: Reza Rahman on March 17, 2015
Java EE defines different component/container models with their own well-defined lifecycle. Understanding the lifecycle of those different component/container might sometime be useful. Having some visibility on component lifecycle is also useful wit more »
Migrating a JSF Application from Spring to Java EE 7/CDI
Posted by: Reza Rahman on March 16, 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 go more »
Java EE 7 Hands-on-Lab Updated for You to Use!
Posted by: Reza Rahman on March 13, 2015
The official Java EE 7 Hands-on-Lab is an excellent learning resource. It was initiated by my former colleague Arun Gupta (now at Red Hat). The lab starts with some skeleton code (that's mostly Java EE 5 and Java EE 6) and through a series of well-written more »
Templating in the MVC JSR
Posted by: Reza Rahman on March 12, 2015
One of the underlying requirements of the JSR 371 was to not re-invent any VDL (View Declaration/Definition Language) because the Java EE Platform already provides that capability in 2 different forms, i.e. JSP and Facelets. more »
Java EE Security API (JSR 375) Update
Posted by: Reza Rahman on March 10, 2015
It took a bit longer than expected but the JSR 375 Expert Group is now formed! The EG is led by Alex Kosowski (Oracle) and is composed of the following members (companies representatives and individuals) : Adam more »
If a method arg is a closure, for crying out loud pass it a closure
Posted by: Kenneth Kousen on March 10, 2015
This is a (mildly) embarrassing post, because it demonstrates how in my transition to functional programming I missed something important. I get it now, though, and I might as well help others avoid the same mistake I made. I teach a lot of Grails trainin more »
JavaOne Replay: 'JSF 2.2'
Posted by: Reza Rahman on March 5, 2015
Kito D. Mann is a well-known and active member in the JSF sphere. He is the editor-in-chief of JSF Central and co-host of the Enterprise Java Newscast. more »
MVC JSR SNAPSHOT builds
Posted by: Reza Rahman on March 4, 2015
The MVC JSR (JSR 371) is progressing nicely. A key architectural decision was taken a few weeks ago: the MVC JSR will be based on JAX-RS. And since then, the Experts Group has started to publish SNAPSHOT builds : API JAR Ozark more »
Four Tips for Managing Performance in Agile Teams
Posted by: Johanna Rothman on March 3, 2015
I’ve been talking with clients recently about their managers’ and HR’s transition to agile. I hear this common question: “How do we manage performance of the people on our agile teams?” Reframe “manage performance̶ more »
JavaOne Latin America CFP extended to March 9th
Posted by: Reza Rahman on March 3, 2015
By popular demand, the JavaOne Latin America Call For Papers deadline has been extended by a week. So if you haven't done so yet, make sure to submit your proposal(s) before March 9th (EOB)! JavaOne Latin America will take place on June 23–25 in São Pa more »
Java EE 8/Adopt-a-JSR Updates: Chicago JUG and JSF 2.3
Posted by: Reza Rahman on March 2, 2015
It is truly heartwarming to see Adopt-a-JSR moving forward! Although it is still the early days a number of JUGs worldwide have already adopted Java EE 8 JSRs. One of the most active of these groups in the Chicago JUG. more »
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