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Servlet 4 Early Draft Needs You!
Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 31, 2015
HTTP/2 support via Servlet 4 is one of the most significant changes coming in Java EE 8. The Servlet 4 specification is now gearing up for it's first early draft. The intent is to publish the early draft by JavaOne 2015. more »
Embracing the Zen of Program Management
Posted by: Johanna Rothman on July 30, 2015
The lovely folks at Thoughtworks interviewed me for a blog post, Embracing the Zen of Program Management. I hope you like the information there. If you want to know about agile and lean program management, see Agile and Lean Program Management: Scaling C more »
Java EE @ Voxxed Days Istanbul 2015
Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 29, 2015
Voxxed Days Istanbul 2015 was held on May 9th. This was the first large scale independent Java focused conference ever to be held in Turkey. It attracted some of the best and brightest in the Java ecosystem including Gavin King and Arun Gupta not to menti more »
Great Review of Predicting the Unpredictable
Posted by: Johanna Rothman on July 29, 2015
Ryan Ripley “highly recommends” Predicting the Unpredictable: Pragmatic Approaches to Estimating Cost or Schedule. See his post: Pragmatic Agile Estimation: Predicting the Unpredictable. He says this: This is a practical book about the work of more »
Ivar Grimstad's Java EE Sessions at JavaOne 2015
Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 27, 2015
For the Java EE track at JavaOne 2015 we are highlighting some key sessions and speakers to better inform you of what you can expect, right up until the start of the conference. To this end we recently interviewed Ivar Grimstad. Ivar is a Java EE advoc more »
Some JSF news
Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 23, 2015
The JSF Team has just released 2 updates of Mojarra (JSF Reference Implementation) : Mojara 2.2.12 (release notes, download) and the 3rd milestone of Mojarra 2. more »
7 Tips for Valuing Features in a Backlog
Posted by: Johanna Rothman on July 23, 2015
Many product owners have a tough problem. They need so many of the potential features in the roadmap, that they feel as if everything is #1 priority. They realize they can’t actually have everything as #1, and it’s quite difficult for them to more »
WebSphere Liberty Now Java EE 7 Compatible!
Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 20, 2015
With the greatest pleasure I can report that IBM WebSphere Liberty 8.5 has recently been Java EE 7 certified! WebSphere joins the ranks of GlassFish 4, WildFly 8, Hitachi Cosminexus and TmaxSoft JEUS. more »
Using HTML 5 with JSF 2.2/Java EE 7
Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 17, 2015
Though some people seem to continue to pit JSF against HTML 5, there is little practical reason this needs to be the case. In fact JSF 2.2 specifically and Java EE 7 generally has gone to great lengths to support the fellow HTML 5 body of standards. more »
Product Manager, Product Owner, or Business Analyst?
Posted by: Johanna Rothman on July 16, 2015
Do you have a title such as product manager, product owner, or business analyst? We hear these titles all the time. What does each do? more »
Java EE @ GIDS 2015
Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 15, 2015
The Great Indian Developer Summit (GIDS) 2015 was held on April 21-24 in Bangalore, with a follow-on GIDS.Mini held on April 25 in Hyderabad. GIDS is very easily the largest and most significant developer event in South Asia. more »
Java EE 7 Maintenance Release
Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 14, 2015
The Java EE 7 Platform Specification (JSR 342) Maintenance Release has been approved and is now available for download on the JCP site. This Maintenance Release is clarifying some parts of the specification itself; none of the proposed changes is i more »
Java EE 7 in Production at safsms.com
Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 13, 2015
One of the most important things to do at this stage of the life-cycle of Java EE is highlight successful adoption stories at a regular cadence. We have been doing just that for a long time through our adoption stories blog, this humble blog as well as Ja more »
Aug 13 Smart Data Webinar: JSON-LD
Posted by: Brian Sletten on July 11, 2015
DATE: August 13, 2015 TIME: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific PRICE: Free to all attendees THIS WEBINAR HAS PASSED. The recorded session and slides will be posted within two business days. About the Webinar The Semantic Web and its related technologies prov more »
MyEclipse and Java EE 7
Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 10, 2015
Java EE has long enjoyed strong support from all of the major Java IDEs today - Java EE 7 is no exception. I am likely biased but I think NetBeans is the strongest in it's support for modern Java EE. IntelliJ is also popular amongst many Java EE developer more »
The next VTS round is fast approaching!
Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 9, 2015
Virtual Technology Summit is a set of free online events covering a wide variety of technical topics (Database, Java, Middleware, etc.). And there is something for everyone (see full agenda). more »
Java EE @ Java Day Tokyo 2015
Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 8, 2015
Java Day Tokyo 2015 was held on April 8th. Organized by Oracle Japan, it is the largest Java developer event in the country. This was another highly successful year for the event with a fully sold out venue packed with youthful, energetic developers. more »
JPA and Java SE 8 Streams
Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 7, 2015
Retrieving a large, i.e. a very large, dataset using JPA might be tricky as the whole result set has to fit within a java. more »
Three Tips for Product Owners
Posted by: Johanna Rothman on July 7, 2015
As I work with more clients on their programs, I see that what might work for a product owner for a team does not work for a program. In a program, if the product owner is shortsighted, does not take advantage of agile/lean for updates, and does not have more »
JavaOne 2015 Java EE Track Committee: Ryan Cuprak
Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 6, 2015
This is the fourth and last in a series of interviews for you to meet some of the committee members for the JavaOne 2015 Java EE track. We will next move on to interviewing some of the key accepted speakers in the track this year. The committee plays t more »
CDI 2.0 Early Draft Released!
Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 3, 2015
CDI has become one of the key APIs in Java EE since it was first included in Java EE 6. Since then we have seen two minor releases of CDI - CDI 1.1 and CDI 1. more »
Agency Product Owner Training Starts in August
Posted by: Johanna Rothman on July 2, 2015
We have an interesting problem in some projects. Agencies, consulting organizations, and consultants help their clients understand what the client needs in a product. Often, these people and their organizations then implement what the client and agency de more »
Chicago JUG Adopt-a-JSR/Java EE 8 Session Video
Posted by: Reza Rahman on July 1, 2015
The Chicago JUG has been doing a great job engaging with Adopt-a-JSR and Java EE 8. As part of that effort the JUG hosted a virtual meeting on Google Hangout on May 26. Some of the things that the meeting covered includes: Introduction to the JCP more »
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