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Griffon: stacking webfont icons
Posted by: Andres Almiray on August 30, 2015
Some days ago I blogged about the availability of web based font icons for Griffon applications. Adding icons to a Griffon application is quite easy as shown in that entry. Today I'm going to show how JavaFX can make it plain simple to create composite ic more »
JSON-P 1.1/Java EE 8 Webinar at Istanbul JUG
Posted by: Reza Rahman on August 26, 2015
The Istanbul JUG has been spinning up it's participation in Java EE 8 through Adopt-a-JSR. They have already taken an interest in JSON-P 1.1, MVC and JMS 2. more »
The Product Roadmap is Not the Project Portfolio
Posted by: Johanna Rothman on August 26, 2015
I keep seeing talks and arguments about how the portfolio team should manage the epics for a program. That conflates the issue of project portfolio management and product management. Several potential teams affect each project (or program). more »
Asynchronous Support in JAX-RS 2/Java EE 7
Posted by: Reza Rahman on August 25, 2015
Asynchronous processing, non-blocking I/O, events and messaging are keys to more reactive applications. Fortunately Java EE has long organically provided such features in the platform at pretty much every key API layer including Servlet, CDI, EJB and JMS. more »
Java API for JSON Binding (JSON-B) 1.0 Early Draft Now Available!
Posted by: Reza Rahman on August 24, 2015
The first early draft of the Java API for JSON Binding (JSON-B) 1.0 is now available for you to review: https://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/edr/jsr367/index. more »
My Agile 2015 Roundup
Posted by: Johanna Rothman on August 24, 2015
Agile 2015 was the week of Aug 3-7 this year. It was a great week. Here are the links to my interviews and talks. more »
Griffon: Webfont Icons on Desktop apps? You betcha!
Posted by: Andres Almiray on August 20, 2015
There are many options out there to make an application to look better. Icons are one of these options. As good looking icons may be there is a drawback if they are image based: the amount of memory used to load data and render them. more »
Java EE @ Chicago Coder Conference 2015
Posted by: Reza Rahman on August 19, 2015
The Chicago Coder Conference 2015 was held on May 14-15. The conference is locally organized by the community including the Chicago JUG, which is why it was important for us to support the event. The event is somewhat Java leaning but also has great prese more »
A new CDI scope in Java EE 8 ?
Posted by: Reza Rahman on August 18, 2015
At this stage, it is probably safe to say that a new CDI scope will be introduced in Java EE 8 as the MVC Expert Group (JSR 371) is in the process of introducing a new CDI custom scope (@RedirectScoped) to support redirect. The idea more »
SmartData Webinar: JSON-LD
Posted by: Brian Sletten on August 17, 2015
SmartData Webinar: JSON-LD To view just the slides from this presentation, click HERE>> About the Webinar The Semantic Web and its related technologies provide an incredibly powerful model for driving the cost of data integration down to nearly ze more »
SmartData Webinar Slides: JSON-LD
Posted by: Brian Sletten on August 17, 2015
SmartData Webinar Slides JSON-LD from DATAVERSITY To view the On Demand recording of the presentation, click HERE>> About the Webinar The Semantic Web and its related technologies provide an incredibly powerful model for driving the cost of data i more »
A Journey from Tapestry to JSF 2.2 and JavaEE 7
Posted by: Reza Rahman on August 17, 2015
After the key Java EE 6 release we have seen a steady stream of folks migrating from various non-standard frameworks to Java EE - all for their own good reasons. One such very recent detailed migration story was shared by Lenny Primak. He successfully mi more »
How to Use Continuous Planning
Posted by: Johanna Rothman on August 17, 2015
If you’ve read Reasons for Continuous Planning, you might be wondering, “How can we do this?” Here are some ideas. You have a couple of preconditions: The teams get to done on features often. more »
Submit Now to Win a Duke's Choice Award!
Posted by: Reza Rahman on August 14, 2015
The incredible amount of innovation that uses and builds upon standard Java/EE technologies is one the most important factors that keeps our ecosystem so uniquely strong. The annual Duke's Choice Awards is a small way of recognizing and encouraging such i more »
Adopt-a-JSR/Java EE 8 at Istanbul JUG
Posted by: Reza Rahman on August 12, 2015
The Istanbul JUG has been spinning up it's participation in Java EE 8 through Adopt-a-JSR. They have already taken an interest in MVC and JMS 2.1 with many more Java EE 8 JSRs on their radar. more »
Maven, Java EE and ... NetBeans
Posted by: Reza Rahman on August 11, 2015
At the beginning, build tools capabilities were relatively simple, i.e. mostly compile and package the compiled sources. more »
Reasons for Continuous Planning
Posted by: Johanna Rothman on August 10, 2015
I’m working on the program management book, specifically on the release planning chapter. One of the problems I see in programs is that the organization/senior management/product manager wants a “commitment” for an entire quarter. Since more »
Help Recognize Java Community Process (JCP) Heroes!
Posted by: Reza Rahman on August 10, 2015
An open standard like Java/EE involves a lot of hard work from a lot of different groups of people. The hard work of these people, largely selflessly, benefit countless developers. For specification leads the work in the JCP is often far beyond just a jo more »
My father, at the end
Posted by: Kenneth Kousen on August 9, 2015
Back May of 2010, my mother called to let me know that my father was going into the hospital for minor surgery. There was nothing to worry about, and no reason for me to drive all the way there just to see him, especially since he was only going to be in more »
JSF 2.3 Early Draft Needs You!
Posted by: Reza Rahman on August 7, 2015
The JSF ecosystem continues to grow even after many years in a very competitive space. JSF 2.3 aims to keep the specification strong by addressing the needs of the community in the next few years and further beyond. more »
JavaOne 2015 Java EE Track Content Finalized (A Detailed Preview)
Posted by: Reza Rahman on August 5, 2015
I am very pleased to share with you that the JavaOne Java EE track content is now finalized. In this brief but detail-rich entry on my personal blog, I want to take this opportunity to tell you a little bit about the track, key content and star speakers t more »
JSON-P 1.1 Early Draft Released!
Posted by: Reza Rahman on August 4, 2015
The JSR 374 Expert Group has just posted the first Early Draft of the 'Java API for JSON Processing specification version 1.1' also known as 'JSON-P 1.1 EDR1'. more »
Who Should be Your Product Owner?
Posted by: Johanna Rothman on August 4, 2015
In agile, we separate the Product Owner function from functional (development) management. The reason is that we want the people who can understand and evaluate the business value to articulate the business value to tell the people who understand the work more »
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