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Debasish Ghosh03/10/10
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NOSQL Movement - Excited with the coexistence of Divergent Thoughts

Today we are witnessing a great bit of excitement with the NoSQL movement. Call it NoSQL (~SQL) or NOSQL (Not Only SQL), the movement has a mission. Not all applications need to store and process data the same way, and the storage should also be...

James Sugrue03/10/10
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tc Server Spring Edition Improves Visibility and Productivity in the Cloud

SpringSource have just announced tcServer Spring Edition, giving develpers and operators better visibility into their Spring applications deployed into cloud environments. tcServer, based on Tomcat is a popular choice for developers who want to...

Andrew Phillips03/10/10
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Developing and Deploying Java on Middleware and in the Cloud: Rise of the Virtual Appliance?

From Java EE to Google App Engine to GigaSpaces, the idea of developing against a middleware or "infrastructure" API is well established in the Java world.

Vineet Manohar03/10/10
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Cache Java Webapps with Squid Reverse Proxy

This article shows you step by step how to cache your entire tomcat web application with Squid reverse Proxy without writing any Java code.

Mark Needham03/10/10
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Pair Programming: Some Thoughts

Mark Wilden pointed me to a post he's written about his experience pair programming at Pivotal Labs where he makes some interesting although not uncommon observations. When you pair program, you're effectively joined at the hip with your pair. You can't pair...

Mitch Pronschinske03/10/10
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Titanium 1.0 - Native Web Apps Have Arrived

Today is a major milestone in the evolution of the web as an open development platform.  Appcelerator's newly unveiled Titanium 1.0 framework lets web developers build native applications for the iPhone and Android phones using nothing but web...

Ales Justin03/09/10
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A Look Inside JBoss Microcontainer - The Virtual Deployment Framework

It's been a long time since our JBoss ClassLoading article. During this time we've been quite busy with the new Microcontainer 2.2.x version series, which is already included in the latest JBossAS6_M2.In this article, I am going to talk about...

Eric Hagan03/09/10
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Frank Wierzbicki on Jython and Switching from Sun to Startup

Frank Wierzbicki is the Jython project lead and a lead developer at Sauce Labs.  He's been working on Jython as an open source project since 2004 and using...

Mitch Pronschinske03/09/10
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Ehcache 2.0 Gets More 'Enterprisey' Features

Today, Terracotta is releasing new versions of Ehcache and the Terracotta infrastructure.  Terracotta's open source products offer enterprise-level capabilities that you might find in a high priced proprietary product like Oracle Coherence.  Today's bundle...

Martin Fowler03/09/10
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VCS Survey

When I discussed VersionControlTools I said that it was an unscientific agglomeration of opinion. As I was doing it I realized that I could add some spurious but mesmerizing numbers to my analysis by doing a survey. Google's spreadsheet makes the ...

James Sugrue03/09/10
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Design Patterns Uncovered: The Visitor Pattern

Today we're going to take a look at the Visitor pattern. Of all of the patterns that I've used so far, Visitor is by far the most powerful and convenient.   Vistors in the Real World A real world analogy always helps with the understanding of a...

Peter Friese03/09/10
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Running AppleScript From Java

n my current project, I need to launch an external application and maybe execute some additional commands on this external application. Due to the very nature of the project, the whole system will always be run on Mac OS X. So I thought, "why not use...

Andrew Phillips03/09/10
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Implementing Deployit: Technical Considerations

In a recent post, XebiaLabs' CTO Vincent Partington discussed some important organizational topics you will want to address while introducing deployment automation using Deployit.

Daniel Alexiuc03/09/10
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Dr. Strangecode. Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Legacy

Someone recently asked me what technologies I would recommend for the next Enterprise Web Project. Like a good little software developer, my initial reaction was "I would have to see the requirements first". And of course that is true. As much as...

Mitch Pronschinske03/08/10
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Eclipse Community Awards Finalists

The voting for Eclipse Community Award finalists ended on February 26th and now the finalists have been announced.  DZone's own James Sugrue has made it into the Finalist category along with the other three nominees for "Top Contributor".