Distributed transactions in Spring, with and without XA
Before you settle on a transaction-processing pattern for your Spring application, make sure you understand the variety of
options and how each one will impact the performance, safety, reliability, and data integrity of distributed applications.
SpringSource engineer David Syer walks through seven patterns for distributed transaction processing in Spring.
Dr. David Syer,
January 2009
R.I.P., SOA
Burton Group Research Director Anne Thomas Manes has declared the demise of SOA, killed by death, and the economic recession.
Service orientation will live on, she says, expressed by newer acronyms such as SAAS, BPM, and ESB.
Paul Krill,
January 2009
The 2009 tech career planner
Tech jobs are in trouble, with new layoffs announced almost every week, and many IT workers are scrambling for a new career
plan. InfoWorld's Galen Gruman distills career advice from across the IDG news network.
Galen Gruman,
January 2009
Open source Java projects: NetBeans plugins
NetBeans plugins let you do all kinds of things you can't do with NetBeans alone, and they're open source. Jeff Friesen introduces
five useful plugins, then gets you started with creating your own plugins for NetBeans 6.5.
Jeff Friesen,
December 2008
Year in Review: The Java tools roundup
As Agile techniques become more mainstream, tools for the software development lifecycle are adding new features and optimizations
to make developers happy. Find out what's new in build automation frameworks, testing tools, and IDEs, with this year-end
review from Java Power Tools author John Ferguson Smart.
John Ferguson Smart,
December 2008
Rails and Merb to merge
Developers for Rails and Merb have announced that the two Ruby-based frameworks will merge, a welcome end to the cold war
that some say has "torn the community apart."
James Niccolai,
December 2008
REST for Java developers: Restlet for the weary
'Tis the season of weariness for many around the world, so sit back and enjoy a long, tall sip of Restlet: A toolkit for building
and consuming RESTful Web services in Java. This article also introduces JSR 311: JAX-RS.
Brian Sletten,
December 2008
ICEsoft picks up Project Woodstock
ICEsoft Technologies has announced it will pick up Project Woodstock, recently abandoned by Sun Microsystems. ICEsoft will
provide UI components for Woodstock via its JSF-Ajax framework, ICEfaces. InfoWorld's Paul Krill reports.
Paul Krill,
December 2008
Continuous integration with Hudson
Looking for a continuous integration server solution? Hudson is free and open source, and configuration is a snap. This article
gets you started with Hudson in a Windows or Linux environment using JBoss AS or Tomcat 6.
Nicholas Whitehead,
December 2008
Server virtualization's tricky math
Server virtualization is meant to save cash by consolidating enterprise resources, but those numbers don't exactly add up.
InfoWorld's Tom Kaneshige reports on the hidden costs of virtualization, especially for small- and medium-sized businesses.
Tom Kaneshige,
December 2008
Year in Review: What to expect in Java SE 7
Java SE 7 has started coming into focus in the past year, even up to recent announcements about Sun's intention to modularize
the JDK. Java 7 maven Alex Miller looks back on the developments of 2008 to tell us what features to expect, and not, in the
final platform specification.
Alex Miller,
December 2008
Year in Review: Java in 2008 - What just happened?
Andrew Glover looks back over the last 12 months in Java development, with an eye on the JVM Language Summit, new trends in
the Java enterprise space, and Sun's emerging client-side strategy.
Andrew Glover,
December 2008
Sun to reach for clouds in '09
Sun has announced its plans to energize cloud computing efforts in 2009, starting with the foundation of a new Cloud Computing
division headed by Salesforce.com alumn Lew Tucker.
James Niccolai
,
December 2008
Is this software project doomed?
Is your project on a death march? Seasoned developers share 27 real-life warning signs that a software project is going nowhere
fast.
CIO's Esther Schindler reports.
Esther Schindler,
December 2008
Force.com linked with Google App Engine
Salesforce has connected its cloud development platform with Google App Engine, fueling further speculation that the search
engine giant will eventually buy Salesforce. Chris Kanaracus reports.
Chris Kanaracus,
December 2008
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JW hot topic: Tech careers in a slump
Seems like new layoffs are announced every week, projects are dying and software developers are feeling the IT budget squeeze.
Being nervous isn't a crime, but you're better off with information, advice, and a plan.
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