JetBrains, which has provided its IntelliJ Idea Java IDE as a commercial product, now is offering a preview of a free, open
source version of the IDE.
Paul Krill,
October 2009
Java developers get .Net data link
Java developers can more easily link Microsoft .Net-based data through an interoperability bridge offered by France-based
Noelios, Microsoft and Noelios announced last month.
Paul Krill,
October 2009
Google Noop project features JVM-based language
<p>Google is hosting a language project called Noop, which initially targets the Java Virtual Machine and is intended to encourage
industry best practices and discourage "worst offenses."</p>
Paul Krill,
October 2009
Harness Offsprings to divide, parallelize and conquer
Reinventing the wheel over and over again can be fun, but you are probably going to end up with squeaky ones that fall off
the axle. When developers address the scalability and performance of their applications, they often reinvent a solution where
each request is split into batches which are processed concurrently and merged for delivery to the client.
Edward Salatovka, Neal Lester,
August 2009
Ajax: Tools of the trade
Ajax has effectively launched a new era in JavaScript development, bringing with it a plethora of robust tools for the JavaScript
programmer. Take a quick tour of the tools you could be using for JS development, debugging, testing, and more. You'll never
code JavaScript in just a text editor again.
Nathaniel T. Schutta,
May 2009
Domain-driven design with Java EE 6
When a Java EE application needs to implement type-specific behavior for domain objects, a procedural, service-oriented approach
leads to unnecessary code and hard-to-maintain logic. Learn about Java EE's architectural flip-side: domain-driven design
that lets you make the most of Java's object-oriented roots.
Adam Bien,
May 2009
Clojure: Challenge your Java assumptions
Clojure's immutable datatypes, lockless concurrency, and simple abstractions make parallel programming for multicore hardware
simpler and more robust than in Java. Joshua Fox takes you on a tour of this exciting new language for the JVM, which was
just recently released in v1.0.
Joshua Fox,
May 2009
Know your Oracle application server
René van Wijk offers tips for troubleshooting incompatibilities between Oracle Web application servers and Java EE application
components such as TopLink Essentials, Apache MyFaces Trinidad, Hibernate, and EJBs.
René van Wijk,
May 2009
SpringSource deal unites open source technology builders
SpringSource has acquired Hyperic in a deal that will enable SpringSource to provide a product set for powering the entire
Java application lifecycle, say company executives. Paul Krill reports.
Paul Krill,
May 2009
Building cloud-ready, multicore-friendly applications, Part 2: Mechanics of the cloud
What's all that airy stuff we're calling "the cloud"? Appistry's Guerry Semones explains the mechanics of how cloud platforms
take your cloud-ready application code to the next level.
Guerry Semones,
April 2009
Mastering Spring MVC
If you like the Spring Framework, you'll want to explore Spring MVC for Web development. With Steven Haines as your guide,
learn where Spring MVC fits into the Java Web development landscape (including a little bit of Java history), then quickly
get up to speed developing a Spring MVC application.
Steven Haines,
April 2009
JetBrains readies Rails IDE
JetBrains, maker of the popular IntelliJ IDEA Java IDE, now is shipping an IDE for the Ruby world. InfoWorld's Paul Krill
reports.
Paul Krill,
April 2009
Oracle/Sun: The end of Java as we know it?
There's little doubt that Oracle will make money on Java, but the question for many in the Java developer community is how,
and at what expense. SpringSource CEO Rod Johnson, Eclipse Foundation Executive Director Mike Milinkovich, and others express
their views on the future of Java technology, the JCP, and the Java ecosystem as a whole. InfoWorld's Paul Krill reports.
Paul Krill,
April 2009
Sun's open source chief slams Google App Engine
Sun open source chief Simon Phipps is unhappy about Google's decision to support only a subset of Java in its Google App Engine.
The decision flies in the face of a decade of tightly defined Java platform compatibility, he said.
Chris Kanaracus,
April 2009
Where did Sun go wrong?
Once a Silicon Valley star, Sun Microsystems has lost most of its shine in the decade since the dot-com bubble burst. Elizabeth
Montalbano reports on the series of missteps that have led this great innovator to impasse.
Elizabeth Montalbano,
April 2009