podcast

Scaling with Terracotta

Andrew Glover — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:49:16 -0400

I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Alex Miller, who is a respected Java concurrency and scalability enthusiast (and fellow NFJS speaker) who works on Terracotta, an open source, Java-based clustering system. In this JavaWorld sponsored talk, Alex demystifies Terracotta, explaining the programming magic that enables enterprise customers to run 50 to 100 JVMs on a single application server instance.

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The JCP up close and personal

Andrew Glover — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:24:00 -0400

I recently had the privilege of talking with Patrick Curran for JavaWorld’s Java Technology Insider regarding the JCP or Java Community Process. In this hip podcast, Patrick gives an overview of the structure and inner workings of the process and describes where the JCP has historically fallen apart.

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Chewing the fat over Grails 1.1

Andrew Glover — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:11:06 -0400

I had the pleasure before the official release of Grails 1.1 to chat with Grails founder and ultimate hip cat Graeme Rocher for JavaWorld’s Java Technology Insider.

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Tim Bray on the future of Java web development

Andrew Glover — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:55:00 -0500

Not long ago, I had the delight of talking with Tim Bray of Sun Microsystems about his thoughts regarding Java web development for JavaWorld’s Java Technology Insider.

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Talkin’ about SpringSource’s acquisition of G2One

Andrew Glover — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:04:00 -0500

Shortly after SpringSource’s November 2008 acquisition of G2One, I had the pleasure of chatting with both Rod Johnson and Graeme Rocher– both gents are always interesting to chat with as they each possess a deep understanding of technology and its applicability with business.

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Ajax chalk talk with Nate Schutta

Andrew Glover — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:44:48 -0500

As Java Web developers have learned to take JavaScript seriously, the rush is on for tools that enrich the Ajax-development experience.

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OSGi explained

Andrew Glover — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 13:43:37 -0500

Not long ago, I had the distinct pleasure of chatting with Sebastien Arbogast regarding OSGi for JavaWorld’s Java Technology Insider. In this hip fat-chewing session, Sebastien introduces the concepts behind OSGi and explains why its contribution to Java modularity is copasetic news for Java community.

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All things Spring with Rod Johnson

Andrew Glover — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:34:52 -0500

I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Rod Johnson for JavaWorld’s Java Technology Insider regarding all things Spring, baby.

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JavaFX released. Finally.

Andrew Glover — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:43:45 -0500

JavaFX 1.0 made its debut a few days back amid high hopes and a sea of doubt — some in the Java community believe JavaFX could become “the application environment for the Java platform,” while others say Sun has made nothing but mistakes on the client side, and JavaFX is too little, too late.

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Scalability rap session with Todd Hoff

Andrew Glover — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:21:05 -0500

I have long admired highscalability.com for its focus on interesting techniques, libraries, and case studies all related to the hip art of scaling; indeed, this website has some super cool articles regarding YouTube, Amazon, and Google to name a few high profile websites that appear to have scaled quite copasetically.

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Groovy 1.6 with Guillaume Laforge

Andrew Glover — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:58:57 -0400

I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Guillaume Laforge (Groovy’s hip Project Manager) for JavaWorld’s Java Technology Insider regarding the imminent release of Groovy 1.6.

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