Java EE 7 Launched – Also New Versions Of NetBeans and Oracle’s Eclipse IDE

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Jun 132013
 

Oracle has released Java EE 7, the latest version of the popular Java enterprise software development platform. Java EE 7 follows Java EE 6 which saw wide adoption from vendors (18 Java EE 6 compliant application servers) and Java developers (over 50 million downloads).

Java EE 7 facilitates building HTML5 applications with WebSockets; JSON processing and asynchronous RESTful Web Services with JAX-RS 2.0. Java EE 7 also reduces boiler-plate code using dependency injection and default resources and broadens the use of annotations to increase efficiency. Continue reading »

What’s Coming in Java EE 7? Productivity, Simplicity & HTML5

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Feb 252013
 

This talk provides a code-intensive introduction to the updated Java EE 7 platform, including several live demos. The Java EE 7 platform has a changed scope and will now be focusing on Productivity and HTML5. JAX-RS 2 adds a new Client API to invoke the RESTful endpoints. JMS 2 is undergoing a complete overhaul to align with improvements in the Java language. Long awaited Batch Processing API and Caching API are also getting added to build applications using capabilities of the platform itself. Together these APIs will allow you to be more productive by simplifying enterprise development. The Java EE 7 platform is scheduled to release in Q2 2013. Continue reading »

Ear To The Ground Report On Java

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May 312011
 

I recently spoke at JavaOne India 2011 held in Hyderabad on 10-11 May 2011. While Sun had been holding a similar event for several years, this was the first time the event was under the Oracle banner. It was also repackaged & rebranded as JavaOne + Oracle Develop.

The conference naturally had many talks from Oracle about various technologies, including Java & the various developments in that space. I thought it would be interesting for developers to hear an independent overall perspective on Java. So my talk at the conference was titled “An independent, “ear to the ground” report on Java”. Continue reading »

5th Annual IndicThreads Conference On Java to be held in Pune, India

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Dec 072010
 

The 5th annual IndicThreads.com Conference On Java will be held on 10-11 December at the Hotel Deccan Rendezvous in Pune, India. The 2010 conference is the 5th consecutive year of world-class & vendor-neutral Java learning & discussion at the conference. Sessions & Registration details for the conference are on the web at – http://J10.IndicThreads.com/ Continue reading »

How To Pick The Right Java Application Server For Your Project?

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Apr 082010
 

A recent announcement of an enterprise deploying several internal web applications on SpringSource tc Server got me thinking about how the business would have evaluated competing solutions and then decided to go with a server like the Tomcat based SpringSource tc Server? Would it have been decision based on facts or based more of gut feel & comfort level with the vendor? Continue reading »

Using JRuby, Groovy, Jython & Allied Web Frameworks in GlassFish

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Apr 062010
 

Dynamic languages such as JRuby, Groovy, and Jython are increasingly playing an important role in the web these days. The associated frameworks such as Rails, Grails, and Django are gaining importance because of the agility provided by them. This session gives an overview of various Dynamic Languages and associated Web frameworks that can be used on the GlassFish project. Continue reading »