SpringSource launches app server
Next-generation application server platform based on Spring, OSGi, and Tomcat snubs Java EE.
Chris Kanaracus,
April 2008
Service Component Architecture: Making SOA easier
IBM's Mike Edwards connects the dots between Service Component Architecture, Service Data Objects, and SOA, at OASIS Open
Standards 2008 Symposium.
Paul Krill,
April 2008
Is Tomcat an application server?
Whether Tomcat is an app server depends in part on how you're using it, but that's not all. Jeff Hanson explains the formal
differences between app servers, Web servers, and Java EE containers, and also explores usage scenarios where Tomcat is --
and is not -- appropriate as an application server.
Jeff Hanson,
January 2008
Client-side WSDL processing with Groovy and Gant
The Groovy and Gant Toolset lets you automatically generate Java Web service clients with Axis2, XFire, CXF, and Java 6 --
including WSDL compatibility checks.
Klaus P. Berg,
November 2007
Installation guide for the Groovy and Gant Toolset
Klaus P. Berg,
November 2007
10 tools to manage SOA
Vendors step up to address the technology triangle of governance, quality, and management essential to SOA.
Denise Dubie
,
October 2007
BEA blending dev tools in Workshop release
BEA Systems is blending open source and commercial developer tools in a release of its Workshop development tool for Java
being announced on Tuesday.
Paul Krill,
May 2007
From Java EE security to Acegi
Application security as an enterprise-level concern needs to be carefully addressed by developers. This article compares the
security services defined in Java EE and Acegi to help developers select the appropriate security services and program security
from an enterprise-wide view.
Dr. Xinyu Liu,
March 2007
Java grid computing
Corey Klaasmeyer defines grid computing and contrasts it with cluster computing. This article also leads the reader through
a simple Globus Toolkit 4 grid service implementation.
Corey Klaasmeyer,
March 2007
GlassFish app server to swim in the enterprise
Sun Microsystems' open source GlassFish application server is to be fitted with enterprise-level capabilities and interoperability
with Microsoft technologies.
Paul Krill,
March 2007
Oracle sows the seeds for SOA
An SOA (service oriented architecture) has the appealing allure for reducing costs and improving your company's agility. But,
before digging up your existing IT roots, you'll need assurances there's a fortified and fertile ecosystem waiting to support
you in those supposedly greener pastures.
James R. Borck,
February 2007
Get a handle on the JAX-WS API's handler framework
The handler framework is an important architectural design for extensibility and plug-ability in the Java API for XML-based
Remote Procedure Call. The framework's programming and deployment models have been revamped in the Java API for XML Web Services
2.0. This article introduces the handler framework in JAX-WS 2.0.
Young Yang,
February 2007
Container-less SOA
In enterprise applications, the SOA/ESB paradigm is definitely now in full-speed-ahead mode. However, it has a dark side,
mainly increased complexity. As the maps of the New World used to say, "here there be dragons." This article dissects the
dragons of SOA/ESB, while proposing a new operating technique.
L. Detweiler,
January 2007
Logically SOA
This article aims at defining a logical architecture for SOA that supports all the characteristics and concepts that exist
in the SOA space.
Srikanth Seshadri,
January 2007
The year head: The shift to scripting and agility
Enterprises will spend too much this year creating monolithic apps. Most would be better off using scripting languages, Web
services, and SOA (service-oriented architecture) to weave together browser-based apps that leverage existing assets.
Alan Zeichick,
January 2007
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Web services test code generator
Klaus Berg has recently released a test-code generator for JUnit-based Web service clients. If you're developing Web services
using Axis2 and XMLBeans this wizard could turn your JUnit test client coding into a powerful code generation process. It
also has uses for those using GUI-based testing tools like soapUI.
