JRuby 1.1.4 Released

Community

Java,

Ruby

Topics

Runtimes,

JRuby,

Dynamic Languages

JRuby 1.1.4 is now available and features improved and much faster Java integration, the beginnings of 1.9 compatibility, native library integration with FFI, and much more.

AnkhSVN 2.0 Source Code Control Package (SCC) for Visual Studio

Community

.NET

Topics

.NET Framework,

IDE

AnkhSVN started as a Visual Studio add-in, which allowed to work on a Subversion (SVN) version-controlled project from within Visual Studio. Release 2.0 is a complete rewrite of the core engine, which is delivered as a free Source Code Control Package (SCC) for Visual Studio 2005 and 2008.

Using jQuery with ASP.NET MVC

Community

.NET

Topics

Javascript,

.NET Framework

The Microsoft ASP.NET MVC Framework has been getting talked about more and more lately. The power and flexibility of ASP.NET MVC allows for developers to use libraries other than those include in the box. The popular JavaScript framework, jQuery, is no exception.

GWT 1.5: Java 5 Support, Performance Improvements and JavaScript Enhancements

Community

Java

Topics

Compilers,

Javascript,

Web Frameworks

Google Web Toolkit (GWT), a Java-centric compiler which creates JavaScript-based web applications, released version 1.5 today. InfoQ spoke with tech lead Bruce Johnson to learn more about this release and what new capabilities it adds to GWT.

Deploying a 1 Terabyte Cache using EhCache Server

Community

Architecture,

Java

Topics

REST,

Clustering & Caching

Greg Luck provides an overview of alternate deployment configurations for a 1 terabyte cache based on EhCache Server.

Presentation: Agile and Beyond - The Power of Aspirational Teams

Community

Agile

Topics

Agile Techniques

In this presentation filmed during Agile 2008, Tim Mackinnon talks about the aspirations behind the Agile principles and practices, the desire to become efficient, to write quality code which does not end up being thrown away. Tim has a personal perspective on Agile practices and shares from his own experience.

WOA Governance Is Different To SOA Governance

Community

SOA

Topics

REST,

SOA Platforms,

Governance

In a recent article, Dan Foody CTO of Actional discusses how Web-based architectures need governance, but that it will be fundamentally different to SOA governance.

Annual Update to the Agile Alliance Board of Directors

Community

Agile

Topics

Announcements,

Leadership

The Agile Alliance membership recently elected new members to its Board of Directors. Votes were cast via email and in person, and announced during the Agile2008 conference. Johanna Rothman was elected as Chair for 2009, and is also the Conference Chair for Agile2009.

IE8 Beta 2 Released for the Consumer

Community

.NET

Topics

Announcements

Microsoft has just released Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2. While Beta 1 was aimed to the developers, Beta 2 is for the consumers. Some of the top features of the browser are: Web Slices, Search Suggestions, Accelerators, Compatibility View, SmartScreen Filter.

Can ITIL and SOA complement each other?

Community

SOA

Topics

Methodologies,

Governance

Despite similarities in approach and goals, ITIL and SOA remain separate initiatives within modern IT organization. Is it the result of the chasm between operations and development organizations? can this chasm be bridged? and can these initiatives help each other to achieve the vision of continuous improvements?

VMware Infrastructure 3 Book Excerpt and Author Interview

VMware Infrastructure 3: Advanced Technical Design Guide and Advanced Operations Guide provides a wealth of practical insights into setting up virtualization in todays corporate environments.

Using Ruby Fibers for Async I/O: NeverBlock and Revactor

Ruby 1.9's Fibers and non-blocking I/O are getting more attention - we talked to Mohammad A. Ali of the NeverBlock project and Tony Arcieri of the Revactor project.

Agile and Beyond - The Power of Aspirational Teams

Tim Mackinnon talks about the aspirations behind the Agile principles and practices, the desire to become efficient, to write quality code which does not end up being thrown away.

Concurrency: Past and Present

Brian Goetz discusses the difficulties of creating multithreaded programs correctly, incorrect synchronization, race conditions, deadlock, STM, concurrency, alternatives to threads, Erlang, Scala.

ActionScript 3 for Java Programmers

Often the hardest part of changing technologies is language syntax differences. This new article provides Java developers with a transition guide to Actionscript which forms the foundation of Flex.

Neal Ford On Programming Languages and Platforms

Neal Ford talks about having multiple languages running on one of the two major platforms: Java and .NET. He also presents the advantages offered by Ruby compared to static languages like Java or C#.

Future Directions for Agile

David Anderson talks about the history of Agile, the current status of it and his vision for the future. The role of Agile consists in finding ways to implement its principles.

Nick Sieger on JRuby

Nick Sieger talks about the future of JRuby, Java Integration, and his work on JEE deployment tools for Ruby on Rails like Warbler.