java.net Weblogs by N. Alex RuppWeblogs by N. Alex Rupp from Java.netI landed my dream job: Open Technology Systems- (Found July 2, 2008 ) I just landed my dream job as a developer and consultant working with a small Open Source consulting business called Open Technology Systems. I get to work with Open Source technology in a company dedicated to our movement and help them build solutions for small and midsized companies in the local community. I can't think of a more perfect job.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1449 Unit Testing EJBs- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Everyone knows you can't easily write unit tests for EJB components. Or can you I just wrote an article on testing EJBs in-container, and if you work with EJB technology you might want to take a look at it. A lot of the complaints about EJBs have focused on how difficult they are to unit test, and frameworks have begun to spring up that simulate the EJB container and server environments for testing purposes. I've recently stumbled upon a technology that has given me a very compelling reason to..http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1421 TechEd 2004, Day 04- (Found July 2, 2008 ) So far I've discussed some cultural conflicts, differences in vision and how the Java and Microsoft communities differ in their relation to small clients, small vendors and the Open Source community. Today I'm going to divert a bit from this track and discuss a family of architectural principles I learned at TechEd, and how I think they might help J2EE architects and software developers continue to improve their productivity.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1359 TechEd 2004, Day 03- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Today I look into how the .NET and Java communities differ on their approach to and support of Open Standards and how Open Source fits in the big picture.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1342 TechEd 2004, Day 02- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Day two of TechEd 2004 began with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's keynote address, and marked my reentrance into the world of Microsoft web development technologies. I'm still slightly reeling from culture shock, but day two of the conference reaffirmed my belief in the Java platform and the need for enterprise-scale systems. Today I began to encounter more of the division between the .NET and Java developer cultures. Also, I ran into deep misunderstandings about the nature of Open Source and how.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1334 TechEd 2004, Day 01- (Found July 2, 2008 ) After a fairly grueling morning of plane-hopping, I arrived in sunny San Diego for the Microsoft TechEd 2004 conference. Here are some of the observations from my first day of immersion in the .NET user community.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1330 What about a Shockwave Community Process- (Found July 2, 2008 ) What if there were a Shockwave Community Process, so that Macromedia could extend the same invitation to the industry at large to participate in the future of Shockwave that Sun has extended with regards to Javahttp://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1325 Conference Season- (Found July 2, 2008 ) It's conference season. All winter we tinker in our little labs, bent over our laptops like overgrown, caffeine-saturated gnomes, coke-bottle classes beaded up with perspiration as we hack away at our latest and greatest JSR implementation or pet project. And then, before we know it, the cherry trees are in bloom on the boulevards, and we find ourselves scurrying around in anticipation of the almighty Conference. Printing up cheap business cards at Kinko's and pecking away at travel sites in...http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1324 Computer Science is Philosophy- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Computer Science has about as much to do with Computers as Astronomy has to do with Telescopes.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/349 |