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London User Group - May 2008
Here are the details of the May London User Group. Title : Building a high volume, low latency system in Java Summary : This session will provide some insight into the architecture, design and development of a greenfield high volume, low latency ...
25-Apr-2008
14:30:52
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Question of the week
As mentioned last week, we are going to be sharing questions that we get asked that seem applicable to the CTA audience. Feel free to e-mail us your questions or use the Google Group. This weeks question is from a new hands-on technical architect. ...
04-Apr-2008
10:39:11
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Podcast #2 : QCon revisited
As promised the 2nd CTA podcast is a roundtable discussion between some of the CTA contributors - namely Simon Brown, Sam Dalton and Kevin Seal. In this podcast we discuss some of the themes emerging from the recent QCon conference held in London and our ...
25-Mar-2008
10:23:20
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JVM Lies: The OutOfMemory Myth
There are times when an OutOfMemoryError means exactly what it says. Try adding new objects to an ArrayList in a while(true) loop and you'll see what I mean. However, there are times when it doesn't. Recently, when I saw a vital supporting application ...
14-Jan-2008
13:39:00
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The Clash of the Paradigms
I recently came across a subtle anti-pattern which has caused me some pains. This occurred in a successful application used extensively throughout a large financial corporation. It is a library, which is implemented in C++, but usable from several ...
08-Jan-2008
10:29:00
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Monitoring Java systems
Earlier in the week I wrote about performance tuning Java systems and I hinted that being able to monitor a system is a really useful first step in proving and diagnosing the cause of performance issues. Of course, there are times where you need a ...
09-Nov-2007
11:18:45
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Performance tuning Java systems
One of my current projects involves me performance testing a third party Java system. In essence, it's a distributed/n-tier Java EE web application and we're hitting it with a high simulated load thanks to Apache JMeter. One of the things we found is ...
05-Nov-2007
12:23:34
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Grails eXchange
Last nights Grails eXchange user group sessions were a lot of fun and it was great to see so many people there. Our session was about the use of Groovy, Grails and dynamic languages in real-world architectures. Rather than a presentation we opted for an ...
19-Oct-2007
17:31:00
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Time zones
When I start a new project, I can be sure that there are always a number of common tasks that need to happen. These include defining document templates, the source code structure, a build file, the development environment, the continuous integration ...
24-Jul-2007
10:52:00
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The Pragmatic Java Architect sessions in London
Myself and the other contributors to The Pragmatic Architect are running a couple of unconference style sessions in London over the next few weeks. The first is at the London JSIG (5th April, 12-2pm) and the second is at Skills Matter (19th April, ...
27-Mar-2007
21:53:00
11
QCon: Open Terracotta
There have been numerous presentations at QCon that I've taken things from; presentations I've thought it might be worth distilling and replaying to others. However, Ari Zilka's talk on Open Terracotta got me excited (and I know I'm not alone) - possibly ...
15-Mar-2007
23:44:00
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Book Review - 'POJOs in Action'
Chris Richardson's book is a well-written and thorough guide to implementing familiar Enterprise Architecture patterns with POJOs. Aimed at the designer, the book provides valuable advice on the benefits and potential pitfalls of using Spring, Hibernate, ...
09-Mar-2006
12:22:57
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POJOs in Action
I have just received a copy of Manning's 'POJOs in Action - Developing Enterprise Applications with Lightweight Frameworks' to review over the next couple of weeks. The blurb says: There is agreement in the Java community that EJBs often introduce ...
14-Feb-2006
12:40:03
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Developing Java EE 5.0 applications with EJB 3.0 and JSF
If you're looking to start designing and building systems with EJB 3.0 and JSF then the following session might be for you. Title : Developing Java EE 5.0 applications with EJB 3.0 and JSF Date : Thursday January 26 2006 12:00-14:00 Location : ...
19-Jan-2006
12:51:34
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Sun Java Studio Enterprise
In addition to a good IDE, one of an architect's key tools is a UML modeling tool. However, if you're in the market for something more sophisticated than a whiteboard, choosing the right tool can be complex and expensive. Unlike IDEs, UML modeling tools ...
18-Jan-2006
10:09:10