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by Frank Sommers, from Leading-Edge Java, May 14, 2008,

Detecting concurrency-related bugs and performance bottlenecks is hard, especially on clusters consisting of a large number of nodes. In an interview with Artima, Terracotta co-founder and CTO Ari Zilka explains the importance of visualization in cluster-based applications, and introduces Terracotta's open-source cluster visualizer tool.

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Open Standards vs Open Source?

by Frank Sommers, from Frank Thoughts, May 12, 2008,

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A JavaOne 2008 roundtable focused on the potential conflict between the way open-source communities work and the JCP's requirement for a Java specification expert group to develop and maintain a compatibility test kit.

JavaOne 2008, Day 4: Wrap Up and Awards

by Eric Armstrong, from Cool Tools and Other Stuff, May 12, 2008,

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A collection of miscellaneous observations and my "Best Of" awards.

JavaOne 2008, Day 4: Riding the Rails

by Eric Armstrong, from Cool Tools and Other Stuff, May 9, 2008,

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Yesterday's post was about "why". Today's is about "how".

Next-Generation Object-Oriented Databases

by Frank Sommers, from Leading-Edge Java, May 9, 2008,

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Object-oriented databases complement relational databases in important ways, says Anat Gafni, VP of Engineering at db4objects, the company behind the open-source object database db4o. In this interview with Artima, Gafni explains how OO databases support agile development, and how they co-exist with relational databases in an enterprise.

JavaOne 2008, Day 3: JRuby, Rails, and NetBeans

by Eric Armstrong, from Cool Tools and Other Stuff, May 8, 2008,

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Why you want Rails for your web app, why you want JRuby for Rails deployment, and why you want NetBeans for your Rails development environment.

JavaOne 2008, Day 3: Hosted Developer Tools

by Frank Sommers, from Leading-Edge Java, May 8, 2008,

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Software-as-service (SaaS) has started to permeate the field of software development tools, says Atlassian's Jeffrey Walker in this interview with Artima. Walker describes important characteristics of hosted developer tools, and highlights the need for such tools to integrate well with locally-installed tools, such as IDEs.

JavaOne 2008, Day 2

by Arash Barirani, from Performance is Everything, May 7, 2008,

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I got to JavaOne late this year, but still was able to see some old friends, and do some catching up over dinner. JavaOne has become a social call and a community refresher for me as much as it has been a trade show that offers one the latest trends and news.

Scala Tendencies and Concurrency

by Frank Sommers, from Leading-Edge Java, May 7, 2008,

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A programming language is as much about a set of design principles as it is about syntax and code structure. In this brief interview Martin Odersky, creator of the Scala language, talks about design tendencies that Scala encourages, especially in comparison with Java. He also discusses Scala's approach to concurrency.

Rethinking Application Security

by Frank Sommers, from Leading-Edge Java, May 7, 2008,

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Discovering security problems early in the development cycle is only the first step toward creating more secure and reliable applications, says Parasoft's Wayne Ariola in an interview with Artima. For developers to work effectively, addressing security-related coding issues must be integrated into developers' daily workflow.

JavaOne 2008, Day 1: Conference 2.0 and JRuby Notes

by Eric Armstrong, from Cool Tools and Other Stuff, May 7, 2008,

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The need for a "Conference 2.0" format and a collection of JRuby notes.

Scala: A Scalable Language

by Martin Odersky, Lex Spoon, and Bill Venners, from Scalazine, May 6, 2008,

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In this article, which is based on Chapter 1 of the book, Programming in Scala, you'll get an overview of the Scala language and insights into its design.

JavaOne 2008, Day 1: Application Factories

by Frank Sommers, from Leading-Edge Java, May 6, 2008,

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Re-using developer knowledge is an important concern for many enterprises. In this interview with Artima, CodeGear's Jeff Anders talks about Application Factories, a feature of the new JBuilder 2008 IDE that facilitates knowledge sharing among developers.

JavaOne 2008, Day 1: Rich-Client Misconceptions

by Frank Sommers, from Leading-Edge Java, May 6, 2008,

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Rich clients are more than just about user interfaces, argues Adobe's James Ward in this JavaOne 2008 interview with Artima. Rich clients are about architecture, and are also about collaboration between developers and designers.

The Artisan and the Engineer

by Frank Sommers, from Leading-Edge Java, May 5, 2008,

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In Artima's initial interview from JavaOne 2008, Patrick Curran, Chair of the Java Community Process, shares his vision for the JCP, and discusses how artisans and engineers differ in their approach to building software and in their attitude toward standards.

Adobe's Open Screen Project

Posted by Frank Sommers, May 5, 2008,

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Adobe announced the Open Screen Project, promising to bring Flash-based multimedia to a wide variety of mobile devices. In an interview with Artima, Adobe's James Ward explains how the Open Screen Project can benefit Flex and enterprise developers.

Concurrency with Python, Twisted, and Flex

by Bruce Eckel, from Computing Thoughts, May 3, 2008,

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An example of parallel programming using all the CPUs on your computer or cluster. Also shows how to add a Flex user interface.

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