Artima Articles http://www.artima.com/ The most recently published articles at Artima.com. Artima.com http://www.artima.com/images/artima88x33.gif http://www.artima.com/ From JavaOne 2009: On Trust and Types http://www.artima.com/lejava/articles/javaone2009_gwyn_fisher.html In this interview with Artima, Gwyn Fisher, CEO of Klocwork, describes cases where well-known Java APIs work differently based on deployment platform, and how well-defined type systems can make resource management more reliable. From JavaOne 2009: Load-Testing Clustered Applications http://www.artima.com/lejava/articles/javaone_2009_ari_zilka.html In this interview with Artima, Terracotta co-founder Ari Zilka discusses various techniques to load-test a stateful application on a cluster, highlights features of the open-source Terracotta clustering environment that make such load-testing simpler, and talks about managing heavily disk-bound workloads. Developer-Designer Interaction in Rich-Client Construction http://www.artima.com/articles/flashbuilder.html In this interview, Adobe's Shafath Syed and Steven Heintz discuss the differences in how designers and developers approach rich-client application development, and how Adobe's Flash Builder 4 and Catalyst tools can make their interaction more effective. From JavaOne 2009: Scrum and Team Productivity http://www.artima.com/lejava/articles/javaone_2009_scrumninja.html In this interview with Artima, Rodney Carvalho, founder or ScrumNinja, shares his experiences withe Scrum, an agile development methodology. From JavaOne 2009: Breaking Through JVM Memory Limits http://www.artima.com/lejava/articles/javaone_2009_gil_tene.html In this interview with Artima, Gil Tene, CTO and co-founder of Azul Systems, explains why Java applications typically use only a few gigabytes of memory, out of possibly tens of gigabytes available on commodity servers. How to Write an Equality Method in Java http://www.artima.com/lejava/articles/equality.html This article describes a technique for overriding the equals method in Java that preserves the contract of equals even when subclassses of concrete classes add new fields. The Point of Pattern Matching in Scala http://www.artima.com/scalazine/articles/pattern_matching.html In this final installment of a four part interview, Scala's designer Martin Odersky talks with Bill Venners and Frank Sommers about the mechanics and purpose of pattern matching in Scala. BlazeDS and Spring: Integrating Flex in the Enterprise http://www.artima.com/lejava/articles/blaze_spring.html In this interview with Artima, Anil Channappa, product manager for Adobe's open-source BlazeDS project, discusses various ways to arrange data communication between a Flex client running in the Flash Player and server-side frameworks, such as Spring. The Purpose of Scala's Type System http://www.artima.com/scalazine/articles/scalas_type_system.html Martin Odersky talks with Bill Venners and Frank Sommers about the design motivations behind Scala's type system. Using Flex With Scala http://www.artima.com/articles/flex_and_scala.html This article shows that using Flex for a rich client with Scala for server-side code results in a highly effective client-server development model that minimizes boilerplate code. The article also shows a way to use the Java Persistence API (JPA) from Scala code. The Goals of Scala's Design http://www.artima.com/scalazine/articles/goals_of_scala.html Martin Odersky talks with Bill Venners and Frank Sommers about the compromises and most important goals in Scala's design, its object-oriented innovations, and what's in it for you. The Origins of Scala http://www.artima.com/scalazine/articles/origins_of_scala.html Martin Odersky talks with Bill Venners about the history that led to the creation of the Scala programming language. How Scala Changed My Programming Style http://www.artima.com/scalazine/articles/programming_style.html Learning a new programming language sometimes influences how you code in other languages, too. In this essay, Bill Venners shares how learning Scala influenced his programming style. Integrating Flex with a Java EE Application, Part II http://www.artima.com/articles/enterprise_flex_part_2.html The second part of a two-part series on progressively enhancing an enterprise Web application with Flex, this article describes Flex's ability to interact with a variety of server-side data sources, including fetching JSON and XML via HTTP, and invoking server-side Java objects from a Flex client. Integrating Flex with a Java EE Application, Part I http://www.artima.com/articles/enterprise_flex_part_1.html This article series introduces five techniques to progressively enhance an existing enterprise Java application using Flex. Part I demonstrates a non-intrusive way to replace an HTML table with a high-performance Flex datagrid.