Monthly Archives: January 2009

OSGi for Web Applications?

Posted on January 27, 2009 by admin

Web applications are the most common type of deployments on the application servers. So, if OSGi is going to be a serious contender in the application server market, I would expect it to have great support for deploying web applications … Continue reading →

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Stig’s identity revealed..!

Posted on January 21, 2009 by admin

TopGear is one my favorite TV shows. One of the attractions about TopGear was the suspense about the Stig, especially after the hilarious introductions (“some say…..”) of the Stig by Jeremy Clarkson in almost every show. Today, this was revealed by BBC. … Continue reading →

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Hibernate direct field acess and encapsulation

Posted on January 18, 2009 by admin

I am a big fan of the Hibernate’s direct field access functionality. I am not sure why ”property” access is the default instead of “field”. Direct field access allows me to control the number of getters/setters that are actually needed from the DAO Client’s perspective. … Continue reading →

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Agility and large Backlogs

Posted on January 11, 2009 by admin

Backlog is used for prioritizing, tracking and communicating the work (work items) to be done in the future Iterations/Sprints. There may be multiple teams working from one backlog, but if there are more than 3-5 sprints worth of work items … Continue reading →

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So, what is SOA?

Posted on January 4, 2009 by admin

I read so many articles about SOA and they all seem to have slightly different takes on this term. And, there are a few more related acronyms/buzzwords thrown in to the mix to confuse the audience. Sadly, some of this is … Continue reading →

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