Category: <span>Software Architecture</span>

The Future of the Web: HTML 5, WebSocket, and Comet

The HTML 5 specification is set to forever change the way in which we build applications for the Web. One innovation- WebSocket- in particular will enable full-duplex HTTP communication, and finally bring an end to the tired “click and wait” paradigm traditionally associated with the Web. Prior to the introduction …

JRuby and Beyond: A Renaissance for the Java Platform

The Java platform is changing. No longer can a developer get by just knowing Java. There’s JRuby providing Ruby and Rails. There’s Groovy with Grails and other frameworks. Jython for Django. Scala with Lift. Rhino for JavaScript and frameworks like Phobos. And all of them provide not only access to …

Aspect-oriented programming – Five Aspects You’ve Never Heard About

Aspect-oriented programming has been around for quite some time now. Today, AOP is used in a wide range of applications to solve a wide variety of problems. However, some of those solutions are not very well-known to the general Java development community. In this session, Alef will explore several aspects …