I just came back from a panel discussion titled "Java Technology, AJAX, Web 2.0, and SOA". The session brought together four pretty savvy guys in the web application and web framework world: Rod Johnson, CEO of Interface 21 and creator of the Spring Framework; Dion Hinchcliffe, co-founder and CTO of Sphere of Influence, an enterprise architecture firm; John MacDonald, a principal in...
I had two initial thoughts standing in line waiting to get into the the technical session "The SOA Programming Model" (TS-3608): 1. Wow, there's a whole lot of people in this line -- who knows, maybe SOA has progressed from the "what the heck is it?" stage to the "I'm actually doing SOA-related coding" stage; and (2) Why is this session called "The SOA Programming Model"? The abstract says it's...
I've got to admit, I don't use NetBeans as much as I could or should. But after attending NetBeans Software Day on Monday I'm psyched. I'm going to the blackboard now and will write 100 times "I'm going to use NetBeans 5.5." I guess part of it is the infectious enthusiasm of almost 1000 "NetBeanies" (did I just invent that term?) packed into a room designed to hold hundreds fewer. I didn't hear...
Sitting here in the middle of the Mohave (I work remotely from Las Vegas) I'm starting to feel the beginning of a heat swell that will ultimately climb in June into the 110s. That's one of the reasons I'm looking forward to arriving at JavaOne and enjoying San Francisco's supercool breezes (O.K., it's damn cold).
Another thing I'm looking forward to is picking up interesting quotes from some of...
