This post is the first in a series of screencasts showing how to code using the Naked Objects programming model. In it we build upon the example claims application and show how to add a property to a domain object, and provide a list of choices (a drop-down list) for …
Lecture by Professor Mehran Sahami for the Stanford Computer Science Department (CS106A). Professor Sahami introduces the next assignment “the face pamphlet” and demonstrates how to make the program. CS106A is an Introduction to the engineering of computer applications emphasizing modern software engineering principles: object-oriented design, decomposition, encapsulation, abstraction, and testing. …
Enterprise software pundits are now gazing metaphorically skyward. There’s all this talk of clouds, but what kind of clouds are coming, and will they be friendly? We begin by describing some applications we’ve developed for App Engine, including implementation of other languages, such as JRuby, on top of the App …
JRuby is regarded as the most stable and efficient implementation of Ruby. Running JRuby on top of Google App Engine for Java gives access to many interesting possibilities, including running Rails on top of Google’s infrastructure. Exactly how to make this happen is not totally apparent, though, and there are …
The Play framework is a clean alternative to bloated Enterprise Java stacks. It focuses on developers productivity and targets RESTful architectures. Play is a perfect companion for agile software development.
The Real-time Specification for Java (RTSJ) standardizes a set of extensions to SUN’s Java programming language for real-time computing. The appeal of the RTSJ comes from its expressiveness and its integration in the Java development environment. In this talk, Jan Vitek reviews the status of the Specification and its implementation …