The Java in Action conference was a success. I had the privilege of meeting (and partying!) with some of the brightest and most insightful minds in the Java universe. It was a great chance to acquire valuable skills and establish great relationships... and all without the usual software vendor bullshit. This was not about products. This was about getting things done.
The
conference was hosted for three days at the Disney Yacht Club in
Orlando, FL. Each day began early, with a nice breakfast
buffet
followed by intense 3-hour sessions on topics such as how to
build scalable, high performance web applications, how to use
portlets, or
how to apply cryptographic techniques for user management.
The
afternoon was split into various workshops about specific areas of
interest, case studies, training courses, etc. It was all
very
well organized. Congratulations to the Java in Action/Tech
Target
team. Special thanks to Joe Ottinger and Kelli Talbot!As promised, here are copies of my two presentations at JIA. If you have any questions or follow-up, drop me a note and I'll be happy to address it.
Deploying Axis in Mission-Critical Environments
SOAP
is one of the web services mechanisms preferred by large corporations
running mission-critical applications. This session covers
the
process for identifying, selecting, implementing, and deploying web
services in heterogeneous environments for providers and
clients.
It also presents a mini case study in the selection of Axis over
Websphere RSA, Microsoft IIS, and Java XML-RPC mechanism, and finally
provides a detailed HOWTO for Axis deployment in one of
the highest volume, mission-critical production environments
in
the world.Presentation downloads:
Keynote format (.zip) - 892 KB
Acrobat PDF format - 928 KB
Beyond Standard Java: from E-commerce to Industrial Controllers
The Java platform is deployed in a myriad of applications across many challenging problem domains. Some times, however, J2EE and J2SE aren't enough, or the best choice. This presentation covers three different study cases in which the implementers had to create non-standard solutions to problems for which the standard Java API and services did not meet the applications' mission-critical objectives.Presentation downloads:
Keynote format (.zip) - 2.3 KB
Acrobat PDF format - 4.5 MB
