Using tools like Maven in the Java world or Bundle in Rubyland you can explicitly list all the dependencies and versions you need. But there are some critical dependencies that are never set. It is just too simple. However, from the point of view of the operations team the number of requirements is complex.
0 replies - 607 views - 02/16/12 by Carlos Sanchez in Articles

Several times per month there are multiple questions regarding the ElasticSearch query structure posted on the user group. Although there are already good docs explaining this in depth, I think a bird's eye view of the Query DSL is necessary to understand what is written there. This brief tutorial should clarify things for you.
0 replies - 518 views - 02/16/12 by Peter Karich in Articles

Optimus Prime's post IceFaces Copies PrimeFaces Line by Line and Brian McKinney's response (New ACE Component Origins) have led to a controversial discussion on the blogosphere regarding legalities and ethics in an open source context. It is interesting to read the perspectives of those associated with PrimeFaces, the perspectives of those associated with ICEfaces, and the community reaction (and here).
0 replies - 1167 views - 02/16/12 by Dustin Marx in Articles

During the writing of ‘Learning Vaadin‘, I had many themes I wanted to write about: components data, SQL container filtering, component alignment and expand ration, separation of concerns between graphic designers and developers, only to name a few. Unfortunately, books are finite in space as well as in time and I was forced to leave out some interesting areas of Vaadin that couldn’t fit in, much to my chagrin.
0 replies - 1331 views - 02/16/12 by Nicolas Frankel in Articles

I’ve seen it. I’ve seen the builds you never want to have to reckon with. The kinds of build scripts that make you stop, take a deep breath, turn to your client and say: “This is going to take a while to untangle.†Ruinous hulks of procedural build logic relying on a lot of token replacement (both pre and post compilation). These builds, especially the more difficult builds, are in love with the idea of everyone having access to the same shared filesystem, or worse, they use source code management as a way to distribute binaries.
0 replies - 833 views - 02/16/12 by Tim O'Brien in Articles

Rene Pickhardt is very pleased with the results of his work on a social news stream that uses Neo4j, GWT, and Tomcat. In this article he'll provide a demo of the application, some points about the results of his development, and a comparison to what would have happened had he used MySQL instead.
0 replies - 2696 views - 02/15/12 by René Pickhardt in Articles