Information Resources : Moving Beyond Objects
What could be more progressive than abandoning the idea of Java objects?
Ok, that is a stretch. We can still develop in conventional Java, but what if the language bindings are part of the problem? What happens if we abstract the level of coupling between systems or even layers of a system? It sounds cool, but it must perform dreadfully, right?
Wrong.
If we move away from thinking about code and think instead about information, all manner of cool architectural features manifest themselves. Our software can become more:
- loosely-coupled
- flexible
- dynamic
- cacheable
- maintainable
- distributable
We will explore REST and its implications on a resource-oriented environment that embraces it like NetKernel. We will look at what URI-addressability does for us and how we can leverage the open standards of the Semantic Web (RDF, SPARQL, OWL) to do amazingly powerful things with precious few lines of code.
The goal isn't to stop writing code. The goal is to write the right code.
Java EE 6 takes things further. In addition to minor updates in EJB 3.1 and JPA, JSF 2 and Servlet 3 are major updates that embrace convention or configuration and provide many features that simplify development. Contexts and Dependency Injection (CDI) provides a type-safe dependency injection model that seamlessly integrates the web tier with the EJB tier, and adds a conversational scope to JSF. Bean Validation allows you to define validation constraints directly within your domain model, and JSF 2 can automatically apply those constraints to input fields in your view.
In short, it’s time to take another look at Java EE. This session will provide an overview of the different parts of Java EE 6 and show you can quickly you can build a complete web application with ease.
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Brian Sletten has experience spanning defense, finance and commercial domains with security consulting, network matrix switch controls, 3D simulation/visualization, Grid Computing, P2P and Semantic Web-based systems.
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PODCAST INFORMATION RESOURCES : MOVING BEYOND OBJECTS
This session took part at the Progressive Java Tutorials. You can view the other 13 podcasts here.
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