A Web Application in 10 Minutes Using Play
Published October 30th, 2009 Under Coding, Open Source Tools | Leave a Comment
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.
Implementing REST Web Application Architectures
Published October 28th, 2009 Under Architecture, Coding, Open Source Tools, Services | Leave a Comment
Arjen addresses Spring 3.0 support for REST in Spring MVC including, URI templates, content-negotiation, and other RESTFul concepts. Starting with an overview of REST, he then addresses the new RESTful features in Spring, including: RESTful URI’s, URI templates, Content negotiation, HTTP method conversion, and ETag support.
http://www.infoq.com/presentations/rest-web-application-architectures
Restlet 1.1 – Introduction
Published September 9th, 2009 Under Architecture, Open Source Tools, Services | Leave a Comment
Restlet is a lightweight REST framework. These screencasts will take you through the installation of Restlet in an Eclipse IDE and the creation of a simple Restlet application.
http://www.restlet.org/documentation/1.1/screencast/
RESTful Design, Patterns and Anti-Patterns
Published August 19th, 2009 Under Architecture, Services | Leave a Comment
Many people claim their Web APIs and enterprise applications offer a “RESTful” interface. But merely getting by without a SOAP envelope, or tunneling all kinds of information through URIs, doesn’t magically sprinkle REST pixie dust on bad designs. This session will start with an extra-fast intro to REST before listing the most common patterns and anti-patterns of applying REST design principles, covering issues such as the (un)importance of URI design, resources vs. representations, and the role of hypermedia.
What’s New in Spring Framework 3.0
Published August 13th, 2009 Under Architecture, Open Source Tools | Leave a Comment
With the Spring Framework 3.0 release, we are introducing further annotation-based configuration options, unified expression language support and comprehensive REST support. This talk discusses Spring as a modern Java 5 oriented application framework: covering the core component model, annotation-driven web MVC as well as platform integration.
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