Google recently have open sourced the Guice framework. Its one more Java Webframework. I found this tech video on Guice Framework, discusses all the major features about it. I am still not very convinced as why should we use Guice? If you have a better idea please do comment.

Everyone is excited about the possibilities of HTML 5, but there’s a lot to learn and absorb as well. With that in mind, we’ve compiled a list of articles to get you started

Introductory books are sometimes very hit and miss as it can be challenging to find a level easy enough for the uninitiated to pick up but at the same time interesting enough to make the reader want to continue learning with more advanced material. This in general is a well executed introductory book on EJB3 with a clear structure and text convention.

Platform as a Service is a term that can be fairly confusing for many people. Normally the term is associated with Google App Engine from Google and Force.com from Salesforce.com as the main references for this model. PaaS also represents the next wave in middleware technology. One that is targeted for virtualized enterprises, one that was designed for scale-out from the get go, one that fits the new way of delivering SaaS applications and one that can be extremely simple to use. In this post i examine the impact of this new trend on the existing application server market.

I have recently started a new project and I decided based on some of the application requirements and its rapid development that I would host it at Google AppEngine. For a web framework I went with Grails due to the rapid prototyping that it makes possible.

Google has released a new version of the Google App Engine Java SDK, version 1.2.2. This is largely a bugfix release, but there are some interesting new features.

Uncle Moe always used to tell us kids to “Never hard code environment specific parameters into the .war or .ear files you use to deploy your applications”. We were hungry back in those days, but we never wanted for good architectural advice!

Yikes! Sounds scary right? Don’t worry, I’m not going to drop anything you are incapable of understanding. It’s been a while since we’ve had activity here and evented JavaScript is so awesome that I had to get a post around.