- To build an OpenSocial application, you no longer need an online a (test) container, because now there is the OpenSocial Development Environment (OSDE) for Eclipse.
- "Jitr (pronounced "jitter") is a JUnit Integration Test Runner. It allows your web application integration tests to easily run against a lightweight web container in the same JVM as your tests."
- Twitter has been starting to replace some Ruby on Rails backend functionality with Scala (which has Java compatibility) on a JVM. Read here in detail why. In short:
- Better support for long-lived processes
- Static typing
- Better thread support
The article also lists lessons learned and the "good and the bad" of Scala. One of the interviewed guys also did a presentation on why you should (could) use Scala for building web 2.0 applications. - Better support for long-lived processes
- Twelve steps on how to introduce OSGi on an existing application without having to write the whole application.
- Summary of a one hour presentation on 10 ways to improve your code.
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