The other day I came across a web site www.javacamp.org which lists Java design patterns. Highly recommend to all software designers. Even if you do not do software design for Java, knowledge of design patterns is an invaluable resource of ideas for new applications you are building.
Entries from January 2008 ↓
Design Patterns
January 17th, 2008 — Development, Fusion
PIP Your AIA
January 8th, 2008 — Fusion, Oracle
AIA stands for Application Integration Architecture. Architecture (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Architecture) is a fundamental underlying design of computer hardware, software, or both. In other words it is an integrated set of tools and concepts which help you build new solutions.
All major software vendors have their own AIA delivered via the Application Servers, JBoss from RedHat, WebSphere from IBM, Oracle 10g AS from Oracle, WebLogic from BEA, NetWeaver from SAP, WebMethods. If you look into each of the AIA from each of the vendor, you will not see much difference in terms of delivered functionality. Each architecture includes an HTTP Server, a servlet container, an Enterprise Service Bus, a BPEL Engine, etc. What does differentiate one AIA from another? PIPs!!! Continue reading →