For the week of May 7th:
Top JavaWorld.com articles:
Distributed transaction processing systems are designed to facilitate transactions that span heterogeneous, transaction-aware resources in a distributed environment. Using distributed transactions, an application can accomplish tasks such as retrieving a message from a message queue and updating one or more databases in a single transactional unit adhering to the ACID (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation and Durability) criteria. This article outlines some of the use cases where distributed transactions (XA) could be used and how an application can achieve transactional processing using JTA along with the best of the breed technologies. The main focus is on using Spring as a server framework and how one can integrate various JTA implementations seamlessly for enterprise level distributed transactions.
Sun: The bulk of Java is open sourced
Sun Microsystems Inc. announced Tuesday it has finished the process of making the bulk of its core Java technology available as open-source software under the GNU general public license version 2 (GPLv2). The vendor made the announcement at its JavaOne conference in San Francisco.
JAVAONE: Oracle focuses on app server, AJAX
Oracle’s plate of announcements for the JavaOne conference this week features upgrades to its application server and IDE as well as a kit to make it easier to work with the Spring Framework for Java development. AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), meanwhile, is key to the company’s tools announcement at the show, including a technology donation to the Apache Software Foundation.
JAVAONE: NetBeans IDE tackles Ruby, JavaScript
Version 6.0 of the NetBeans IDE will be offered in an early-access release at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco. The NetBeans 6.0 code editor will accommodate the JRuby run time and adds fuller support for JavaScript.
BEA blending dev tools in Workshop release
BEA Systems is blending open source and commercial developer tools in a release of its Workshop development tool for Java. BEA Workshop 10.1 combines the company’s Workshop for WebLogic and Workshop Studio products.
