[The Java Posse] Re: Architecture - Multiple web apps operating on the same data

2008-12-05 Thread etzel
By the way, as we are now trying out the API/database solution, we are thinking about JMS to communicate changes to the database to all clients. For example when the core app changes some data, it notifies the clients by sending a JMS message. Clients can then choose to invalidate their cache or

[The Java Posse] Re: 219: Immutable

2008-12-05 Thread Viktor Klang
Yes, I agree, arrays is a lame corner-case. However, my opinion is that the concept of array as in contigous memory area that is efficient for a processor to process is an implementation/optimization feature, and not a language feature. While I fully agree that many programmers couldn't live

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX: Impressions?

2008-12-05 Thread carljmosca
Does anyone know if theres any demos showing how a more enterprise like application using JavaFX?  One of the original ideas behind F3 was to make designing swing applications easier - now I realise JavaFX has moved on a lot from that, but all the demos I'm seeing look like they all mimick

[The Java Posse] Re: Architecture - Multiple web apps operating on the same data

2008-12-05 Thread Casper Bang
Kirk, I don't know if you read this blog entry that came up on dzone the other day, but it's a very related and interesting read: http://willcode4beer.com/design.jsp?set=kill_your_db /Casper On Dec 5, 8:20 am, kirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, my 2 cents, avoid using the database unless you

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX: Impressions?

2008-12-05 Thread Josh Juneau
I think JavaFX is looking great so far. I am running it on my Mac OSX 10.5 environment and it runs great. I've also downloaded the plugins for Netbeans and run through a few of the sample apps...truely impressive. Josh Juneau [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jj-blogger.blogspot.com

[The Java Posse] Re: Architecture - Multiple web apps operating on the same data

2008-12-05 Thread Phil
Having also scanned the other replies... The main issue as I see it is that you have shared data undergoing a degree of concurrent access, so data consistency and integrity issues must be at the top of your agenda. Therefore I think a shared persistence layer is a must, but only where your

[The Java Posse] Re: Architecture - Multiple web apps operating on the same data

2008-12-05 Thread John Nilsson
What do you use as quey language in these kinds of system? I can see how an RDBMS isn't really needed for persistance. But they do have quite advance query engines. What is the replacement? BR, John On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 8:20 AM, kirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, my 2 cents, avoid using

[The Java Posse] Re: Architecture - Multiple web apps operating on the same data

2008-12-05 Thread kirk
John Nilsson wrote: What do you use as quey language in these kinds of system? I can see how an RDBMS isn't really needed for persistance. But they do have quite advance query engines. What is the replacement? Tangosol defines an OOQL that works quite nicely. The query engines on RDMS are

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX: Impressions?

2008-12-05 Thread Adam G.
Hey all, I have published my first experience (unluckily) as a site to the JavaPosse news group (should I delete it and post it as a thread?). Maybe you just check it out: http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse/web/just-started-with-javafx-and-already-pissed-off-a-little-bit?hl=en Overall, I

[The Java Posse] Re: Architecture - Multiple web apps operating on the same data

2008-12-05 Thread Casper Bang
I haven't actually used LINQ so my understanding might be a bit flawed. But from what I have seen LINQ is rather limited in performance. Doesn't it kind of default to just pulling up the table in RAM and do filtering and joins on the fetched data? Not at all. LINQ revolves around expression

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX: Impressions?

2008-12-05 Thread Michael Neale
I think Joe referred to that logo flash screen as pissing all over your brand. On Dec 5, 4:56 am, Eric Angel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really like the flashy ui work that's possible with JavaFX especially the 3D and HD video- but going through the samples on the JavaFX site today was

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX: Impressions?

2008-12-05 Thread Mark Derricutt
Is there a way to replace that with your own application specific splash screen On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 7:24 PM, Michael Neale [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I think Joe referred to that logo flash screen as pissing all over your brand. -- It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaFX: Impressions?

2008-12-05 Thread Joshua Marinacci
For full screen I would say probably in the next big release, which we are targeting in a year or less. On Dec 5, 2008, at 3:02 PM, Bill Robertson wrote: I will see if I can reproduce it and if so give you the steps as well as relevant software versions. Regarding full screen mode, would

[The Java Posse] Re: Java enum technique - template method pattern

2008-12-05 Thread Michael Lee
You may want to look at Effective Java 2nd Edition. Item 34: Emulate extensible enums with interfaces. RogerV - I briefly read over the code - IMO - Enum is more of 'strategy pattern'.. On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 4:49 AM, ROGER MILLER [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, you mention a tutorial in your

[The Java Posse] Java HotSpot - different behavior between -client and -server

2008-12-05 Thread stinkyminky
I want to start with disclaimer that the following code has a bug - Integer overflow. public class Main { public static void main(String... args ) { int start = Integer.MIN_VALUE; int end = Integer.MAX_VALUE; int i = 0; System.out.println(Start:);