By James McGovern CIOs are seeking to reduce the risk associated with investing in mission-critical enterprise applications and gain control over how vendor offerings are evaluated and selected. IT investments are no longer allowed to fail and must work correctly the first time. Feb. 21, 2006 11:00 AM EST Reads: 7,000 |
By James McGovern; Vaidyanathan Nagarajan This session will focus, among other issues, on: guiding an architect to thinking concretely about the use of open-source software in production environments; practical considerations around licensing, strategies to get your vendors to contribute to open source projects; and the respon... Feb. 24, 2004 12:00 AM EST Reads: 12,246 |
By James McGovern Unlike the doctor who works for your HMO, I won't require a copayment for each visit nor ask you to fill out long arduous forms. I'm here to help readers of Java Developer's Journal find a cure for their Java system ills. Apr. 1, 2002 12:00 AM EST Reads: 10,834 |
By James McGovern Unlike the doctor who works for your HMO, I won't require a copayment for each visit nor ask you to fill out long arduous forms. I'm here to help readers of Java Developer's Journal find a cure for their Java system ills. Mar. 1, 2002 12:00 AM EST Reads: 10,992 |
By James McGovern Many development shops have used J2EE to build a successful business-logic tier but have fallen short on obtaining the desired look and feel. On my current project we considered using applets as substitutes for GIF-based buttons, creating a utility to modify tree-based structure data a... Nov. 1, 2001 12:00 AM EST Reads: 11,528 |
By James McGovern I'm developing an Internet application where the user can register. How would i check if the e-mail address entered is valid? I have a couple of ideas you can implement. First, I suggest using JavaScript in the browser to check for allowable characters by scanning the input. Th... Nov. 1, 2001 12:00 AM EST Reads: 9,362 |
By James McGovern The performance of J2EE-based applications sometimes doesn't live up to users' expectations. Usually it's impossible to quantify exactly where the bottlenecks are. Many developers spend time searching for articles on the Internet only to find the same old tips about using the synch... Oct. 1, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 17,626 |
By James McGovern Unlike the doctor that works for your HMO, Doctor Java is here to help you with all of your Java problems. The good Doc will not require a copayment for each visit nor ask you to fill out long arduous forms. The Doctor is here to help the readers of Java Developer's Journal find a cur... Oct. 1, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 10,467 |
By James McGovern There are many articles about basic performance tuning a Java application. They all discuss simple techniques such as using a StringBuffer versus using a String, and the overhead of using the synchronized keyword. Sep. 1, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 14,150 |
By James McGovern Tag libraries were introduced into the Java specification to solve many of the limitations of using scriptlets (bits of Java code) as part of a JSP page. The main limitation is that advanced page design may require the designer to understand Java to perform tasks such as constructing a... Sep. 1, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 11,918 |
By James McGovern In my travels I've run across lots of bad Java code (some of which I've written myself). Usually it's due to unrealistic project deadlines, bad estimates for how long something will take, no architecture in place, and developers' not really understanding the subtleties of the language. Jun. 1, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 11,344 |
By James McGovern Database Programming with JDBC and Java by George Reese Published by O'Reilly & Associates May. 1, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 11,228 |
By James McGovern This is my first book review for Java Developer's Journal. As coauthor of a competing book, I figured I'd be very critical of the author's writing and the book's content. I must admit I'm pleasantly surprised; this is a really good book and, in many ways, better than the book I coautho... Mar. 1, 2001 12:00 AM EST Reads: 11,822 |
James McGovern is an industry thought leader and the author of the bestselling book: A Practical Guide to Enterprise Architecture (Prentice Hall). He is working on two upcoming books entitled: Agile Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise SOA. He is employed as an Enterprise Architect for The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. He holds industry certifications from Microsoft, Cisco and Sun. He is member of the Java Community Process and of the Worldwide Institute of Software Architects.
