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Taking JUnit Out of the Box Publish Date: Jul. 13, 2005
JUnit is practically ubiquitous among Java developers as a way to test code, but it's somewhat limited by the fact that it's only meant to run in one JVM on one box, hampering its usefulness when developing distributed applications. In this article, Amir Shevat shows how the open source JUnit extension Pisces helps JUnit overcome this limitation.
Enterprise Streaming Publish Date: Apr. 20, 2005
The Java Message Service is a lynchpin of J2EE, but is in some ways more difficult and less flexible than more basic forms of communication, like the stream model of the java.io package. However, as Amir Shevat writes, the two are not mutually exclusive--you can write to JMS topics and queues with streams.
Designing a Fully Scalable Application Publish Date: Feb. 16, 2005
It's difficult, maybe impossible, to know up front how much or in what ways your application will need to scale. But by decoupling parts of the application, you can at least ensure that the scaling process can be kept modular. Amir Shevat shows how some sharable pieces of the MantaRay messaging system can allow your app to grow beyond one box.
Distributed Enterprise Messaging with MantaRay Publish Date: Dec. 8, 2004
Java Messaging Service (JMS) is a much-used system for distributed enterprise applications, but many implementations use a "broker" approach that creates bottlenecks. MantaRay implements the JMS API through a peer-to-peer approach that, as Amir Shevat reports, provides some significant advantages.
How to Use JMS with PHP Publish Date: Oct. 27, 2004
Java Messaging Service (JMS) is a great enterprise messaging architecture, but what if you have have a web application written in a non-Java language that wants to participate in JMS? Amir Shevat shows how PHP can be made to work with JMS.
