MARCH 7, 2007
By developers, for developers
REST and Web 2.0. Maven too

The Web 2.0 movement emphasizes “the support of lightweight programming models that allow for loosely coupled systems.” One of the protocols that has been at the forefront of this movement is Representational State Transfer (REST)—and close on its heels you will find the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), a lightweight data interchange format that’s particularly useful if you’re transferring data to a browser (Ajax anyone?). As our featured article states, if “your Web services consumers will be confined to the environment of a browser, JSON deserves serious consideration.”

Regards,
Jon Mountjoy
Editor, BEA Dev2Dev
An Introduction to JSON
Daniel Rubio provides an introduction to the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), illustrating its benefits, drawbacks and probably use scenarios as an alternative to XML.
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How To Dismantle a BPM Solution
Mariano Benitez, Integration Architect for the AquaLogic BPM Suite, takes another look at BPM. This time Mariano provides an architectural view of how BPM is implemented in the real world.
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Using Maven 2 to Build WebLogic Portal Applications
Apache Maven 2 is a popular open-source build system. In this tutorial, Gerald Nunn shows how to use Maven 2 to build WebLogic Portal applications.
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Featured Item
 
» EJB3 Java Persistence API: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  This well attended webinar is now available for on-demand viewing in the Dev2Dev Live! archives.
 
Upcoming Webinars
 
» AquaLogic Data Services Platform — Harnessing the data explosion
» An In-Depth Look at OpenJPA
 
On-demand Webinars
 
» Taking Fine-Grained Authorization Deeper into the Enterprise
» Delivering on Web 2.0 with WebLogic Portal and Ajax
 
 
Events
EclipseCon 2007
BEA are at EclipseCon 2007 this year, and our Dev2Dev event coverage page points to some of the sessions that we’ll be participating in - ranging from JSF tutorials to WTP and Maven. Check out and subscribe to the event coverage page for more details as the conference unfolds.
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CodeShare
CodeShare Upgrade Makes Project Management Easier
In CodeShare News, Jeremy tells us about how the recent CodeShare upgrade makes project management easier. “One of the biggest problems with project management on CodeShare has been with the complexity for updating the web content for your project” says Jeremy. The new CodeShare upgrade adds a WYSIWYG editor and makes the content modification a lot more wiki-like. Jeremy also points to New Code Samples For WebLogic Portal.
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In the Blogs
Towards SCA 1.0
New blogger Alex Miller tells us that “I intend to write a series of posts focused on understanding the Service Component Architecture (SCA) and introducing how BEA is using SCA. I would welcome any feedback on the posts themselves or especially on which areas of SCA need some illumination.”
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SOA: What About Data?
Another new blogger, Bradley Wright, asks “are you doing what most do which is to treat data access and update the same as in the pre-SOA days?” Brad is the Product Manager for the AquaLogic Data Services Platform, so look forward to reading more on this topic in the future.
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Where’s the Performance Applet from WebLogic Server 8.1
Mike Jasnowski writes about the performance applet available in the WebLogic Server 8.1 administration console. It’s not available by default in WebLogic Server 9.x, and Mike shows how to fix the situation in Where’s the performance applet from 8.1?. Mike provides additional details in More on the performance applet extension.
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Reduce the Risk from Changes to US Daylight Savings Time
BEA Guardian helps you identify where the upcoming Daylight Savings Time changes may pose a threat to you and provides detailed recommendations for how you can avert potential problems.
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