Latest News from Roland Barcia

AJAX Requests – Data or Markup?

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:45:00 EST

I just got back from the Real World AJAX seminar in NYC on Monday. Pretty good event with lots of good stories. One issue that caught my attention was the issue of how the back-end returned the data to AJAX applications. Most of the speakers preferred data, except for David Hansson from Ruby on Rails seemed to favor markup as the return type (at least that is what I understood him to say).

Building SOA Solutions with Service Component Architecture

Mon, 30 Jan 2006 09:45:00 EST

In the previous article (part 1 in WebSphere Journal vol: 3. iss: 4) we began to build an SCA project in WebSphere Process Server. Here in part 2 we pick up the discussion. To see the associated images, please view the article online at www.ibm.com/developerWorks/websphere.

Building SOA Solutions with SCA - Service Component Architecture

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:00:00 EST

You may be thinking, oh great, not another programming model. What about Web services? What happened to Enterprise JavaBeans? Well, Service Component Architecture (SCA) is not meant to replace or compete with any existing programming models. Instead, SCA gives you a model to define interfaces, implementations, and references in a technology neutral way, letting you then bind these elements to whichever technology specific implementations you choose.

Developing Java and Web Services Applications on Rational Application Developer V6

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:15:00 EST

In this article, WebSphere consultant Roland Barcia answers questions on developing J2EE and Web services applications on IBM Rational Application Developer V6 and deploying and testing those applications on WebSphere Application Server V6. Topics include using the various wizards, perspectives, and tools in Rational Application Developer to develop different types of J2EE applications, using the new Service Integration Bus Messaging Platform in WebSphere Application Server V6, differences from V5 of WebSphere Studio or WebSphere Application Server, using the default WebSphere Application Server V6 in Rational Application Developer, and deploying to full WebSphere Application Server V6 Network Deployment.

Examining the Programming Model Extensions

Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST

Back in version 4 of IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS), IBM released the Enterprise Edition of WAS. In version 5, IBM continued to release the Enterprise Edition (later renamed IBM WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundations in v5.1) with even more functionality. In version 5, the heart of the Enterprise Edition functionality was process choreographer, a Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE)-based workflow engine.

Build and Deploy Procedures

Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:00:00 EDT

This chapter, 'Build and Deploy Procedures' is excerpted from the new book, IBM WebSphere: Deployment and Advanced Configuration, authored by Roland Barcia, Bill Hines, Tom Alcott and Keys Botzum. © International Business Machines Corporation 2005.

JavaServer Faces (JSF) vs Struts

Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 EDT

My JSF article series and Meet the Experts appearance on IBM developerWorks received a lot of feedback. I would have to say, the most common question or feedback came along the lines of comparing Struts to JSF.