Latest News from Michael Gendelman

Implementing WebLogic QL

Fri, 02 Aug 2002 00:00:00 EDT

One of the toughest challenges of any software development architecture is reconciling the object-oriented paradigm with that of the relational database. If this isn't done properly, the object layer will become too closely tied to the database schema and any change to the database schema will cause a large amount of rework in the object layer.

SQL Server and WLS

Tue, 26 Mar 2002 00:00:00 EST

SQL Server isn't usually at the top of the list when it comes to selecting a database for J2EE development. Organizations that have made a commitment to Java and J2EE are likely to be Unix shops, making them highly unlikely to choose SQL Server, which can only be hosted on the Windows platform. Furthermore, the front-end client tools that come packaged with SQL Server can only be used on Windows.

Building and Deploying Applications with Ant

Wed, 06 Feb 2002 00:00:00 EST

As a software developer I enjoy designing and developing new systems, but I don't enjoy spending time on configuration. Building and deploying WebLogic applications can quickly become complex. Each deployed unit, whether it's an EJB JAR File, WAR File, or EAR File requires deployment descriptors to be placed in specific directories.