DevOps

Perhaps a bit early, but there are some things that I'm excited about in the coming year that I want to share, the following topics pique my interest: ...

Over the past 4 years, Spring took a step back and JEE got much of the spotlight in the world of Java. Something that I embraced for several reasons, but Spring wasn't actually gone, it just got slightly misplaced. ...

There's a lot of talk about DevOps, presented as though it's very new and something we've yet to get any experience with, this most definitely is not the case. First of all, let's identify what we're talking about. Strictly limiting our scope to DevOps, Development and Operations, the core principle is bringing together Development and Operations, providing a single team with a mandate to deliver their software. Something we can indeed consider new in the world of enterprise development, a place with great solitary towers on great solitary islands. Development and Operations are often so distant from another in this world, that it requires someone with a tie to intervene when the two try to work together. On the other hand, companies whose purpose in life it is to deliver a product are left gawking in awe at the whole DevOps discussion, wondering what has happened to make their way of working so special. ...