Category: Kev’s Blog

IBM have announced version 6.0 of their flagship application server, Websphere.

The next release is stated to have improvements across the board, and doesn’t include any one major new change, but rather offers improvements in Web Service support and SOA support.

New versions of WebSphere Studio Site Developer and WebSphere Studio Application Developer are also scheduled to be available by the end of this year. The products will be renamed Rational Web Developer for WebSphere Software and Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software.

TheServerSide.com have a good article by Debu Panda outlining the major changes in the EJB3.0 spec and gives some code examples of what exactly will be involved in implementing EJBs with the 3.0 spec.

Slashdot have a good review on the excellent book, Hibernate in Action, written by Gavin King and Christian Bauer.

The review is similar to my own impressions – the book is an excellent read and is well thought out, covering background information and useful examples that make the bok easy to read and follow.

This is probably the best technical book I’ve read (ie meaning actually read from cover to cover, rather than just used as reference material) for a long time. All too often technical books are a regurgitation of the API, or are just too dull to be actually ready as a book.

This book is definitely a recommended purchase for anyone already working with or considering working with Hibernate.

JBoss have released a preview release of the new EJB3.0 spec running on JBoss4.0.

Further info on their site.