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Architecture in an Agile world
This Blog is a kick off to for many writings about architecture in an Agile World. We will explore the topic from all the views possible, in order to gain a better understanding about it. By doing so,...
View ArticleUsefulness of a flexible architecture
A flexible architecture can only come to its full potential when the organization itself is flexible. Recently I worked at a classical, hierarchal organization with all kinds of rigid procedures. The...
View ArticleDeployit integrated with DPAdmin for heterogeneous deployments to IBM...
In a previous blog I talked about the integration we've achieved between XebiaLabs' Deployit and IBM's Workload Deployer (still called WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance at the time) to allow users to...
View ArticleAndroid Package Synergy
Unlike announced in my previous post this one is neither soon nor on a surprise topic. It is about a general aspect of Android that is, to my opinion, very powerful but often under utilized. Android...
View ArticleCost Effective, Fast and Scalable: Is It Time You Considered Automated App...
Our approach to software development has changed in the last few years. IT professionals and software developers are working more closely together than ever before. The DevOps trend also extends to an...
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Developing a SOA-based integration layer framework: introduction
A few years ago I was asked by one of our customers to help them make better use of their integration layer. At that time it consisted of 2 or 3 integration platforms, some home-made software running...
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Developing a SOA-based integration layer framework: goals
A few years ago I was asked by one of our customers to help them make better use of their integration layer. Ever since then me and my team have been working on a framework in support of that. This is...
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Developing a SOA-based integration layer framework: challenges
A few years ago I was asked by one of our customers to help them make better use of their integration layer. Ever since then me and my team have been working on a framework in support of that. This is...
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Developing a SOA-based Integration Layer Framework: Features
A few years ago I was asked by one of our customers to help them make better use of their integration layer. Ever since then me and my team have been working on a framework in support of that. This is...
View ArticleVert.x with core.async. Handling asynchronous workflows
Anyone who was written code that has to coordinate complex asynchronous workflows knows it can be a real pain, especially when you limit yourself to using only callbacks directly. Various tools have...
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About snowmen and mathematical proof why agile works
Last week I had an interesting course by Roger Sessions on Snowman Architecture. The perishable nature of Snowmen under any serious form of pressure fortunately does not apply to his architecture...
View ArticleMicroservices versus the common SOA implementation
When I was first reading about MSA architectures (MSA) I had a hard time figuring out what was so different from a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Main reason for this is that the SOA paradigm...
View ArticleMicroservices architecture principle #1: Each Microservice delivers a single...
Microservices are a hot topic. Because of that a lot of people are saying a lot of things. To help organizations make the best of this new architectural style Xebia has defined a set of principles that...
View ArticleMicroservices architecture principle #2: Autonomy over coordination
Microservices are a hot topic. Because of that a lot of people are saying a lot of things. To help organizations make the best of this new architectural style Xebia has defined a set of principles that...
View ArticleMicroservices Architecture Principle #3: small bounded contexts over one...
Microservices are a hot topic. To help organizations make the best of this new architectural style Xebia has defined a set of principles that we feel should be applied when implementing a Microservice...
View ArticleMicroservices architecture principle #4: Asynchronous communication over...
Microservices are a hot topic. Because of that a lot of people are saying a lot of things. To help organizations make the best of this new architectural style Xebia has defined a set of principles that...
View ArticleMicroservices principles #5: Best technology for the job over one technology...
Microservices are a hot topic. Because of that a lot of people are saying a lot of things. To help organizations make the best of this new architectural style Xebia has defined a set of principles that...
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Service Integration at the Presentation Layer
How did we end up here? Fifteen years ago, at the end of the two-tier client server age, people started to realize the importance of distinguishing between at least three different layers in the...
View ArticleBare bones SOA
Software vendors have hijacked a potentially useful concept by pushing heavy weight complex tools like ESBs. The goal of this article is to find out which of those tools we really need so we can stay...
View ArticleForum Sentry XML Gateway
Last week I got a presentation for a security device I had never heard about. Most times this means it is something which is not commodity, or has no real use-case. But this time I was really...
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