When we are diagnosing problems in a Java (EE or otherwise) application, is often a good idea to check how garbage collection is performing. One of the basic and most unobtrusive actions is to enable garbage collection logging.
As you may know, if we add the following arguments to the java start command…
-Xloggc:<file_name> –XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintGCDateStamps
… the [...]
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Human readable JVM GC timestamps
Intellectual Property (IPR) Management and Monitoring Tools
It seems that every day projects have more and more dependencies on libraries (internal or external) and, of course, many of these depend on other libraries, resulting in a large dependency tree for any given project. How do you know if any of those libraries contain some code which is licensed in a way that [...]
Developing applications with SCA and a JBI-Based supporting infrastructure
We have been working with SOA technologies and solutions in the commercial and open-source arena for some years now and I would like to start a new series with this post covering the developments of two mayor standardisation efforts in this area, SCA (Service Component Architecture) and JBI (Java Business Integration).
While for some time [...]
Performance Tests with Jmeter, Maven and Hudson
Continuing with the series of blog posts regarding testing, automation and continuous integration, this time I will talk about how to integrate performance tests, in this case using Jmeter, with Maven and the Hudson continuous integration system. Jmeter is one of the main tools we use in our projects to create relevant performance tests, and [...]
TIBCO Designer Add-in for TIBCO Business Studio
Last week I finally had the opportunity to try a new product from TIBCO that I believe that, like me, many developers were asking for. I’m talking about TIBCO Designer Add-in for TIBCO Business Studio 1.0.0.
Back in the old days of Integration Manager, we needed two development tools, IM in one [...]
