Sun, 23 December 2007 Episode 81: Interview Erich Gamma This episode is a conversation with Erich Gamma. We covered the four things he is known for in chronological order. We started with design patterns and the Gang-of-Four book of which he is the lead author. We then looked at JUnit, the testing framework he coauthored with Kent Beck and how it introduced unit testing to the masses. The next topic is obviously Eclipse, where Erich and his lab in Zürich is responsible for the Java Development Tooling. We also briefly discussed The Eclipse Way, the (obviously) successful process the Eclipse team uses for developing Eclipse itself. Finally, we're looking at Erich's current endeavour, the Jazz project. Jazz is a technology for collaborative software development. Direct download: seradio-episode81-erichGamma.mp3 Category:Episodes -- posted at: 7:37pm CEST

Thu, 13 December 2007 Episode 80: OSGi with Peter Kriens and BJ Hargrave This episode is about OSGi, the dynamic module system for Java. Our guests are Peter Kriens (OSGI's Technical Director) and BJ Hargrave (OSGI's CTO). We'll discuss what OSGi is all about and why and in which contexts it is useful. Additionally we are having a look at the different layers of OSGI and where and how they are used. Other questions discussed are: What means dynamicity in an OSGI environment? Where is OSGI used? What’s the future of OSGI? How does OSGI interact with existing middleware solutions? How can I run several versions of the same JAR at the same time? Where are OSGI’s problems? Direct download: seradio-episode80-osgiWithKriensAndHardgrave.mp3 Category:Episodes -- posted at: 8:03am CEST

Mon, 3 December 2007 Episode 79: Small Memory Software with Weir and Noble In this Episode we're discussing patterns for small memory software with the authors of the like-named book Charles Weir and James Noble. We look at various aspects of the small memory problem: How can you manage memory use across a whole system? What can you do when you have run out of primary storage? How can you fit a quart of data into a pint pot of memory? How can you reduce the memory needed for your data? How do you allocate memory to store your data structures? Answers to all those questions are provided in this Episode, and of course in their book. Direct download: seradio-episode79-smallMemoryWithWeirAndNoble.mp3 Category:Episodes -- posted at: 10:19am CEST