Easy Database Manipulation with Groovy and Gradle
Taking a renewed look at Groovy, the under-hyped yet ubiquitous JVM based language, and how it makes database scripting easy.
WAR files vs. Java apps with embedded servers
When should you deploy a Java app to the server as a traditional WAR file, and when should you use an embedded server in the application itself? […]
Hosting a WordPress site on AppFog, without persistent file storage
How to host (and upgrade) a WordPress application on AppFog, despite the cloud platform’s lack of a persistent filesystem. […]
Moving from shared hosting to a PaaS
“Cloud” providers are maturing into a serious option for enterprise Java. On the smaller scale, they may soon make “cPanel”-based shared web hosts obsolete.