Taking a renewed look at Groovy, the under-hyped yet ubiquitous JVM based language, and how it makes database scripting easy.
Easy Database Manipulation with Groovy and Gradle
Ruby
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.