wasdev_bkail

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Now! The 8.5.next beta on wasdev.net has EJB and JMS. Download the beta and try it out.

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Support for java:app/ for embedded data sources (and resource-ref, env-entry, etc.) is in the 8.5.next beta.

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Our development process is mostly agile.

I miss structs when programming in Java. I spent too long debugging a problem today that was ultimately caused by signed bytes, so I guess I missed unsigned types, too...

I personally find AOP difficult to work with for the same reason that it's so powerful: action at a distance.

All software development is a matter of architectural trade-offs, and our design process is very meticulous about evaluating those trade-offs, so I like to pretend we don't choose horrible trade-offs very often :-).

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I think the holistic config is really nice in WAS Liberty Profile.

8.5.0 passed the TCKs for all the technologies that it included (servlet, JSF, JSP, etc.).

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I've been working on various components in WAS for 8 years now, and I still get huge joy when I make small changes that make life easier for customers: error message improvements, better doc, simplified config, shortcut commands, etc. There's such a large install base, that even small improvements have a big effect.

For example, I worked on "server javadump" in Liberty 8.5.0.1 for triggering javacore/threaddump and heapdump/hprof without needing external tools, signals, etc. If nothing else, it makes my job easier :-).

So, I expect I'll keep doing stuff like that.