developerWorks

30 Jun 2009 — Show descriptions | Hide descriptions

• Scala on your phone: Create mobile applications using Android, Scala, and Eclipse (Open source)

  Examine how you can use Scala as the primary development language on Android, allowing you to write mobile applications using a more expressive but also more type-safe programming language.

• Cloud computing in the enterprise: Using WebSphere CloudBurst to create private WebSphere clouds (WebSphere)

  Get introduced to IBM WebSphere CloudBurst and IBM WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition and discover how these new offerings bring the significant advantages of private cloud computing to WebSphere enterprise environments.

• Evolutionary architecture and emergent design: Emergent design through metrics (Java technology)

  Discover how intelligent use of metrics and visualizations lets you discover important code elements that are obscured by accidental complexity. Learn how finding idiomatic patterns is one of the key enablers for emergent design, and tools that make it easy to see patterns (both good and bad) greatly reduce the investigatory effort, leaving more time for refactoring your code to make it better.

• Get started with DB2 Performance Expert Extended Insight Feature (Information Management)

  Extend the capabilities provided in DB2 Performance Expert by providing end-to-end database monitoring using DB2 Performance Expert Extended Insight Feature so that you can quickly identify problems. This tutorial helps you install, configure, and validate this software while you uncover the mysteries of complex Java and database interactions.

• Build virtual appliances using the OVF toolkit (Linux)

  Familiarize yourself with the Open Virtualization Format, a new standard for creating virtual appliances, then get started building them with the OVF Toolkit, an Eclipse-based tool that makes packaging and distribution easy.

• Going green and staying secure (Web development)

  Understand the benefits and risks of telecommuting. Learn how to create secure mashup applications for business users, and be sure you know the important questions to ask service providers to help ensure a secure and reliable environment.