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• 10gen's Steve Francia talks MongoDB

  Join Andrew Glover and Steve as they discuss 10gen, MongoDB — its rapid adoption and new features — and the upcoming release.

• Explore alternative languages for the Java platform (knowledge path)

  The JVM's ability to execute machine- and language-independent bytecode opens a world of problem-solving possibilities to polyglot programmers. This knowledge path is an overview of some of the robust languages that can complement your Java programming skills by taking full advantage of the Java platform.

• Java technical podcast series: Jeff Kunkle dives deep into Node.js

  Near Infinity's Director of Mobile Solutions goes beyond the hype about Node.js to clear up misconceptions and explain what it is (and isn't) and where it's best applied in your applications.

• Java technical podcast series: Emil Eifrem, the man behind Neo4j

  Neo4j, the popular NoSQL graph database, has garnered a lot of press and praise. Find out more about this robust open source database, how to access data from it, and how you can best apply it in your projects.

• Functional thinking: Functional design patterns, Part 2

  View problems in new ways by experimenting with different solutions to a common problem — incompatible interfaces — using traditional design patterns, metaprogramming, and functional composition.

• Java technical podcast series: Jaspersoft's Karl Van den Bergh talks big data, BI, and Jaspersoft's open source offerings

  Learn more about Jaspersoft's open source data connectors project — what they do and how to get started — to pull data from any number of NoSQL datastores to do the reporting and analytics required by today's applications.