Firebird Database Events and Message-oriented Middleware (part 1)

Firebird developers can use Firebird events to notify clients about changes in database record data. In this article, I will show and discuss some limitations of Firebird events and compare possible workarounds with a solution based on message-oriented middleware.How should I implement "server push" for new data, instead of "client pull"?For this article we assume … Continue reading Firebird Database Events and Message-oriented Middleware (part 1)

RabbitMQ in Action

Manning released the book "RabbitMQ in Action", Distributed messaging for everyone, by Alvaro Videla and Jason J.W. Williams, with a foreword by Alexis Richardson. A 37% discount code is available here. RabbitMQ in Action is a fast-paced run through building and managing scalable applications using the RabbitMQ messaging server. It starts by explaining how message … Continue reading RabbitMQ in Action

Enterprise Messaging News (June 2011)

HornetQ 2.2.5 Message Broker released June 17, 2011 - HornetQ 2.2.5.Final, available for download now, will be the first release included as the default Java Message System (JMS) provider in the JBoss AS 7 Java EE application server. Changes and bug fixes also include an issue in the Stomp Decoder. HornetQ is an open source … Continue reading Enterprise Messaging News (June 2011)

Enterprise Messaging News (April 2011)

Apache ActiveMQ 5.5 released April 1, 2011 - The Apache ActiveMQ team announced the release of Apache ActiveMQ 5.5.0. This is a maintenance release, bringing together over 130 resolved issues and many new features. Full details and download link can be found in the release page: http://activemq.apache.org/activemq-550-release.html Delphi 6 to XE and Free Pascal applications … Continue reading Enterprise Messaging News (April 2011)

Enterprise Messaging News (February 2011)

GlassFish 3.1 RC2 released February 11 - Build 41 of GlassFish 3.1, which is also the release candidate, integrates Jersey 1.5, Mojarra 2.1.0 Release Candidate 2, Grizzly 1.9.30, EclipseLink 2.2.0 RC3, Weld 1.1.0 final, and JavaDB 10.6.2.1. Just like previous milestones and promoted build, you can get RC 1 from http://download.java.net/glassfish/3.1/promoted/ Open Message Queue (OpenMQ) … Continue reading Enterprise Messaging News (February 2011)