Ken Rimple

TechCast #8 – Manning Web Framework Shootout at Chariot ETE 2008

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Today we feature the first of a two part session from the 2008 Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise Conference.  The session, entitled “Web Framework Shootout,” was assembled and moderated by by Manning co-founder Marjan Bace and was one of the highlights of the conference.  Speakers included Yehuda Katz,  Chad Davis, Max Carlson, Robert Hansen, Bear … Read More

TechCast #7 – Andy Oswald on Running Ubuntu Linux on a MacBook Pro

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If you’re at all adventurous, you’ve probably loaded Linux on a PC sometime in your life.  Some of us avoid that pain by running (screaming) to Mac OS X, where we have a nice, pretty view of the world behind shiny and metallic, stylin’ boxes. Not Andy Oswald.  He’s a tried-and-true Linux OS guy (Ubuntu, … Read More

TechCast #6 – What’s new in Spring 2.5? (ETE Presentation)

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This presentation, by Rossen Stoyanchev from SpringSource, was delivered at the 2008 Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise conference.  Rossen discusses changes in the Spring Framework version 2.5, concerning Java and J2EE, AspectJ, OSGi, Annotation-driven configuration, Spring MVC, and new testing support with the TestContext framework. You can find the presentation slides on our web site … Read More

TechCast #4 – Rails 101 by Aaron Mulder (ETE Conference Session)

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Today’s show features Aaron Mulder and his Introduction to Rails talk.  It was recorded at Chariot’s 2008 Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise conference.  You can find many of the presentations in the Downloads section of Chariot’s web site, www.chariotsolutions.com. Aaron’s presentation is entitled Rails 101.  Click here for the PDF file and follow along.  iTunes … Read More

TechCast #3 – Interview: Scott Fraser of Portico Systems

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In this episode, Ken talks to Scott Fraser of Portico Systems. Scott has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, and co-founded Portico eleven years ago with CEO Ned Moore. Scott and I talk about scripting Java with Jython, large-scale 64-bit Java VMs, user interfaces using Netbeans’ Visual Library, and more. This episode features new theme music from … Read More