NFJS, the Magazine
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About NFJS, the Magazine
- Includes an eclectic mix of articles centered on software development.
- Outstanding content that is easily consumed
- Covers the latest development tools, methods, and best practices
- All authors are speakers on the No Fluff Just Stuff Tour
- Makes a great reference
NFJS, the Magazine is published 10 times a year (the spring issue (January - March) followed by monthly editions April thru December). You will find 4-5 articles per edition along with a tips section and a great editorial piece. The editor in chief of NFJS, the Magazine is Andrew Glover. Andrew is a published author and speaker on the NFJS tour.
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The first 2010 issue will be available in the early spring.* Note: magazine is distributed as a PDF download. Each month you will receive a link to download the latest issue. However, it is formatted for convenient printing.
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In this Issue - December 2009
Hibernate Performance Tuning, Part 2
by Scott Leberknight
Tuning performance in Hibernate applications is all about reducing the number of database queries or eliminating them entirely using caching. In the first article in this two part series, you saw how to tune object retrieval using eager fetching techniques to optimize queries and avoid lazy-loads. In this second and final article, I’ll show you how inheritance strategy affects performance, how to eliminate queries using the Hibernate second-level cache, and show some simple but effective tools you can use to monitor and profile your applications.
Virtualization for Development
by Pratik Patel
We’ve been using virtualization for operations and server consolidation for many years already. Using virtualization in development can be a great tool for tackling a number of issues - automating testing, building development environments, and OS testing. In this article, we’ll go over some of these use cases. We’ll also do a step-by-step setup of a virtual development environment using the free and open-source VirtualBox software.
Emergent Design & Evolutionary Architecture
by Neal Ford
Architecture and design in software have resisted firm definitions for a long time because software development as a discipline has not yet fully grasped all their intricacies and implications. But to create reasonable discourse about these topics, you have to start somewhere. This article series concerns evolutionary architecture and emergent design, so it makes sense to start the series with some definitions, considerations, and other ground-setting.
Writing Secure Code with ESAPI
by Ken Sipe
It used to be that security was mainly the domain of administers of systems, where the focus on security was on the lower six of the OSI seven layer model. Developers for years have happily ignored this domain, if working in an environment where they were able, leaving the seventh layer, the application layer as the weakest link in network application security. Those days are quickly coming to an end. Security concerns now span the whole OSI model.
A Message From the Publisher
Jay Zimmerman - creator of the No Fluff Just Stuff Tour Series
Greetings!
First, let me take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support of No Fluff Just Stuff. The emphasis of this magazine is all about quality content just like our software conference series. For those of you not familiar with the No Fluff Just Stuff Symposium series let me share a little history. I started NFJS in 2002 to offer high quality technical content in a conference format and offered in over 30 cities throughout the U.S. and Canada. The credo of NFJS is simply: Local Venue, World Class Conference. NFJS offers individuals the opportunity to attend an outstanding conference right in your own backyard whether you live in Milwaukee, or Denver, just to name a few. The NFJS conference series is focused on great technical content(stuff) and little to no fluff - advertising, vendors, etc...
NFJS, the Magazine is an eclectic mix of articles centered on software development and all that entails. Whether you are a developer, architect or manager, you should find all of the articles in NFJS interesting and enlightening. All of the article authors are speakers on the No Fluff Just Stuff Tour and published thereby insuring a great read. We want this magazine to be time efficient for the reader. To me, NFJS the Magazine is all about outstanding content that is easily consumable. The other great thing about the format of this magazine is that you can easily read articles out of sequence over the months and refer back to something anytime. Unlike traditional magazines, NFJS has a much longer shelf life and makes a great reference source.
We are very excited to bring you NFJS, the Magazine ten times a year. I hope you find NFJS, the Magazine to be a great informational resource. Drop me an email and let me know your thoughts.
- Jay Zimmerman
- jzimmerman < at > nofluffjuststuff.com
- Publisher: NFJS, the Magazine
- Twitter: @NoFluff
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The first 2010 issue will be available in the early spring.* Note: magazine is distributed as a PDF download. Each month you will receive a link to download the latest issue. However, it is formatted for convenient printing.
A Note about PayPal
While PayPal is our payment processor, you do not need a PayPal account to purchase. PayPal accepts payments from all Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express cards, as well as some other localized payment types. The subscription will be sent to the email address that is provided to PayPal. If you need to change the subscription address, send us a note.