Articles by John Crupi

What's Out and What's In for Knowledge Workers in 2008

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:15:00 EST

Some of us are ready for the Web 2.0 wave that is now breaking over us, and some of us are not. The McKinsey Quarterly just put out an insightful article, 'Eight Business Technology Trends to Watch' (registration required), that outlines eight unique business trends that will be enabled by the Web 2.0 technology wave. With apologies to the guys at McKinsey for oversimplifying their detailed work, here's my brief synopsis of their 'Big 8'

Implementing SOA Without Enterprise Mashups? You Might As Well Kiss Your Job Goodbye!

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:00:00 EDT

While these experts differ on issues like the importance of SOA ROI, how to calculate SOA ROI (if at all), and why we don't have more/better of it, they all seem to agree on one thing: 'Enterprise-wide support for SOA hinges on the ability to demonstrate value to the business at large - more growth, revenue opportunities, and all that good stuff.' (Joe's words, not mine.) And that's where your job is at stake. Or, at least, the long-term support of your SOA efforts.

Do-It-Yourself Enterprise Mashups?

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 11:30:00 EDT

About a a year and a half ago JackBe issued a warning, 'DIY Ajax = DOA Ajax', that said writing your own AJAX widgets was dangerous to your health and your career. Today, with over a hundred open source and commercial AJAX toolkits and frameworks, we can safely say we were right.

AJAX + SOA: The Next Killer App

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:00:00 EDT

Enterprises trying to improve business unit productivity and the reuse of IT assets continue to struggle. IT organizations have achieved some success by attacking these challenges with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), but in most cases have still only exposed small portions of the overall IT service portfolio. Much of this struggle has been to deliver a 'just enough' SOA to the business unit to improve its ability to build applications and features to get to market faster, better, and cheaper. And as we've learned, accomplishing this is easier said than done.

Real-World AJAX Book Preview: Runtime File Description

Fri, 25 May 2007 13:00:00 EDT

The runtime file contains JackBe code that represents the JackBe form content. When this form is parsed on the client, the NQ Suite's core will process it and convert it into HTML code that the browser can understand.

Real-World AJAX Book Preview: JackBe Visual UI Builder (JackBuilder)

Thu, 24 May 2007 13:45:00 EDT

JackBe was the first company to provide a WYSIWYG visual GUI development tool for developing AJAX applications, releasing version 1.0 of JackBuilder in 2003.

Real-World AJAX Book Preview: Business RIAs: Creating the 'AJAX Bank' Application with the JackBe NQ Suite

Wed, 23 May 2007 13:00:00 EDT

JackBe's NQ Suite is a complete set of development tools that allows rapid development of sophisticated rich client applications using AJAX.

AJAX + SOA: The Next Killer App

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:00:00 EST

Focusing on the "A"(rchitecture) in AJAX

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 15:00:00 EDT

Focusing on the 'A'(rchitecture) in AJAX

Sun Distinguished Engineer John Crupi On SOA and Kitchen Renovation

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 03:00:00 EST

'So much can go wrong if all stakeholders are not in complete sync - in both the kitchen renovation and SOA world,' writes John Crupi. Currently in the process of renovating his kitchen, he keep seeing similarities between renovating a kitchen and building a SOA. Read on for his brilliant analogy...

Core J2EE Patterns

Wed, 01 Aug 2001 00:00:00 EDT

Welcome to the first installment of the 'Core J2EE Patterns' column by the Sun Java Center (www.sun.com/service/sunps/jdc). Every other month, we (Deepak Alur, Danny Malks, myself, and other architects from the Sun Java Center) will discuss various topics from our book, Core J2EE Patterns, Best Practices and Strategies (Alur, Crupi, Malks, Prentice Hall/Sun Press, 2001). These topics include each of the 15 J2EE patterns in our catalog, design strategies, bad practices, refactorings and pattern-driven design in the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE).