http://weblogs.java.net/blog/giovanisalvador/ en-us 2008-05-22T08:24:21-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/giovanisalvador/archive/2008/05/i_already_inter.html In lots of job interviews I have participated as interviewer for Java positions it is clear the lack of architectural knowledge some developers have. Here I post a typical dialog between one developer and I and some considerations about it. Community: Java Enterprise giovanisalvador 2008-05-22T08:24:21-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/giovanisalvador/archive/2008/04/refactoring_for.html Sometimes small modifications help applications to improve performance. Here an example on how a small modification helped a critical application to improve its performance without big refactorings. Performance giovanisalvador 2008-04-28T07:36:07-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/giovanisalvador/archive/2008/03/java_and_the_ne.html I was talking to some of my team mates in Austin regarding the usage of Spring as opposed to "Heavy Weight Containers". They asked what I think about using Spring in the new features of an application they are working... Community: Java Enterprise giovanisalvador 2008-03-16T15:55:35-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/giovanisalvador/archive/2008/01/are_we_becoming.html When a developer starts to become a dinosaur for a programming language? Is Java in the process of making us dinosaurs? Community giovanisalvador 2008-01-07T09:17:38-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/giovanisalvador/archive/2007/12/jugs_challenge.html Java is a technology which has one of the most (if not the most) active community around the world. Java Users Groups organize events, meetings, all sort of activities with basically two goals: To promote and discuss Java technlogy. Bot how are JUGs organized? What are the challenges that JUGs face to achieve what they are intended to do? This post presents some of the problems JUGs face (at least JUGs I know in Brazil). Community: Java User Groups giovanisalvador 2007-12-12T19:29:19-08:00