Full Stack, Toronto 2015

This Fall, I'll be speaking at Full Stack, Toronto 2015! The conference focuses on the full stack used by developers to power the web. My talk will present how Apache Karaf provides an ecosystem (stack) for building micro service architectures for SOA and SDN.

Tittle:
"Empowering MicroServices with Apache Karaf"

Description:
"Deploying modular Java applications requires a container capable of supporting their special needs out of the box - Apache Karaf provides this and more.

Apache Karaf has become the defacto modular application container for Service Oriented Architectures and Software Defined Networking. These Karaf-based projects are powering web services and network infrastructure world wide.

In this session we'll present how Apache Karaf provides an ecosystem for supporting modular development and deployments of modern micro service architectures found in today's largest SOA and SDN infrastructures."

OSGi Starter - The essential guide to modular development with OSGi for the serious application developer.

Earlier this year Johan and I were approached by Packt Publishing to submit an outline on OSGi for their Starter series. Both Johan and I have been working with modular java frameworks and runtime environments for years - so being given an opportunity to share our experiences and help developers quickly come up to speed was a fortuity.

Our goal was write the book such that a java developer could pick it up on a Friday afternoon and come Monday morning be ready to join a team project based in OSGi, with an already established software architecture, and be productive. 

To this end some of the points our book focuses on are:

• Discover the basic tenets of the OSGi and modular programming. 
• Deploy and manage your OSGi applications in a runtime container. 
• Gain familiarity with OSGi tooling 
• Understand the Bundle as the most basic layer of OSGI modularity. 
• Master the OSGi Lifecycle model for modular code. 
• Learn about Services - producer and consumer bundles are demonstrated.
• Gain exposure to key OSGi patterns such as Whiteboard and Extender. 
• Find more information and supporting communities for OSGi developers.

Our book is expected to be available in December 2012 pending any unforeseen production issues.