On the 15th of this month, I presented my popular EJB 3/Spring/Hibernate comparison talk at the Northern Virginia Java User Group (NoVAJUG). This bunch was by far the most lively I have ever seen. I always thought of the DC area to be filled with sedate government employee types. Nothing could be farther from the truth!
There were a number of people in the crowd who have used both EJB 2.x and Spring+Hibernate in a production environment and have explored EJB 3 (the room was filled to capacity). To be truthful, it felt a little bit like preaching to the choir, and I picked up a number of pretty good ideas from the crowd.
Folks pointed out the EJB 3 deployment, performance tuning, clustering and administration support for Java EE application servers like WebLogic 10. Someone suggested a performance benchmark for both the stacks. I thought that was an excellent idea. I’ll talk it over with Debu and see what he thinks…I know Oracle produced a benchmark comparing EJB 3 and EJB 2.x. I wonder if they could produce one for Spring+Hibernate and the Oracle AS EJB 3 container + TopLink JPA provider? It would be a very intriguing experiment indeed…
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Reza Rahman is an accomplished technologist with decades of experience in leadership, architecture, engineering, and consulting. He is recognized worldwide as a thought leader in the enterprise Java space. He has worked with Java since its inception, including working as a key technologist in Oracle’s and Microsoft’s Java teams. Reza has led the development of enterprise class systems for well-known companies like eBay, Motorola, Comcast, Nokia, Prudential, Guardian Life, USAA, Independence Blue Cross, Anthem, CapitalOne, and AAA using Java, Spring, and Java EE/Jakarta EE.
He is the author of the popular book EJB 3 in Action. Reza has long been a frequent speaker at Java User Groups and conferences worldwide including JavaOne and Devoxx. He has been the lead for the enterprise Java track at JavaOne as well as a JavaOne Rock Star Speaker award recipient. He was the program chair for the inaugural JakartaOne conference. Reza has been an avid contributor to industry journals like DZone. He has been a member of the Java EE, EJB, and JMS expert groups over the years. He represented Microsoft at the Jakarta EE and MicroProfile steering committees. Reza implemented the EJB container for the Resin open source Java application server. He helps lead the Philadelphia Java User Group. Reza is a founding member of the Jakarta EE Ambassadors.
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