Author Archives: Reza Rahman

On February 26th, I went back to the Charleston, SC JUG to fill in for a speaker that dropped out at the last minute. JUG leader Jason McDonald requested that I talk about Spring’s support for JPA (material we cover in the last chapter of EJB 3 in Action – “EJB 3 and Spring”; theContinue reading “Spring JPA Support Talk at the Charleston JUG”

On February 19th, I did one of my most favorite talks at the Harrisburg JUG. Titled “Keeping a Relational Perspective for Optimizing JPA”, the talk is about some of the database centric performance tuning techniques I’ve utilized for JPA (and the persistence tier in general) over the years. I am very glad I finally foundContinue reading “JPA/Database Tuning Talk at the Harrisburg JUG”

On January 26th, I went back to the NYC JUG to give a preview of Java EE 6. Despite the unmistakable market crash in the NYC area, turnout was very good and folks seemed relatively upbeat. I went out for Dinner with JUG leader Dario and some of the other JUG members after the talk.Continue reading “Java EE 6 Preview at the NYC JUG”

I did my Java EE 6 preview talk at the NoVA JUG on January 8th. It was really great to see that the JUG has grown significantly since I spoke there last. The feedback from this crucial metropolitan area was great and the talk was very interactive. My good friend Dan Allen, the author ofContinue reading “Java EE 6 Preview at the NoVA JUG”

I gave a preview of EJB 3.1 at the NYC JUG on the 6th of November. I have to say this was one of the best speaking experiences I’ve had in a while. True to the intent of the talk, the crowd was very interactive and asked a number of excellent questions. The feedback onContinue reading “EJB 3.1 Talk at the NYC JUG”

On October 28th, I traveled all the way south to beautiful Charleston, SC to give a slightly belated EJB 3 primer! JUG leader Jason McDonald is trying hard to grow the fledgling Charleston JUG. The turnout was less than what we were expecting, but it was a pleasure to speak to the small group nonetheless.Continue reading “EJB 3 Primer at the Charleston JUG”

On October 21st, the CT JUG lead by Ryan Cuprak helds its first ever Java Conference. The conference was a very good success and I think met an important need for the large number of Java developers in the greater Connecticut area. I gave my Java EE 6 preview talk, as well as my brandContinue reading “Java EE 6 and EJB 3/Spring 2.5 Integration Talks in Connecticut”

We are deeply grateful to our readership for making EJB 3 in Action the kind of success that has exceeded all of our expectations. This is especially true considering widespread EJB 2 bashing, the maturity of EJB as a pioneer middleware technology and the authors’ relative humble roots. We are now in the very earlyContinue reading “Your Ideas for the Second Edition of EJB 3 in Action”

On September 30th, I gave my Java EE 6 preview talk at the Philly JUG. Run by Dave Fecak of JSync, the Philly JUG is one of the most successful ones in the world. The attendance was very good and so was the level of discussion, specially considering the size of the JUG. There wasContinue reading “Java EE 6 Preview at the Philadelphia JUG”

On September 18, I gave a preview of Java EE 6 at the Harrisburg JUG. The level of participation in this JUG is always great to see, especially since this is my old turf. I spoke about there about a year ago on EJB 3 and Spring. I am speaking there again in January aboutContinue reading “Java EE 6 Preview at the Harrisburg JUG”