Hang on ! Spring integration is due

One on the most expecting even happened on 25th January. Spring integration 1.0 M1 is released. This is something I have been looking for our integration framework design. People will have their options for these in different varieties. ActiveMQ is a well known option for EIP (Enterprise Integration Pattern). But it is used as MQ server more often than a platform for EIP. Then we have Mule which is an ESB solution, but Mule has its own flavor for EIP and it really works.

But spring integration framework must be much better option with time. Not just because it is spring, but it is because of its IOC. Even before you dig in to this Reference Manual you can think of how easy the applications could be wired using spring. And with spring web services and Spring integration , you can model a good SOA architecture in your applications.

I am going to have a try on this. Will update you with progress.

IVY 2.0 is released as apache project

Delighted to see Apache IVY released its 2.0 version under apache. IVY is a long time sitter under incubator and I surprised about it in this post. Good to see IVY is under apache label now. Even better I see it under ant which will definitely help promoting IVY. I always feel that ivy + ant will always a better option over maven for small and medium proprietary projects. We at hsenid use ivy heavily and it is our major dependency management setup.

Click here to see the release notes.

Congratulations IVY.

Is Your HTML Good Enough?

I found an article that have few links for browser testing services. Here are copy paste part of that article. You can access the original one from here.

IE NetRenderer will show your page in IE 5.5, 6, or 7, to give Mac and Linux-based designers a quick sanity check. It’s free and quick.

BrowsrCamp is designed to show off how your page looks under the various Mac browser out there. You can view Safari screenshots for free, or take VNC control of a live Mac loaded with 11 different browser for prices starting at $3 for 2 days.

Browsershots is the most comprehensive of the free services, offering screen captures of your site under dozens of different Linux, Mac, and Windows browsers. It’s also popular, and it can take quite a while for requests to work to the head of the queue to be rendered. They’ve recently introduced a $15 per month priority processing program to jump requests to the head of the queue.

BrowserCam offers an online interface for managing screenshots across a variety of recent browsers and operating systems including Linux, Mac, and Windows; their coverage is excellent. You can get a 24-hour free trial; after that, plans range from $19.95 for one-day access to $399.95 for a full year. Their separate Device Capture service is the only one I know that will do screenshots of your site on Blackberry and Windows Mobile devices.

Litmus covers a variety of Windows browser, from IE 5.0 up to the alpha of Firefox 3, and say they’re adding Mac browsers soon. Results are returned via screenshots. They also integrate bug tracking, version management, and private URLs you can use to share compatibility results with clients. These features come at a price after the initial 30-day trial: 39 euros monthly for an individual account, or 129 euros monthly for a team account.

Browser Photo comes from Keynote NetMechanic. They promise screenshots from Windows, Mac and Linux systems for a $15 one-time fee or $150 per year, but don’t offer any details on which browsers or versions they cover in advance of sign-up, or any trial program.

BrowserPool takes the VNC approach to provide access to Mac, Windows, and Linux systems. Their pricing starts at 29.99 euros for one month, but unfortunately their software versions are a bit out of date.