Kirk Knoernschild

By Kirk Knoernschild

n 2007, OSGi was heralded as a contender for most important technology of the decade. Today, most developers have heard of OSGi, but few are using it to develop their enterprise software applications. OSGi might be the most heralded technology that nobody is using. Is OSGi failing? Who is using it? And what exactly are its benefits? Is it really too complex for the average enterprise developer?

In this session, we'll explain the benefits of OSGi, and show that it's not just for the middleware vendor. We'll learn how you can use OSGi without making significant changes to how you write your software applications. We'll explore the OSGi ecosystem, including platforms that support OSGi. Through code examination, we'll see how the Spring framework allows us to leverage OSGi in a non-invasive way. We'll discover how OSGi encourages Polyglot programming on the Java platform. And we'll take a brief glimpse into the future of modularity on the Java platform. You'll walk away with a much better understanding of OSGi, its strengths and benefits, how to use it effectively, as well as the myths surrounding its use.

By Kirk Knoernschild

Modularity is coming to the Java platform! But contrary to popular belief, you don't need a framework or a new runtime to start building modular software applications. You can start today. Learn how!

In this session, we'll examine what it means to develop modular software on the Java platform. We'll examine the goals and benefits of modular software, and explore the patterns of modular architecture that help us develop modular software systems. With just a few easy steps, we'll see how to transform our software from a huge monolith to an extensible system of collaborating software modules. By examining an existing software system, we'll see first hand how we can increase software modularity with minimal disruption. You'll walk away not just with a much deeper understanding of the benefits of modular software, but also a migration roadmap for refactoring existing applications to increase their modularity. In other words, you'll see how to get ready today for the application platform of tomorrow.

By Kirk Knoernschild

Agile methods are proven on small teams. But really...almost any process works with a team of one. As team size increases, however, challenges mount. How do we organize the team? How do I manage Sprints across the teams? Is it possible to conduct effective code reviews? What are the essential practices that maintain team unity?

In this session, we'll focus on proven practices that help large software development teams in excess of 100 developers maintain their agility. We'll explore the importance of automation, dealing with geographically dispersed teams, and the need for transparency. You'll walk away with actionable advice and a better understanding of what it takes to create a development process that scales to large teams and is sustainable long-term.