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Java Business Process Management (jBPM)

2012-07-26T01:29:00.000-07:00

jBPM is a flexible Business Process Management (BPM) suit. It makes the bridge between business analysts and developers. Traditioan; BPM engines have a focus that is limited to non-technocal people only. jBPM has a dual focus: it offers process management features in a way that both business users and developers like it.

What does jBPM do?

A business process allows you to model your business goals by describing the steps that need to be executed to achieve that goal (in most cases the goal is to make money) and the order, using a flow chart. This greatly improves the visibility and agility of your business logic, results in higher-level and domain-specific representations that can be understood by business users and is easier to monitor.

The core of jBPM is a light-weight, extensible workflow engine written in pure Java that allows you to execute business processes using the latest BPMN specification. It can run in any Java environment, embedded in your application or as a service.

BPM makes the bridge between analysts, developers and end users, by offering process management features and tools in a way that both business users and developers like it.

jBPM is also not just an isolated process engine. Complex business logic can be modeled as a combination of business processes with business rules and complex event processing.

Features of Google +

2011-07-29T04:33:00.002-07:00

Better Privacy
The circles format is appealing in Google+. It is like a diaspora way of sharing your content with other users. It helps in balancing the personal and professional life. It is also easier in targeting the content to ones individual circles.

Facebook, in this matter, has been criticized many times for dubious privacy changes. Facebook unhappy users will surely cater to Google Plus that offers easy privacy option use in single location. Moreover, if you want to delete your account in Google Plus, the option is straightforward. Disgruntled Facebook users may be taking interest in Google plus for this feature.

Hangouts
This is one more highlight of Google+ and it needs to be in the forefront while boosting the product. It is a video based group chat and up to ten members can join it simultaneously.

My experience says that no other video software performed so well in group chats as Google Plus Hangouts did. I consider it to be the solution. Well, it may be the solution to only a small percentage of people who need it for work and professional reasons. I doubt how many of new users may require it.

Integration
You can integrate multiple Google products in one location. It ties with chat, Latitude, +1, Google Profiles, Chrome, Google One Bar, Android, Gmail, Google page designs etc seamlessly. If you have tuned your settings properly then Google Plus works good with all these.

Gmail Notification
The notification feature of Google Plus is not so annoying and confusing as like other social sites. If you are using Google Plus along with Gmail then it won’t. You will find the profile pictures seamlessly tied in. Also you will have the feel of a website and not of an inbox with it.

Some Popular Programming Languages for 2011

2011-07-29T04:33:00.000-07:00

Java
For the enterprise, Java and Microsoft's .NET rule. However, Java has the edge, as it is No. 1 language in terms of number of developers. According to Evans Data, there are more than 9 million Java developers in the world. That means there are tons of Java applications out there that will have to be supported, updated and maintained. Furthermore, Java is the language of the Android mobile operating system. Android provides the tools and APIs necessary to begin developing applications for the Android OS using the Java programming language. Java ranks No. 1 on the TIOBE Programming Community Index for June 2010 (after a brief stint at No. 2, behind C, in May). The need for Java developers to build new Java applications is not about to wane.

C#
C# is a multiparadigm programming language encompassing imperative, functional, generic, object-oriented and component-oriented programming disciplines. Microsoft developed C# within its .NET initiative and the language was later approved as a standard by Ecma and ISO. C# also is slated by Microsoft to become the primary development language for Windows Phone 7. Like Java, C# is big in the enterprise. However there are considerably fewer C# developers than there are Java developers. But the importance of C# as part of the Microsoft .NET strategy and its support through the Visual Studio tools suite make C# a formidable contender in the programming language race. C# ranked No. 6 on the most-recent TIOBE Index.

C/C++
We know they are not the same language, though C++ builds on C and began as an extension of the C language. Though sometimes viewed as "nichey," C++ is widely used in the software industry. Some of its key application domains include systems software, application software, device drivers, embedded software, high-performance server and client applications, and entertainment software such as video games. C++ has greatly influenced many other popular programming languages, most notably Java. Furthermore, C and C++ ranked No. 2 and 3, respectively, on the most-recent TIOBE Index.

JavaScript (along with CSS and HTML)
JavaScript is the language of the Web. It powers all of the popular Web browsers and that says it all. JavaScript was ranked No. 11 on the most-recent TIOBE Index.

Visual Basic
Like the BASIC programming language, Visual Basic was designed to be easily learned and used by beginner programmers. The language not only allows programmers to create simple GUI applications, but it can also be used to develop complex applications. Programming in VB is a combination of visually arranging components or controls on a form specifying attributes and actions of those components, and writing additional lines of code for more functionality. With ease of use as a selling point, Visual Basic caught on like wildfire. There is simply too much VB code out there to ignore this language in any list of 10 programming languages. Visual Basic ranked No. 5 on the most-recent TIOBE Index.

PHP
PHP is very popular for corporate applications and for Web design. If you want to be a freelancer it's a good language to know. PHP was designed as a general-purpose scripting language that was originally designed for Web development to produce dynamic Web pages. PHP was ranked No. 4 on the most-recent TIOBE Index.