Walter Hurst

Often there is a distinction between concepts and how those concepts are applied in the real world. Design patterns are no exception. Design patterns are everywhere. It's hard to read a technology publication or Web site without seeing some reference to design patterns. By now you have probably read (or at least paged through) some of the design pattern books, such as Core J2EE Design Patterns or Design Patterns by the Gang of Four. At this point you are possibly asking some questions about design patterns. How will design patterns help me? Are they a silver bullet? Are there any problems with design patterns? Don't I get design patterns from my integrated development environment (IDE)? All of these are good questions to ask as you go through the process of adopting design patterns. Often there is a distinction between concepts and how those concepts are applied in ... (more)

The Critical Role of Application Architecture

Whether you're a developer writing code, a manager guiding a project, or a customer giving requirements, you're familiar with the steps needed to successfully create a business application. Often referred to as the application-development life cycle, these steps typically involve gathering requirements, and designing, developing, testing, and deploying the application. Sound easy? Anyone with any application experience knows that the application development process is fraught with unknowns. In the networked applications space, the unknowns can be even more extreme when it comes ... (more)

Critical Decisions for Service-Oriented Architecture

Services-oriented architecture (SOA) is quickly emerging as a strong technical foundation for enterprise applications. My company, involved in the development of application architecture solutions, has seen a growing emphasis on SOA to meet the integration, process-level reuse, and flexibility requirements of the dynamic enterprise environment. While simple Web services have educated the market on services, SOA is the implementation that most enterprises are adopting to achieve their goals. The W3C has a Web Services Architecture group that is working in this area. While the gro... (more)

Critical Decisions for Service-Oriented Architecture

(Walter Hurst, cofounder and CTO of Wakesoft, will present "Application Architecture- a Necessary Foundation for Web Services", at Web Services Edge 2002 West, in San Jose, CA, on October 1.) www.sys-con.com/WebServicesEdge2002West/. Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is quickly emerging as a strong technical foundation for enterprise applications. As a company involved in the development of application architecture solutions, we see a growing emphasis on SOA to meet the integration, process-level re-use, and flexibility requirements of the dynamic enterprise environment. While... (more)