CA World

Its that time again!

CA’s latest application development newsletter is out…..

Latest news includes a bunch of CA Gen roadshows in many States, you can register for them here

I’m not going to wax lyrical about the content, since you should be subscribing to this newletter ! Its well worth it to find out about “happenings” in the CA Gen world.

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To componentise or not ?

I have long postulated over componentisation (generally and within Gen) – I speak to people who evangelise about components and how they are a good thing, increasing productivity, flexibility and getting reuse out of your application assets in a controlled fashion.

I haven’t been particularly “into” components and CBD, preferring the traditional approach of utilising common code, as opposed to components.

One of the things that has always put me off investigating componentisation in more detail is that there seemed to be more management of “bits of stuff” required than “traditional” development. You had to have different models, specifications and implementations etc. whereas just a common action block would do, so, in my opinion, the amount of effort required to manage those “bits of stuff” outweighed the benefits of componentisation (rightly or wrongly!).

I therefore was surprised that I took a fresh look at componentisation – at CA World a couple of weeks ago, in the context of a workshop with IET and their new GuardIEn 8.0 product – when I wasn’t expecting to.

As a long-time GuardIEn user, I was aware of the fact that in a large-scale Gen site, you can’t do without it for model and configuration management, but stretch that a little further and get it to manage your “bits of stuff” in the CBD world. So – now the amount of effort required on the configuration management side of things is reduced/eliminated then the benefits of a component-based approach become more tangible.

Stop Press! May Mainframe Madness extended!

CA have extended May Mainframe Madness into June ! You can still access the presentations, product demonstrations and podcasts until the end of June – the link is the same (http://www.ca.com/mmm). Don’t forget to visit the CA Gen booth and understand the strategy and vision for CA Gen, and hear about the partner products within the ecosystem.

Perhaps someone could suggest a new name – “June Juggernaut Jollines?” – all entries gratefully received – just leave a comment.

My feet were in the clouds at CA World 2010

At CA World 2010 – there was a mysterious pair of feet at the Cloud Commons area (www.cloudcommons.com)  at CA World 2010 …..

… the new CA-sponsored site for cloud computing.

This is interesting (not simply because of those feet) but since cloud-enablement is on the CA Gen futures list (more about that soon) it makes sense to get involved and learn about cloud services and cloud computing in general.

Oh and yes - they ARE my feet !!!!

Download CA World 2010 Sessions

The sessions from CA World 2010 are available from the CA World website for download – there are many CA Gen sessions (the ones that I attended!) and more of course!