Three Tricks to Make Your Application More Reliable

August 29 2013 Talk @ Toronto Java Users Group

Video of my talk Three Tricks to Make Your Application More Reliable on August 29 2013 at the Toronto Java Users Group

Abstract:

  • Protecting your system from others using circuit breakers
  • Automatic troubleshooting with environment self diagnostics
  • Make your log files highly monitorable and actionable with structured logging

All the tricks will be demonstrated with working code that you will be able to access from a public bitbucket.org repo.

Teach Your Tomcat Embedding Tricks

March 28 2013 Talk @ Toronto Java Users Group

Video of my talk Teach Your Tomcat Embedding Tricks on Mach 28 2013 at the Toronto Java Users Group

Abstract:

This presentation will provide you with an excellent intorduction to three different ways you can embedded Tomcat 7.0.x, along with some tricks for a more productive Tomcat, git & maven workflow. The presentation is a sequence of demos, source code and slides will be available on bitbucket. No previous Tomcat experience required.