Docker, Oracle Images and Cloud

Luc Gorissen

Overview Oracle is embracing Docker – just like many other companies – as the de-facto standard in Container technologies. It has resulted in the certification of various Oracle products for running in Docker containers and even Oracle supported Docker images are available. Furthermore, Oracle offers 2 Cloud Service around containers: […]

Simple problems and simple solutions

Luc Gorissen

  Most developers have struggled with wires in SOA composites. You may find yourself in a situation where a wire has been deleted. Some missing wires are restored by JDeveloper. Other missing wires have to be added manually, by simply re-connecting the involved adapters and components. Simple. Recently, I had […]

Structure is Everything

Luc Gorissen

Middleware applications are normally build in a structured way – according to some architecture. However, often this structure can’t be recognized in the implementation. This article describes some simple measures that can be taken to improve on this point. The article does not intend to be complete,  but it should […]

I don’t like the Mediator

Luc Gorissen 6

Ok, so there you have it: I just don’t like the Mediator. I don’t really know why. But now that it’s in the open, let’s discuss it. I often see a pattern where a composite with a synchronous operation is implemented with a Mediator and BPEL component: I think that […]

Oracle and Mobile – an overview

Luc Gorissen 3

  This article had the working title ‘blurred lines’ because I felt that people might be confused about what Oracle offers in the mobile space. However, putting it on the internet with that title is not a good idea, because it would attract lots of people that are looking for […]

Oracle Process Cloud – first impressions

Luc Gorissen 1

As of this week, Oracle has released the Oracle Process Cloud Service (PCS): https://cloud.oracle.com/process. This PaaS cloud service offers a development platform for implementing business processes. Underpinning technology for this cloud service is the Oracle Fusion Middleware BPM stack. As a result, using the Process Cloud Service should be easy […]