Contents tagged with Virtual Shared Memory
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NSimpleDB - Use Amazon´s SimpleDB data model in your applications now - Part 3
In my previous postings about Amazon´s SimpleDB data model and API I explained, what Amazon´s online database service - or to be more precise: tuple space - has to offer in general. If this sounds interesting to you, then now welcome to the desktop. Because it´s the desktop on which you can actually experience what it´s like to use such a tuple space. SimpleDB currently (as of Jan 08) is just in limited beta and you have to line up to get one of the limited test accounts.
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NSimpleDB - Use Amazon´s SimpleDB data model in your applications now - Part 2
Amazon´s SimpleDB is an exciting new player in the database world. It´s free, it´s online, it´s not relational. SimpleDB is a dynamic database implementing a tuple space. Currently SimpleDB (as of Jan 08) is in beta - but not everyone can get his hands on it. You have to apply and line up for one of the limited test accounts.
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NSimpleDB - Use Amazon´s SimpleDB data model in your applications now - Part 1
Have you heard about Amazon´s online "database service" SimpleDB? They describe it like this: "Amazon SimpleDB is a web service for running queries on structured data in real time." So it´s not a RDBMS, because Amazon does not call the data "relational", but just "structured". And you use a web service based API to access the data, not good old ADO.NET. Currently SimpleDB is in beta. You can get a test account to play around with it - if you´re patient. As of this writing (Jan 08) evaluation is limited; you need to apply and queue up to be assigned a test account. I have about 2 weeks ago, but haven´t heard from Amazon since then.
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Coordination structures beat RPC - or: How to keep your mental health while working on distributed software
I received a couple of comments on my posting on how bad RPC can be for your mental health. Although the feedback was positive and agreed with my statements, some expressed concern as to what an alternative to RPC-syntax could be. I thus feel encouraged to elaborate on how I think any software developer can avoid damage to his/her mental health ;-)
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Form should follow function - or: Why RPC really is bad for your mental health
What is a subroutine call like the following?
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Is there life beyond WCF? - or: Communication always is about shared data structures
While pondering about how to get a grip on software architecture, I now and again of course stumble upon questions on communication between distributed software parts. WCF then springs up as the state-of-the-art technology to answer those questions. But more and more I´m asking myself: Is WCF all there is we need to know about communication in distributed software? Is it the holy grail with its beautiful abstraction over SOAP, WSDL, COM+, HTTP, MSMQ etc.?