This session will cover the current features available in SpringSource tc Server, the enterprise version of Apache Tomcat that provides developers with the lightweight server they want paired with the operational management, advanced diagnostics, and mission-critical support capabilities businesses need. SpringSource tc Server is designed to be a drop in replacement for Tomcat 6, ensuring a seamless upgrade path for existing custom-built and commercial software applications already certified for Tomcat. The session will also discuss some of the planned use cases for tc Server and provide attendees with the opportunity to share their needs derived from using Tomcat in production.
If you use Apache Tomcat in development or in production this session will be valuable to you.
Session Detail
As a small company, it's often necessary to add new features to get the biggest customers to buy your product. Hyperic HQ was a large, enterprise application based on J2EE and Struts. When big clients came to us they frequently required feature additions to close the deal. Groovy gave us the power to say YES to these customers without making any invasive modifications to our code base, allowed us to scale up for extremely large customers, and gave us a new point of contact for community contributions.
In this talk, I'll describe patterns that Hyperic used to give customers specific one-off plugins to dynamically add UI screens, customize existing features, and integrate with external systems. In addition, I'll explain how to use Groovy to make supporting your deployed applications infinitely easier.