Shawn Hartsock

Sr. Consultant w/Open Software Integrators

Shawn Hartsock is a Senior Consultant for Open Software Integrators. Shawn consults on Java technologies like Groovy/Grails and the Spring Framework providing expertise as an experienced Java developer and architect. Shawn discovered Groovy in 2007 and began working in Grails development for deployment to Java Enterprise environments and integration with Existing Java Enterprise software. He has contributed several Grails plugins to the Grails community and has had several articles published in Groovy Magazine on various topics including Enterprise Integration with Grails.

Blog

What is Computer Science?

Posted 2011-12-01 11:00:01.0

"Computer Science is the Science of Computing Machinery." When I hear this I want to put a stick in the eye of the person who just said it. That's not a definition, it's a slogamore »

The Life Cycle of Plugins & Addons in the Enterprise

Posted 2011-11-17 12:28:24.0

I'm probably one of the few people in the world that has had the opportunity to work with both Grails and Spring Roo on extended projects. In both environments I've discovered a strategy around code reuse that is a bit different from what I normally omore »

The Highly Monitored Grails Application @ SpringOne 2GX 2011

Posted 2011-11-01 15:04:18.0

My second talk at SpringOne 2GX was "The Highly Monitored Grails Application" and it had a great turn out from a large and lively audience. This was fantastic especially considering I was presenting as the very last presenter of the conference. This wmore »

Presentations

The Highly Monitored Grails Application

You don’t want to have your users tell you about application performance problems. You want to know about them before they do. more »

Performance Tuning Grails Applications

Your awesome application is getting such heavy use it's starting to slow down. Learn how to add rocket fuel to your rocket fuel! I’ll use examples from my real-world experiences working with Grails applications that have been sunk by heavy load and then tmore »

SpringOne 2GX 2011

Chicago, October 25-28, 2011

the spring, groovy & grails event of the year!