Ellen Matheson McKay

As the software development process becomes ever more complex, end users demand more and more functionality in less and less time. Companies are extending their business applications to run on both intranets and the Internet, and new applications have to run on many different platforms. All this calls for large development teams to design, build and maintain applications. Often, an entire team of managers, developers and testers have to work together to deliver an end product. Team members share more than responsibility for developing the code; they also share the actual files that contain the code. Thus it's essential to control each team member's access to the code and how code changes affect others. To manage the activities of the team, many application development products provide source code management tools and team programming environments in which the roles... (more)

Automated Deployment of Enterprise Application Updates

This two-part article discusses application deployment, particularly automated updates, to IBM WebSphere Application Servers in a large-scale enterprise environment. It applies to versions 5.0, 5.1, and 6.0, and also includes an introduction to a few version 6.0 enhancements. This article is not intended to be used as a reference for all the details of WebSphere Application Server administration, but it does describe the key concepts used, and contains a list of references. Although the beginning of the article reviews some fairly basic base server and managed server concepts and... (more)

Automated Deployment of Enterprise Application Updates

This two-part article discusses application deployment, particularly automated updates, to IBM WebSphere Application Server in a large-scale enterprise environment. It applies to Application Server versions 5.0, 5.1, and 6.0, and also includes an introduction to a few version 6.0 enhancements. This article is not intended to be used as a reference for all the details of Application Server administration, but it does describe the key concepts used and contains a list of references. Although the beginning of the article reviews some fairly basic base server and managed server conce... (more)

Advanced Source Control In VisualAge For Java

Using a software configuration management (SCM) system is an integral part of any development project. Source code is your most valuable resource and must be protected. However, with the large number of products available from many different vendors, it's essential that you choose an SCM system that will work with your favorite development tools. The External Version Control tool in VisualAge for Java, version 3.5, allows you to interact with several external SCM systems from within the integrated development environment (IDE). Once you've used the tool to associate a project in... (more)