I will be speaking at the biggest Java conference in Norway, JavaZone 2007. Here is the outline for the presentation which is about how you can eliminate waste in Java web development using Flex technology.

The term waste comes from Taiichi Ohno’s Toyota Product System and related to “all elements of production that only increase cost without adding value”. In Java web development this usually translates into:

• Remove the Java web framework, whether it’s Struts2, JSF-this-or-that, SpringMVC/WebFlow
• Build a thin transformation tier which build your Domain Object Model from Data Transfer Objects from the business tier, preferably using Flex Data Services.
• Remove the needs for hand over between designer and UI programmers by using Flex which allows all developers to work in the same environment and hence speeding up the development process

Update: Speaking at JavaZone was such a blast. We had quite a challenge on our hands as we had the last session of the entire conference, so Børre Wessel and I set out to make sure nobody fell asleep or left. I feel we pretty much accomplished that goal and I think everyone had a good time listening to our talk. It always helps to give away a lot of free stuff to get people interested. Especially since we didn’t have too many code samples it was important to let the audience get some questions in.

If you’re in Berlin make sure you check out the RailsConf Europe where Børre Wessel and Aslak Hellesøy are doing a hands-on session with Flex and Ruby on Rails. You can get all of the source code for the application at this blog post.

September 10th, 2007 | Flex