Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)

BEA dev2dev Online Call for Articles
Winter & Spring 2003

Are you a J2EE developer or consultant? Looking to get some extra exposure, as well as earn a bit of extra cash?

BEA dev2dev Online (http://dev2dev.bea.com/) is looking for technical articles focused on J2EE, server-side Java, and of course BEA products. Generally speaking, we're looking for great content that will help BEA developers build excellent software.

It doesn't really matter if it's an article, tools, code snippet, tutorials, an example of how to use a library... if it's related to developing applications for BEA products & platforms, we're interested in taking a look.

That said, any of the following kind of content is of interest.

Feature Articles
Code Samples
Tutorials
Technical Guides
White Papers
Case Studies
Expert Tips
Columns

If you've got a idea for an article, either one you'd like to see or one you're interested in writing, please drop an email to...

wiverson AT bea.com

Cheers,

-Will Iverson
Sr. Technical Content Manager
BEA dev2dev Online


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BEA dev2dev Winter & Spring 2003 Editorial calendar:

January 2003 : Integration
WebLogic Integration, JCA, and other ways to talk to legacy services (including web services)

February 2003: Migration
Moving up to WebLogic from other application servers

March 2003: eWorld
A look at BEA's latest and greatest technologies - we're interested in content on the latest Java server-side API specifications

April 2003: Tools
Development environments, testing tools, debuggers, components.

May 2003: Security
Strategies for ensuring applications are robust and secure.

June 2003: Upgrade
Looking at the differences between older Java specifications and WebLogic products, and how to move to the latest technologies

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General list of topics:

- Administration / Management
- Advanced WebLogic Design Patterns
- Best practices
- Business Process Management
- Competitive Materials
- Components
- Configuration management
- Content Management
- Data Integration: XQuery; LiquidData
- Deployment
- Education
- Enterprise Architecture
- WebLogic Hacks (tweaks and other not-ready for prime time material)
- Integrated Development Environments
(aka IDEs, focus on WebLogic integration)
- Integration
- J2EE Application Development
- Migration Guides (moving from another product to WebLogic)
- Performance
- Personalization
- Portals
- Presentation Layer (development strategies)
- Real-World Case Studies (cross industry)
- Refactoring
- Scalability
- Security
- SQL <-> Java integration (e.g. O-R Mapping, BMP, CMP, etc.)
- Standards (especially Java server-side APIs)
- Testing tools
- User Groups (e.g. experiences setting up a BEA user group)
- Web Application Development & Deployment
- Web Services
- Wireless