Webinar by me - Build distributed microservices using Apache Camel deployed on containers

On thursday 20th July I am doing a live webinar:

For Java developers, it may be daunting to get started developing container applications that run locally on Kubernetes/OpenShift. 

In this session, we’ll build a set of Apache Camel- and Java-based microservices that use Spring Boot and WildFly Swarm. We’ll show how fabric8 Maven tools can be used to build, deploy, and run your Java projects on local or remote OpenShift clusters, as well as to easily perform live debugging. 

Additionally, we’ll discuss best practices for building distributed and fault-tolerant microservices using technologies such as Kubernetes Services, Netflix Hystrix, and Apache Camel Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIPs) for fault tolerance.

The webinar is on a timezone that is friendly to developers based in the asia/pacific region which is at 1:00 pm SGT (Singapore Time). That means I have to get up early in the morning ;)

The webinar is a mix between slides and live demos (5 demo sessions) so there is a lot of action going on. I have captured all the important information in the slides, so after attending the webinar you should be able to try this on your own, by just browsing the slides, and downloading the sample code.

You can register (for free) to the webinar with this link. I am not aware of any upper cap, but you may have to hurry to be safe to get a spot, because I was told there is already move than 1300 registations a couple of days ago.

Camel in Action 2nd edition is in pre-production

I just wanted to share a little status update on where we are with the Camel in Action 2nd edition book.

We recently completed the last round of reviews from a selected group of readers whom have provided anonymous feedback on the material.

Based on their feedback we were able to do some changes to the material before we handed it over to pre-production.

One point we knew and also have gather feedback about is the length of the book. For example the last MEAP release has staggering 996 pages in the PDF file.

We have identified up till about 100 pages that was the weakest content in the book, which we would then cut out from the final book. Out of those 100 pages we will made available the last two chapters as online bonus chapters, freely available for download. The IoT and Reactive chapters felt a bit out of place accordingly to reviewers. Don't despair these bonus chapters will go under the same scrutiny as all the other chapters to ensure the same high quality level you would expect from a Manning book.

At this point all the chapters are in pre-production phase, where they are undergoing technical review, proofing, etc.

As part of the pre-production phase, we will do the cut and any final post cleanup changes before the material is final and the book is handed over to type setting.

The dead-line for the pre-production is end of July, which means that the book will go into type setting afterwards and then getting much closer to be done. While the chapters are in type setting we will work on what is called the front matter, which is essentially all the other stuff. And when that work is complete, then we can sit back and just wait until the book is printed and we have it in out hands.