cookies and code

Nothing much here, but it was cool to see how crazy Adobe.com really was in terms of setup. They has “tons” of applications effectively running uniquely in multiple JRun instances, load balanced across multiple Solaris machines, accessing a very simple database layer with some fail-over in mind. I think he said about 75-80% of the content for the site was static. Everything in terms of languages was mainly ColdFusion. They has some Flash and some Flex. What was really crazy, was to see an actual service layer modeled out which is used by each application. The service layer had other abstractions, like hooks into JMS, but it mainly was used with CFCs in the backend.

The session overall was very informative. It motivated me to realize that if you work towards the goal of SOA, it is possible, especially for a company like WestGate. We’re gonna hit Sean Corfeild up for some good JMS suggestions later this weekend as a result of a tangent from the session, so that should be cool too.