My Java User Group Tour continues this week in Seattle, Gainesville, and Orlando. I’ll be presenting about how to run Java, Play Framework, and Scala apps on the Cloud. Check out the JUG sites for details: Tuesday February 21 in Seattle Wednesday February 22 at the Gator JUG Thursday February 23 in Orlando Hope to [...]
Category Archives: Heroku
Heroku Java UG Tour: Seattle, Gainesville, and Orlando
Video: Java, Play Framework & Scala Apps on Heroku
If you haven’t been able to make it to one of my Java User Group talks about Heroku but you want to see the presentation, then you are in luck! The Portland JUG recorded my talk on Running Java, Play Framework, and Scala Apps on the Cloud with Heroku. Check it out and let me [...]
Video: Spring Roo and Grails Apps on the Cloud
At SpringOne 2GX I did a presentation about running Spring Roo (really Spring anything) and Grails apps on the cloud with Heroku. A video recording of my session has been posted on InfoQ. If you want to try out Spring Roo or Grails on Heroku then one way is to deploy a copy of one [...]
Deploy Containerless Tapestry Apps on Heroku
Recently I spent some time with Howard Lewis Ship, creator of the Apache Tapestry web framework. Howard is a technical rock star so it was really fun to sit down with him and hack on some code. Our goal was to make it easy for people to run their Tapestry apps on the cloud with [...]
Run Grails on the Cloud with Heroku
Support for Grails on Heroku was recently announced and I’d like to walk you through the steps to create a simple Grails app and then deploy it on the cloud with Heroku. Before you get started install Grails 2.0.0, install the Heroku toolbelt, install git, and signup for a Heroku.com account. Don’t worry, you won’t [...]
Heroku at Jfokus and Spring I/O 2012
In just a few weeks I’ll be over in Europe presenting about Heroku at two fantastic Java conferences. First up is Jfokus in Stockholm! On February 14 at 20:00 I will be leading a Cloud Conversations BoF. Then on February 15 at 11:10 I will be speaking about how to “git push” Java & Play! [...]
Try the New Play Framework Heroku Plugin
I just published a Heroku Plugin for Play Framework. Right now it just deploys a Play app to Heroku. Try it out: Signup for a Heroku account Install the Heroku plugin locally: $ play install heroku Create a Play (1.2.3 or 1.2.4) app: $ play new foo –with heroku Or if you already have an [...]
Java on Heroku at CinJUG, Detroit JUG, and MongoDB Boulder
Over the next few days I’ll be presenting about Java, Play Framework, and Scala on Heroku at a couple Java User Groups and a MongoDB conference: Cincinnati JUG on January 26th Detroit JUG on January 31st MongoDB Boulder on Febuary 1st Hope to see you there!
Tutorial & Screencast: Java on Heroku with Eclipse
I recorded a screencast and put together some instructions on how to try out Java on Heroku using just a web browser and Eclipse. First, check out the screencast: Here are steps you can follow to get started running Java on Heroku with Eclipse and your browser: Prerequisites) Install the EGit and Maven (m2e) Eclipse [...]
