Books & Publications

Journals, Publications & Sites
Books Authored / Coauthored
Books peer reviewed
Events – Presenter / Organizer
Podcasts

Contributions to a wide range of journals and sites including:

Software Engineering Daily

UKOUG Oracle Scene, now known as PTK (Pass The Knowledge), some years will include multiple contributions, so here is just a sample:
Oracle Applications User Group:
- Journey to the Cloud (2015)
K21 Academy Interview
OraWorld:
- Introduction to Oracle Messaging Cloud (2017)
- Tips for Oracle Ace Associates and other Advocacy Groups (2020 – 2 parts)
- My Journey to ACED (July 2020)
- GraphQL an Introduction (March 2021)
- With Great APIs Comes Great Responsibility … Making your APIs Safe (June 2021)

Live Training (OReilly / Packt):

API Driven Architecture with Swagger and API Blueprint

Oracle

Technology Network:
- API Driven Architecture with Swagger and API Blueprint
- Oracle Messaging Cloud (Article)
Oracle Blog and as a direct author here.

Other web sites:

Oracle Integration Cloud (multiple articles).

Book Author / Contributor

Title & Publisher	Description	Date	Role
Unified Logging with Fluentd Manning	A journey through using Fluentd to manage logs and make them more effective.	2020	Author
Implementing Oracle API Platform Cloud Service ISBN: 1788473442 Packt	1^st book on Oracle API. Guiding the read through the design decisions needed for deploying API platform through to implementing API solutions	May 2018	Co-author
Implementing Oracle API Platform Cloud Service ISBN: 9781786460721 Packt	1^st book on Oracle iPaaS. Guiding the reader through not only how to use the platform; but when to use the different capabilities	Jan 2017	Co-author
JBoss jBPM ISBN: 978-1847192363 Packt	Guide on Using JBoss jBPM 3 incuding how to use SeeWhy’s product to provide Business Activity Monitoring	July 2007	Key contributions to sections on SeeWhy

Prepublication Technical/Peer Reviewer

Title	Description	Publication Date	Publisher
Java EE Development with Eclipse ISBN: 978-1782160960 Packt	Using Eclipse to do Java Enterprise Edition development	Dec 2012	Packt
Apache Camel Developer’s Cookbook ISBN: 978-1847192363 Packt	Patterns and approaches to solving common integration requirements using Apache Camel for	July 2007	Packt
Java EE Development with Netbeans (Video) Packt	Video tutorial on how to use Netbeans for Java EE development.	July 2013	Packt
Applied SOA Patterns on the Oracle Platform ISBN: 978-1782170563 Packt	Use Oracle middleware – primarily Oracle Service Bus.	Aug 2014	Packt
Next Generation SOA ISBN: 978-0133859041 Erl / Prentice Hall	A brief revised view of SOA, its application and value proposition.	Oct 2014	Erl / Prentice Hall
Mastering Apache Camel ISBN: 978-1782173151 Packt	Guide on using Apache Camel both with its Java syntax and XML based domain language notation.	June 2015	Packt
Cloud Computing Design Patterns ISBN: 978-0133858563 Erl / Prentice Hall	Broad set of enterprise patterns for cloud solutions. The patterns are fairly high level, following the conventions of other books in the Erl Technology Series	August 2015	Erl / Prentice Hall
Java EE Development with Eclipse 2nd Edition ISBN: 978-1785285349 Packt	Update of the 1^st edition looking the new and revised EE standards and how to use eclipse.	September 2015	Packt
Enterprise API Management Packt	1st Edition of Enterprise API Management by Luis Weir	July 2019	Packt

Organizer and/or presenter:

Presented at a range of global events including:
- Gartner AADI (London)
- Oracle Open World (multiple occasions)
- Code One (London)
- Customer Advisory Boards
- Partner conferences e.g. EMEA Partner Forum
- Developer events such as JAX London
- UKOUG (Conference, TechFest, Scotland, Summits, SIGs).
Co-Organizer of a London Developer Meetup