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Lean Teams: Doing More With Less

This evening I attended the Denver Rails User Group (a.k.a. DeRailed) to hear a presentation by Marty Haught. It was titled "Lean Teams: Doing more with...

0 replies - 2272 views - 09/24/09 by Matt Raible in Articles

Oracle's Effect on Java

With Oracle just after buying Sun, maybe it's time to consider what this means for the Java community. There's no doubt that enterprise Java is something...

20 replies - 21430 views - 04/20/09 by James Sugrue in Articles

Emerging Technologies, Do You Have the Latest Solutions?

Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise: Philadelphia, PA, March 26-27, 2009See what you can learn at this smart 2 day event! Special Offer, You can get $25...

0 replies - 2907 views - 02/24/09 by WeiLing in Announcements

Grass Roots Agile

Software development is hard work. We have been taught that the best way to solve the tough challenges inherent to software development efforts is to treat...

4 replies - 7661 views - 02/24/09 by Kirk Knoernschild in Articles

Implementing Application Factories in Java

Today, every developer has access to a proliferation of powerful open-source frameworks to build rich applications. These frameworks each offer incredible...

3 replies - 9381 views - 01/27/09 by Nitin Bharti in Videos

Creating Objects in Java Unit Tests

Most Java unit tests consist of a Class Under Test (CUT), and possibly dependencies or collaborators. The CUT, dependencies and collaborators need to be...

0 replies - 5315 views - 01/13/09 by Jay Fields in Articles

2009 Predictions, 2008 Predictions Revisited

It's once again that time of year, and in keeping with my tradition, I'll revisit the 2008 predictions to see how close I came before I start waxing prophetic...

7 replies - 9351 views - 01/02/09 by Ted Neward in Articles

2008: A Developer's Retrospective

 I have been making New Year's resolutions for a long, long time. I don’t even remember when I actually started making them either. Yes, it has been so...

3 replies - 6422 views - 12/16/08 by Meera Subbarao in Articles

Applying the Agile Manifesto in Practice

Just today I came across a post referring to the agile manifesto. We have it framed on the wall just beside the door to our office. It usually doesn't get...

5 replies - 2936 views - 12/12/08 by Tom Meier in Articles

Testing Code Generation

Some things lend themselves to TDD better than others. Code generation, it turns out, scores a 10 on this front. (To some people, it‘s heresy to think that...

2 replies - 4145 views - 11/21/08 by Rob Williams in Articles

Coverity Architecture Analyzer Improves 'Software DNA'

Coverity, Inc., a provider of static source code analysis tools, today unveiled Coverity Architecture Analyzer, providing development teams with the ability to...

0 replies - 2174 views - 11/17/08 by Nitin Bharti in Articles

Is Code Coverage Important?

How much code coverage is enough? Do you consider having 100% code coverage an uphill task? Based on whom you talk to, the reply you get varies considerably. I...

20 replies - 5739 views - 10/20/08 by Meera Subbarao in Articles

Why You MUST Read Clean Code

Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship written by Robert C. Martin is one of the best books I have read in the past few years. This is the book...

18 replies - 8997 views - 10/13/08 by Meera Subbarao in Articles

Build Tests While Building Applications

I've been doing some thinking lately about how we build and test applications. I'm no agile expert but I am impressed with the concepts of test-first and...

0 replies - 3153 views - 10/02/08 by Frank Cohen in Articles