Tools & Methods

DZone Daily Dose - 2009/11/19

It was announced this morning that closures would be added to JDK 7.  Mark Reinhold made the announcement at the Devoxx conference.  Before today, Sun could...

0 replies - 1983 views - 11/18/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

Why We Delegate: The Darkness Principle

From a complexity perspective, there is a good reason why teams in an organization must be able to make decisions together. This follows logically from the...

1 replies - 1613 views - 10/30/09 by jurgenappelo in Articles

Top Open Source ESB Projects

In today's software markets, open source technologies are giving commercial products some stiff competition.  Enterprise Service Busses are no exception. ...

10 replies - 8104 views - 10/29/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

Øredev Developers Conference Coming to Sweden, Nov 2-6

Considered by many to be the best developers conference in Europe, Øredev is running for its fifth consecutive year. This years' theme "Efficiency"...

0 replies - 2031 views - 10/16/09 by Nitin Bharti in Announcements

Building Better Burn-Down Charts

As a developer you have just finished your latest bit of code and have released it to the test team. It took a little longer than you thought it would but...

0 replies - 4454 views - 09/22/09 by rperfect in Articles

The Changing Definition of Continuous Integration

As we wrap up every CITCON, we’re asked about what we take away. For me, a revelation was that the definition of Continuous Integration has changed wildly....

3 replies - 2920 views - 04/28/09 by EricMinick in Articles

Maven - A Whistle Stop Video Tour

 In this presentation, recorded at a recent London Java Community meeting, put on by Skills Matter, Martijn Verburg and Michael McCarthy guide the users...

3 replies - 2937 views - 02/10/09 by Nitin Bharti in Videos

Domain-Driven Design and Deployment Challenges

 In this session, recorded by Skills Matter Gojko Adzic talks about strategies, challenges and common pitfalls of using Domain-Driven Design for...

0 replies - 3755 views - 02/04/09 by Nitin Bharti in Videos

Some Thoughts on Project Velocity

Companies I work with desperately want reliable estimates. In reality, they need them so they can run their business. Businesses really want a crystal ball to...

1 replies - 655 views - 01/30/09 by mcottmeyer 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 - 9365 views - 01/27/09 by Nitin Bharti in Videos

“No-Brainer” Self-Management Practices in Agile

While there may be some confusion over the meaning of self-management in Agile, not to mention some contention as to whether or not it is a good idea, many of...

0 replies - 445 views - 01/20/09 by damonpoole in Articles

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 - 5293 views - 01/13/09 by Jay Fields in Articles

Agile 2009 Call for Speakers Now Open

The Agile Alliance this week announced that it is opening its call for speakers for the Agile 2009 Conference, scheduled for Aug. 24 – 28 in Chicago. In its...

0 replies - 1089 views - 01/07/09 by Nitin Bharti 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 - 9325 views - 01/02/09 by Ted Neward in Articles

Test-Driven Development in .NET

In this presentation, recorded by Skills Matter, Chris Roff, David Ross, and Gojko Adzic present tools and techniques for Test-Driven Development in .NET. They...

0 replies - 1203 views - 12/30/08 by alashcraft in Videos