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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. ...

21 replies - 86625 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 - 11532 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 - 13318 views - 09/22/09 by Richard Perfect 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....

4 replies - 7215 views - 04/28/09 by Eric Minick 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 - 5865 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 - 9035 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...

2 replies - 3457 views - 01/30/09 by Mike Cottmeyer 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 - 13882 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,...

0 replies - 1784 views - 01/20/09 by Damon Poole 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...

1 replies - 11443 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 - 3610 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...

2 replies - 17758 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 - 3385 views - 12/30/08 by Alvin Ashcraft in Videos

How to Motivate Developers - A three step framework

 Anyway, now that we're approaching the end of the calendar year, invariably many folks are filling out self-evaluations and...

0 replies - 4473 views - 12/19/08 by Frank Kelly in Articles

Static Methods are Death to Testability

Recently many of you, after reading Guide to Testability, wrote to telling me there is nothing wrong with static methods. After all what can be easier to test...

28 replies - 28804 views - 12/15/08 by Misko Hevery in Articles