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Lean Startup Machine Returns to Toronto

Topics
Lean Startup,
Business,
Lean,
Conferences,
Agile

Lean Startup Machine is returning to Toronto June 8-10. I had an opportunity to chat with Jason Little, who was a member of Hire Shark, which won the previous LSM event in Toronto. Jason is returning as one of the event organizers and mentors.

Microsoft-Led Consortium Submits OData Protocol to OASIS for Standardization

Topics
Web Services,
OASIS,
SOA,
REST,
Enterprise Architecture,
Architecture,
Specifications,
OData

Microsoft, along with a set of other software industry leaders, is attempting to make its data query protocol OData an industry standard. A proposal has been submitted to the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) with the hope of generating wider adoption of this framework.

Visual Studio 11 Renamed "Visual Studio 2012", Release Candidate Now Available with .NET 4.5

Topics
Visual Studio 11,
Team Foundation Server,
Visual Studio,
Microsoft,
.NET,
IDE,
Programming,
Companies,
Windows 8,
Visual Studio 2012,
Metro

Today Microsoft announced the availability of Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate with .NET 4.5, formerly known as “Visual Studio 11”. This release includes performance improvements, a more "Metro-style" user interface, customized installation, and new Team Foundation Server features.

Improving Productivity and Efficiency for Fully Distributed Teams

Topics
Team Collaboration,
Distributed Team,
Distributed Teams,
Collaboration,
Teamwork,
Agile

Andrew Montalenti on his blog pixelmoneky.org talks about viability of fully distributed teams now and in the future.

Spring Mobile 1.0 Released

Topics
Spring,
SpringSource,
Dependency Injection,
Java,
VMWare,
Design Pattern,
Languages,
Patterns,
Object Oriented Design,
Design,
Companies,
Spring Mobile,
Programming,
Spring MVC

SpringSource has released Spring Mobile 1.0. Spring Mobile contains extensions to Spring MVC that helps with the development of mobile web applications.

Performance Tips For Metro Style XAML Apps

Topics
XAML,
.NET,
Performance & Scalability,
Windows 8,
Metro,
Programming

Microsoft has published a paper named “Performance Tips For Metro Style XAML Apps”. This includes several suggestions for remaining responsive, ensuring fluid animations, improving startup time, consuming lesser resources and more. We present a summary here.

Challenges Faced when Migrating Applications to the Cloud

Topics
Private Cloud,
Public Cloud,
Deployment,
Cloud Adoption,
Cloud Computing,
Survey,
Networking

A Cisco survey shows the current level and the trend in cloud migration along with the main challenges IT decision makers associate with such operations.

Sonar Quality Dashboard 3.0: New Commercial Editions And The Developer's Cockpit

Topics
Code Quality,
Java,
Code Analysis,
Quality,
Languages,
Debugging,
Profilers,
Software Craftsmanship,
Tools,
Programming,
Agile,
Architecture,
Sonar

Sonar Quality Dashboard version 3.0 has recently been released including separate commercial editions and a new plugin allowing developers to see how their individual commits affect project quality.

QCon New York 3 Weeks Away (June 18 - 22, 2012); Editor Testimonials; Popular Sessions & Speakers

Topics
QCon New York 2012,
QCon,
Conferences,
Announcements

The first annual QCon New York is taking place in just 3 weeks - register before June 1st and save $300. QCon New York will host more than 100 speakers, 6 concurrent tracks, and many breaks, parties, and opportunities for networking. Attend the premier event for learning, networking, and tracking innovation in the Java, .NET, HTML5, Mobile , Agile, and Architecture communities.

JRuby 1.7 Preview 1 Released: Defaults to 1.9 and Improves Performance With Invokedynamic

Topics
JRuby,
Ruby,
JVM Languages,
Dynamic Languages,
Java,
Languages,
RedHat,
Fibers,
Performance & Scalability,
Companies,
Programming

The first preview release of the upcoming JRuby 1.7 defaults to Ruby 1.9 runtime mode and is much faster thanks to Java 7's invokedynamic. We talked to Charles Nutter to learn more about the future of JRuby on Java 7, Fibers and his move to Red Hat.

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