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Ruby Test Integration With CruiseControl.net
Brent Heinz shows how to integrate your Ruby on Rails test suite into your CruiseControl build process so you can see the test results in the web dashboard.
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Lean Process Works at Toyota USA
Since the "Toyota Production System" emerged in the late 80's, GM, Ford and Chrysler have applied TPS ideas, but they still trail Toyota. In his article, "No Satisfaction at Toyota," Charles Fishman suggested that the key is in teaching new ideas about what success looks like. It's an interesting read for those thinking about waste reduction in software development.
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Continuous Integration Server AnthillPro 3.1 Released
Urbancode has released AnthillPro 3.1, a commercial version of the Anthill OS open-source continuous integration server.
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Eric Evans on why Domain-Driven Design Matters Today
Eric Evans (author of the original book on DDD) tells InfoQ why DDD matters today, how it fits into today's software development platforms, and what's been going on with DDD in the last few years. The interview is an excerpt from InfoQ's book, Domain-Driven Driven Design Quickly.
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ONJava's 2007 Predictions
ONJava Editor Chris Adamson has posted his 2007 predictions for the Java world. He takes a look at the major changes in 2006 and says what to look for as a result of them. He focuses on open-sourcing Java, the Java Platform, changes outside of Sun, and the JCP.
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InfoQ Presentation: Scrum at the BBC
In this conference talk Andrew Scotland tells how BBC's New Media division, characterized by a lot of uncertainty and emergent software process, decided to use Scrum to more effectively deliver software amidst all that change and uncertainty. Three years later - the difference is significant, and the journey was worthwhile.
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Reflections on the Growth of Agile
There has recently been a great deal of discussion both inside and outside the agile community in which the essential question is: Has the word "agile" become meaningless?
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Industry Prognosticators Look Towards 2007
Sys-Con, publishers of Java Developers Journal, recently polled a number of industry leaders on their thoughts for the software industry going into 2007.
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JRake: Build, Test, and Deploy Java applications without XML
JRake is the latest entry in build tools for Java that is based on a scripting language. JRake leverages JRuby and the Rake build tool for Ruby to make building, running tests, and deploying web applications quick and easy.
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Creating a Lively User Community
Recently on the Creating Passionate Users blog, Kathy Sierra talked about making online user forums lively and popular. Why do some mailing lists or forums take off while other languish? She offers some tips from the creators of the successful Javaranch forums.
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Agile Project Management Tool TargetProcess 2.0 Released
TargetProcess has released version 2.0 of their agile project management tool, which includes a variety of new features, including a customizable workflows, time tracking, simple search, and release planning with user stories.
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Fun: Important Facts about SOA
There are many opinions on what SOA is or is not. There are many books on what SOA is or is not. Far too much information to digest for the average human being. So it's with great pleasure that we can announce the discovery of an important summary of pertinent facts about SOA (soafacts.com)
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Gender Gap Continues to Increase in IT: Gartner
A recent Gartner report on the gender gap in IT states that although many feel that women are "innately better suited than men" to navigate the new global economy, they are not choosing to enter IT - and some are leaving. Gartner predicts that by 2012, 40% of women in the IT workforce will leave traditional IT career paths.
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Getting Agile with MS VSTS for Database Professionals
Last month, Microsoft released Visual Studio for Database Professionals, one of the first toolsets offered to help teams extend Agile practices to the DBA community. We tracked down some information to help teams and DBAs get started with VSTS for DB Pros.
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Enhancing Scrum with "The Core Protocols"
Alex Champandard has written a piece on using Scrum within the game development industry, and how Scrum can be augmented with Jim and Michele McCarthy's "Core Protocols."