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  • Beyond Requirements - Analysis with an Agile Mindset: Author Q&A

    Kent McDonald has written Beyond Requirements: Analysis with an Agile Mindset. The book focuses on the analysis activities in an Information Technology product development project. It presents a set of principles which can be used to guide the analysis activities, some specific techniques with advice on when and how to use them and case study examples of how they have been applied on projects

  • Machine Learning with Spark: Book Review and Interview

    Machine learning is about making data-driven decisions or predictions based on existing data. Apache Spark and its machine learning library MLlib offer several algorithms useful for developing scalable machine learning applications. InfoQ spoke with Nick Pentreath, author of the book Machine Learning with Spark, about data science and machine learning topics.

  • “Elasticsearch in Action” – Book Review and Authors Interview

    The new book, "Elasticsearch in Action" by Radu Gheorghe, Lee Hinman and Roy Russo, covers Elasticsearch including basic functionality, administrative best practices and practical advice on improving Elasticsearch’s scalability and performance. InfoQ has spoken with authors about their book.

  • OCP Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 8 Programmer Study Guide II-Review and Author Conversation

    The Oracle Java Certification exams are very difficult tests on every feature of Java, and obtaining certification gives hiring managers a very strong indication that you have a thorough understanding of Java. This handbook is a clear and complete exam preparation, and indeed a great pedal to the metal way to learn Java 8 even for those who may not be planning to become certified.

  • Q&A on Exploring the Practice of Antifragility

    In the book exploring the practice of antifragility Si Alhir and Donald E. Gould collected experiences with and perspectives on applying antifragility. InfoQ interviewed them about their view on applying antifragility in software development, how antifragility can help organizations to become more flexible and able to deal with change, and the results gained from applying antifragility.

  • AngularJS in Action - An Interview With Lukas Ruebbelke

    AngularJS in Action by Lukas Ruebbelke is a hands-on book about Angular version 1. Through a sample ToDo list application, angello, it shows AngularJS’s architecture and components. With AngularJS v.2 Beta just being released, InfoQ spoke with the author about the lessons learned from the book and AngularJS present and future direction.

  • No Starch Press' Python Playground Review and Q&A with the Author

    No Starch Press’ Python Playground provides a fairly large and varied collection of projects that aim to show how Python can be used in such different contexts as creating ASCII art, birds simulation, interfacing to Raspberry Pi, and more. InfoQ has spoken to the book’s author, Mahesh Venkitachalam.

  • “DevOps: A Software Architect's Perspective” Book Review and Interview

    Len Bass on the motivation for "DevOps: A Software Architect's Perspective", what does looking at DevOps from an architectural perspective mean, DevOps education, microservices and more.

  • Go in Action - Review and Q&A with the Author

    Go in Action is a new book from Manning that aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to Go, both its syntax and implementation, and its most common idioms. InfoQ has spoken with William Kennedy, author of the book.

  • Effective Ruby LiveLessons - An Interview with Sam Phippen

    Effective Ruby LiveLessons by Sam Phippen is a series of video lectures explaining best practices used by expert Rubyists targeting all levels of Ruby programmers. The video lessons contain hands-on demonstrations to help the viewer understand how each item is put into action. InfoQ spoke with the author about the lessons learned from the video and Ruby on Rails best practices.

  • Q&A on The Agile Mind-Set

    Gil Broza explores agile values, beliefs and principles, and explains how they can be used to drive agile adoption in his book The Agile Mind-set. The book provides ideas, examples, and anecdotes that organizations can use to make a shift to agile.

  • Q&A on Real World Kanban

    The book Real World Kanban by Mattias Skarin provides four case studies where kanban is used to visualize, provide insight and improve product development. InfoQ interviewed Skarin about the essence of kanban and lean, why flexibility in organizations is needed, doing continuous improvement, how visualization can help to understand problems, and advice on how to get started with kanban.

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