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JavaScript and Web Development InfoQ Trends Report
This InfoQ Trends Report looks at the current trends with JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and web development in general, exploring technologies and options gaining further adoption, and those approaching their end of life. The rate of new JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and WebAssembly standards, as well as frameworks and other web technologies continues to accelerate substantially.
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Book Review and Q&A: ASP.NET Core in Action by Andrew Lock
ASP.NET Core in Action by Andrew Lock, covers ASP.NET Core from the beginners start to an ending, with the fundamental knowledge to build web applications using this modern, highly available, highly scalable and cross-platform framework. If you are new to ASP.NET MVC programming, the book gives a good overview of the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern as well as the legacy from the .NET Framework
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Q&A on the Book Driving Digital Strategy
The book Driving Digital Strategy by Sunil Gupta provides guidelines and advice for executing fundamental digital transformations in companies, based on lessons from digital transformation at Fortune 500 companies. To be successful you have to fundamentally change the core of your business and ensure that your digital strategy touches all aspects of your organization, argued Gupta.
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Q&A on the Book “Distributed Teams: The Art and Practice of Working Together While Physically Apart”
Distributed Teams: The Art and Practice of Working Together While Physically Apart by John O’Duinn is a practical guide for people who work in distributed or dispersed teams. It details the business, social and personal benefits of distributed teams and provides suggestions for effective communication when physically distributed, coordinating work and handling complex interpersonal situations.
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Book Review: Solidity Programming Essentials
Ethereum is an emerging technology that promises the ability to disintermediate many traditional approaches to business through decentralized ledger technology, built upon open-source software. In this article, we will review a recent book based upon Solidity, a programming language used to construct smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain.
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Q&A on the Book Code with the Wisdom of the Crowd
The book Code with the Wisdom of the Crowd by Mark Pearl explains how mob programming can be used to collaboratively solve problems. It also provides scenarios to fine-tune and adjust the interaction during mobbing for specific situations and advice for preparing mobbing teams and developing the skills needed for effective mobbing.
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Q&A on the Book Bitwise - A Life in Code
In the book Bitwise - A Life in Code, David Auerbach discusses the gap between how computers picture the world and how it really is, and provides his story of attempting to close that gap. The book explores how technology has impacted society and aims to make you think about what computers do to people.
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Q&A on the Book Humble Leadership
The book Humble Leadership by Edgar and Peter Schein explores how building personal relationships and trust gives way to leadership that enables better information flow and self-management. The authors argue that we already possess the skill to form personal relations, and suggests using them to build and strengthen relationships with the people we lead and follow.
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Natural Language Processing with Java - Second Edition: Book Review and Interview
Natural Language Processing with Java - Second Edition book covers the Natural Language Processing (NLP) topic and various tools developers can use in their applications. Technologies discussed in the book include Apache OpenNLP and Stanford NLP. InfoQ spoke with co-author Richard Reese about the book and how NLP can be used in enterprise applications.
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Q&A on the Book Emotional Science
The book Emotional Science by Michael K Sahota and Audree Tara Sahota provides an understanding of emotions, which, as stated by the authors, goes beyond current models in psychology. The book provides exercises that can be used to become aware of emotions and learn how to deal with them, which is a practical way of increasing your Emotional Intelligence.
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Q&A on the Book Adaptive Space
The book Adaptive Space by Michael Arena explores what enables organizations to positively disrupt themselves and transform into responsive agile organizations. It describes four sets of connections, and five core principles, that support organizations increasing their agility.
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Q&A on the Book Agile Methods for Safety-Critical Systems
The book Agile Methods for Safety-Critical Systems by Nancy Van Schooenderwoert and Brian Shoemaker explains how agile principles and practices can be used to build quality in from the start to develop medical and other safety-critical systems.