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  • Contract Versioning, Compatibility and Composability

    Kjell-Sverre and Jean-Jacques revisit the principles of contract design focusing on the concept of compatible contract based on XML, XML Schema and WSDL extensibility to foster service reuse and complement Governance. The article includes a novel approach to manage message types in relation to an enterprise data model.

  • Writing A Textual DSL Using 'OSLO'

    Microsoft unveiled the building blocks of their “OSLO” vision during the PDC event in Los Angeles in October. As key part the Oslo tools is a language for modeling textual DSLs. This article is an attempt to try and use the language to write our own language definition.

  • Book Excerpt and Interview : Aptana RadRails, An IDE for Rails Development

    Aptana RadRails: An IDE for Rails Development by Javier Ramírez discusses the latest Aptana RadRails IDE, a development environment for creating Ruby on Rails applications. The book's publisher, Packt Publishing, also provided InfoQ with an excerpt from Chapter 7 of the book, entitled RadRails Views.

  • Structured Event Streaming with Smooks

    Smooks is best known for its transformation capabilities, but in this article Tom Fennelly describes how you can also use it for structured event streaming.

  • Column Level Security in SharePoint

    In this article Grzegorz Gogolowicz and Matthew Dressel demonstrate how to extend Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 to support column level permissions. This allows developers to secure columns in lists and document libraries.

  • Composite Oriented Programming with Qi4j

    The goal of modeling domain concepts through objects set by OOP has for a long time been handled in insufficient ways. In this article we introduce the concept of Composite Oriented Programming, and show how it avoids the issues with OOP and reignites the hope of being able to compose domain models with reusable pieces.

  • The Limits of Code Optimization: a new Singleton Pattern Implementation

    It is a well known fact in the programming world that the java (double-check) singleton pattern is not thread safe and can’t be fixed. In this article, Dr. Alexey Yakubovich provides an implementation of the Singleton pattern that he claims is thread-safe.

  • Java FX Technology Preview

    JavaFX represents a significant shift in the way Sun engages with the Java product market. Rather than focusing solely on the underlying technology, Sun is looking to provide a complete solution for an individual market. With the 1.0 release imminent InfoQ takes a look at the platform and talks to Sun Staff Engineer Joshua Marinacci about the upcoming release.

  • Writing JEE applications with Grails and Flex

    Grails and Flex both have significant advantages in different parts of the software stack. In this new article you will learn how they can be combined to take advantage of each's strengths. Topics covered include component communication, data transfer, and JMS integration.

  • A Case For Short Iterations

    Dave Nicolette, Agile Coach with Valtech, addresses the question are short iterations better than long. Dave demonstrates that short iterations: allow for more rapid response to change, the opportunity to discover and fix problems more often. He also deals with the concerns that short iterations might lead to burnout and other issues.

  • Ruby's Roots: Smalltalk Comeback and Randal Schwartz on Smalltalk

    Smalltalk, a language that has had a big influence on Ruby, is making a comeback. We take a look at the current situation and talk to Randal L. Schwartz about Smalltalk.

  • No Silver Bullet Reloaded Retrospective OOPSLA Panel Summary

    At OOPSLA 2007, a retrospective discussion panel on Fred Brooks' article, No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering, was held including Fred Brooks himself, Martin Fowler, Ricardo Lopez, Aki Namioka, Linda Northrop, Dave Parnas, Dave Thomas, and Steven Fraser as panel impresario.

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