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Bryan Sullivan on Security Development Lifecycle

Security Development Lifecycle (SDL), developed at Microsoft, is a security assurance process with a focus on software development. It introduces security and privacy aspects in all phases of the software development process. InfoQ spoke with Bryan Sullivan from SDL team about the current state and future road map of the framework.

Srini Penchikala
on Oct 25, 2010
LinkedIn Signal: A Case Study for Scala, JRuby and Voldemort

On September 29th LinkedIn Signal was announced, providing a social search application both for LinkedIn shares and tweets from LinkedIn-Twitter bounded accounts. This article aims to provide more insight into the motivation and technical challenges of combining Scala, JRuby and Voldemort, at such scale.

Dio Synodinos
on Oct 11, 2010
Revving Up Your Hibernate Engine

This article explores tuning techniques for Hibernate-based applications, focusing on tuning topics that are effective but poorly documented, such as inheritance mapping, second level cache and enhanced sequence identifier generators. It also provides some background database information which is essential for tuning Hibernate.

Stewart Clark Yongjun Jiao
on Oct 06, 2010
Introducing the Tellurium Automated Testing Framework

Jian Fang describes the The Tellurium Automated Testing Framework he created which features a novel approach to automated, referred to as a UI module, to try and improve the often brittle state of automated web UI testing code.

Jian Fang
on Sep 21, 2010
Bad Attitudes of Agile

Christopher Goldsbury explores some "bad attitudes" of Agility - assertions about management, documentation, testing, teams, and schedules that are commonly encountered, but contrary to reality. These bad attitudes find refuge and justification in Agile despite the fact they are false. Addressing these viewpoints before they, potentially, darken a good movement is essential.

Christopher Goldsbury
on Sep 20, 2010
Introducing New Technology in Agile

This article combines the case-study experience of the author and a general decision-making framework for agile teams facing the challenge of introducing a new technology, mid-stream in a project.

Paritosh Ranjan
on Sep 14, 2010
Error Handling Considerations in SOA Analysis & Design

This paper looks at various error handling considerations associated with design of re-usable services and provides an outline of what error handling considerations apply during SOA analysis and design phases and also describes some best practices into designing these considerations to ensure that services are designed and implemented in all its completeness.

Hari Poolla
on Sep 13, 2010
A Brief Introduction to the Java and .NET Patent Issues

With the recent legal battle between Google and Oracle there is a renewed focus on the patent issues for Java and .NET. Tim Smith introduces the licenses offered by Oracle/Sun and Microsoft, with a focus on how they may affect third party implementation. Possible motivations for Google Android’s unique implementation are also covered.

Tim Smith
on Sep 09, 2010
The Story of a Project

Olivier Mallassi shares a story of a typical software development project, some typical problems and what he learned from Tom Demarco about addressing those problems, and an alternative story.

Olivier Mallassi
on Sep 01, 2010
Finding an Agile Employer

The rocky job market of the last couple years has left many people looking for work. Agile software development is appealing to many job seekers, but not all jobs are alike. If you want a job in Agile software development, using a framework like Scrum, you need a plan of action that spans all three phases of your job search: reseach/preparation, interviewing, and assessing your opportunities.

Angela Druckman
on Aug 31, 2010
Interview With Paul Fremantle On WSO2 Stratos

WSO2 recently released Stratos an Open Source Cloud Computing Platform for Enterprise Application Development. WSO2 Stratos is built on top of and extends WSO2 Carbon an OSGi-compliant middleware. InfoQ interviewed Paul Fremantle CTO of WSO2 to talk about the product offering and provide insights into the roadmap and development of Stratos.

Dilip Krishnan
on Aug 30, 2010
Mobile

Virtual Panel: The State of the Art in Mobile Web Application Development

To assess the state of the art in mobile web application development, InfoQ has conducted a virtual panel with the creators of some of the most popular libraries, toolkits and frameworks that target this field.

Dio Synodinos
on Aug 26, 2010

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