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  • ORM with DrySQL and ActiveRecord

    ActiveRecord fails the DRY principle, especially if your database doesn't follow Rails naming conventions. As well, ActiveRecord associations and validations are redundant specifications of database constraints. Bryan wants to avoid (as much as possible) the situation where he's averse to making changes to his database schema, because of the resulting effort to change his app code.

    Bryan Evans
    on Dec 08, 2006

  • The Lost Art of Separating Concerns

    In a short article, well-known REST proponent Mark Baker claims the default, Web services-based approach to SOA development fails to properly separate concerns, and describes how the more generic interface used in Web architecture leads to an improvement.

    Mark Baker
    on Dec 04, 2006

  • Interview: Using Agile for SOA

    Recently, Digital Focus documented their experience using Agile to tackle SOA for Federal Home Loan Banks. The incremental approach included adopting an SOA platform that could grow as the SOA application portfolio grew, and getting frequent feedback from customers and developers. InfoQ interviewed both the client and the author of the experience report on the project, and business-IT alignment.

    Deborah Hartmann Preuss
    on Dec 04, 2006

  • Casestudy: IP Telephony Integration

    This case study takes at Litescape's IP telephone integration solution, from requirements through an architectural overview of their Java and .NET implementation, and then zooming in some interesting technical aspects of their project including phone integration with WebEx/LiveMeeting, integration between Java/.NET interop, HTTP vs. IPC communication between systems installed on the same machine.

    Scott Delap
    on Nov 30, 2006

  • Compass: Integrate Search into your apps

    Many applications have the user requirement to search domain entities. SQL implementations quickly develop complexity issues as multiple fields are added. Java applications explore the Lucene indexing API but implementing functionality using it can prove time consuming. This tutorial walks through the process of using the Compass API to simplify this integration.

    Shay Banon
    on Nov 29, 2006

  • Incorporating Enterprise Data into SOA

    The majority of today's SOA design techniques are centered around definition of services. They use service-oriented decomposition, based on the business processes, enterprise business/functional model, required long term architectural goals and reuse of the existing enterprise functionality. This article takes a more data centric approach...

    Boris Lublinsky
    on Nov 22, 2006

  • Making AspectJ development easier with AJDT

    Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) can be used to solve a number of today's application requirements but can also be intimidating for developers when getting started. A new article by Matt Chapman, AJDT Project Lead, shows how AOP development with the popular AspectJ library can be made easier using the Eclipse AspectJ Development Tools (AJDT) plugin.

    Matt Chapman
    on Nov 21, 2006

  • Experience Report: Beginners and Experts All Benefit in Open Space

    Agile conferences are receiving an influx of novice teams and managers, and some suggest that new conferences should be organized for these beginners. To the contrary, this report from XPday Montreal suggests that mixing up expertise levels creates a valuable experience for all.

    Deborah Hartmann Preuss
    on Nov 20, 2006

  • Railway Story: SimpleTicket

    A 5-year old, Dallas-based company named Spur is gaining attention and kudos within Ruby on Rails circles. Earlier this week it announced a new release of its popular GPL'd IT support tool named SimpleTicket. Managing Partner Alexander Muse was kind enough to share the story of SimpleTicket with InfoQ.

    Obie Fernandez
    on Nov 15, 2006
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    InfoQ Team
    on Nov 08, 2006

  • Book Excerpt: Agile Software Development, 2nd ed.

    In this updated classic on Agile software development, Alistair Cockburn adds reflections from five more years of practice and research. InfoQ brings you Chapter 1, in which he compares software development with another team-cooperative game - rock climbing - and two common comparison partners, engineering and model building, in order to explore alternate ways of thinking about the work we do.

    Alistair Cockburn
    on Oct 30, 2006

  • SOA Programming Models

    Author Boris Lublinksy provides an overview of the dominant programming models that are emerging in the SOA domain including Windows Communication Framework (WCF), Java Business Integration (JBI) and Service Component Architecture(SCA).

    Boris Lublinsky
    on Oct 26, 2006
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