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How to Start With Security

Computer security, or the lack thereof, has made many headlines recently. In this article we'll look at how bad things are and what you, as a software developer, can do about it. It will help get you started or hopefully give you some new ideas if you're already doing some security work.

Rémon (Ray) Sinnema
on Mar 14, 2015
Q&A on Agile! The Good, the Hype and the Ugly

The book "Agile! The Good, the Hype and the Ugly" by Bertrand Meyer provides a review of agile principles, techniques and tools. It explores the agile methods Extreme Programming, Lean Software, Scrum and Crystal and provides suggestions on what to use or not to use from them, based on software engineering principles and research and personal experience of the book author.

Ben Linders
on Mar 13, 2015
What Do We Know about Software Development in Startups?

In this article, authors discuss the software engineering practices in startup companies and provide empirical software engineering sources related to their engineering practices. They talk about the process management being agile, evolutionary, and opportunistic.

Carmine Giardino Tony Gorschek Michael Unterkalmsteiner Pekka Abrahamsson Nicolò Paternoster
on Mar 12, 2015
Technical Leadership: The Often Overlooked Skills and Responsibilities of a Technical Team Leader

A Technical Team Leader should demonstrate capability in three main areas which are often overlooked: Team Support, Technical Excellence, and Innovation. In the course of preparing TTL's, organizations tend to build capacity in one the three areas, but rarely in them all, which results in a deficiency in the TTL's capabilities and performance. Read more about these capabilities in this article.

Amr Noaman
on Mar 11, 2015
Cloud Security Auditing: Challenges and Emerging Approaches

Security audits are an important part of IT security programs. In this article, authors highlight the challenges in cloud computing business models, based on interviews with cloud security auditors. They talk about the challenges in the areas of transparency, encryption and colocation and domain-tailored audits as ideal solution in the new model.

Syed Rizvi William Aiken John Kissell Jungwoo Ryoo
on Mar 08, 2015
Q&A with Patrick Kua About Talking with Tech Leads

When developers become Tech Leads they have to find a balance between leading teams and continuing to do technical work. The book Talking with Tech Leads contains stories from Tech Leads on situations, challenges and approaches for leading teams. It explores the role and activities of technical leaders, and provides suggestions how to deal with responsibilities that come with technical leadership.

Ben Linders
on Mar 07, 2015
JavaScript is Cool…and the Market is Hot

JavaScript developers are in demand and now is the time to ride the wave. What are recruiters looking for and how can developers upgrade their skills to meet the needs of companies? Authors Areos Ledesma and Will Asrari discuss the JavaScript job market and how developers can prosper.

Areos Ledesma Will Asrari
on Mar 05, 2015
Go for the Money! JSR 354 Adds First Class Money and Currency Support to Java

First class money and currency support in Java are almost here. In this article Credit Suisse's Anatole Tresch JSR 354 spec lead, discusses the shortcomings of the legacy currency and money support, motivation for the new APIs, and lots of examples.

Anatole Tresch
on Mar 03, 2015
James Grenning on Technical Excellence

At then recent Agile Singapore conference James Grenning presented two technically focused talks - one on the importance of technical excellence and the other teaching test driven development. He spoke to InfoQ about the importance of strong technical practices to enable true agility in software development.

Shane Hastie
on Feb 27, 2015
Employing Enterprise Architecture for Applications Assurance

In this article, authors discuss how enterprise, software, and security architects can improve software assurance by using the enterprise architecture to promulgate the software security controls. They also talk about other security model components like threat modeling, attack trees, secure design patterns, and misuse cases.

Walter Houser
on Feb 26, 2015
Visual Portfolio Management: Collaboratively Aligning Your Company

To exploit agile advantages like speed, flexibility, and fast feedback, companies need to work on the right things. The three-horizons model explains how companies need to work to ensure sustainable growth. Visual portfolio management can integrate the different types of work into a coherent system.

Markus Andrezak
on Feb 23, 2015
Technical Debt: A Repayment Plan

All teams eventually face technical debt. In this Jeremy presents what technical debt is...and isn't, as well as meet some of the different types of technical debt and discusses how to deal with each. Finally, he presents a metaphor for understanding technical debt, explaining it to stakeholders, and then dealing with it in an efficient way.

Jeremy Jarrell
on Feb 22, 2015

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