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  • Lessons Learned by Scaling Android Apps - AnDevCon Panel Summary

    At the last AnDevCon, Doug Bateman moderated a panel focused on what it takes to build Android apps that scale up to millions of global users. This included team management, testing and design for testability, feature and release management, support, open source contributions, alternative architectures, and more.

    Sergio De Simone
    on Jan 02, 2015

  • Teaching Kids Java Programming

    During the holiday season we think about our families, our children, and and their future. In this article, Yakov Fain give us some insight about what lead him to write his new book "Java Programming for Kids" (now available as a free download) and includes some sample chapters.

    Yakov Fain
    on Dec 22, 2014

  • Book Review and Interview: The Practice of Cloud System Administration

    The new book, The Practice of Cloud System Administration: Designing and Operating Large Distributed Systems, looks at a wide range of considerations for cloud-scale systems. In this book review and interview with the authors, we look at how teams can apply proven best practices.

    Richard Seroter
    on Dec 18, 2014
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    Designing a Highly Available, Fault Tolerant, Hadoop Cluster with Data Isolation

    As data grows exponentially, the modern Hadoop ecosystem provides not only a reliable distributed aggregation system that delivers data parallelism, but also analytics for great data insights. In this article Monica Beckwith, starting from core Hadoop components, investigates the design of a highly available, fault tolerant Hadoop cluster, adding security and data-level isolation.

    Monica Beckwith
    on Dec 16, 2014

  • Using C# and Wix# to Build Windows Installer Packages

    Even with WiX, working with Windows Installer packages can be quite difficult. Oleg Shilo’s solution is to ditch the XML entirely and create MSI packages using traditional C# code.

    Jonathan Allen
    on Dec 10, 2014

  • Key Takeaway Points and Lessons Learned from QCon San Francisco 2014

    This article summarizes the key takeaways and highlights from QCon San Francisco 2014 as blogged and tweeted by QCon's 1,200 attendees. Over the course of the next 4 months, InfoQ will be publishing most of the conference sessions online, including 10 video interviews that were recorded by the InfoQ editorial team.

    Abel Avram
    on Dec 08, 2014

  • Functional Programming in Scala Review and Q&A with the Authors

    Paul Chiusano and Rúnar Bjarnason's Functional Programming in Scala "is not a book about Scala," say the authors, rather it is a principled introduction to functional programming that relies on Scala. An interview with the authors.

    Sergio De Simone
    on Dec 08, 2014

  • Review: Designing APIs for the Web

    Mike Amundsen's video series "Designing APIs for the Web" is a straightforward dive into API design suitable for a broad set of stakeholders. The thirteen part series provides a rich blend of practical advice, new ideas & a bit of controversy to keep you on your toes. This article reviews the series so you know what to expect. It provides an overview of the content and a balanced commentary.

    Mark W. Foster
    on Dec 06, 2014

  • The Definitive Guide to Database Version Control

    In the brave new world of big data and BI, the only technology constant is change. When it comes to database change, agility through automation - the ability to do more with less more rapidly to accelerate delivery – is what differentiates highly competitive, world-class enterprises from the rest of the crowd.

    Uri Margalit
    on Dec 04, 2014

  • Apache Ignite GridGain Incubator Project - Q&A Interview with Nikita Ivanov

    GridGain announced that the In-Memory Data Fabric has been accepted into Apache Incubator program as Apache Ignite. InfoQ spoke with Nikita Ivanov about their product becoming part of Apache.

    Srini Penchikala
    on Dec 03, 2014

  • Natural Course of Refactoring – a Refactoring Workflow

    This article provides ideas about how to approach refactoring based on the complexity and stability of the codebase (Feather's Quadrant) and proposes a refactoring workflow based on a four step process and some practical suggestions on how to apply it.

    Mariusz Sieraczkiewicz
    on Nov 30, 2014

  • How Well Do You Know Your Personae Non Gratae?

    In this article, author discusses three techniques to defend against malicious users in software systems. These techniques includes creating personas to think strategically about the mischief a malicious user might attempt, misuse cases used to determine how the software should respond to unintended use, and activity diagrams annotated with security concerns.

    Jane Cleland-Huang
    on Nov 27, 2014
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