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Twitter Diffy Spots Bugs in Services by Comparing the Responses
Twitter has open sourced Diffy, an automated testing tool used in production for discovering potential bugs in new code running on Apache Trift and other HTTP-based services.
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The Role of an Agile Manager
An agile transformation needs a convincing involvement and statement by top management to show that the game really has changed says Jürgen Dittmar. InfoQ asked him about how management can be an obstacle in agile transformations, changing the mindset and approach for managing organizations, how managers and leaders can enable agility in organizations, and examples from applying Management 3.0.
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ARM Open Sources mbed, an IoT OS
The ARM mbed OS has entered beta and a number of components have been or will be open sourced in the following weeks.
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Google's Cloud Dataflow Enters General Availability
On August 12, Google announced that its big data processing service has reached general availability. This managed service allows customers to build pipelines that manipulate data prior to being processed by big data solutions. Cloud Dataflow supports both streaming and batch programming in a unified model.
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10th State of Agile Survey
The 10th annual state of agile survey is open through October 2, 2015. The survey explores the worldwide adoption of agile.
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React 0.14 Hits Release Candidate, Adding New Package Split, Refs Syntax, and More
Two months after entering beta, React 0.14 has reached release candidate status. React 0.14 will enforce separation of rendering and core concerns, make it easier to declare stateless components, and add new `refs` syntax.
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Heroku Adds Private Spaces for Isolating Cloud Apps
Since being acquired by Salesforce five years ago, Heroku has continued to evolve as a developer-focused, standalone PaaS. The recent beta announcement of Heroku Private Spaces – included in the Heroku Enterprise bundle and part of the new Salesforce App Cloud – addresses a key Ops security concern while also bringing clarity to the question of how to use Salesforce and Heroku together.
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Defining and Managing Requirements with Interactive Prototypes
An interview about recent developments in requirement definition and management, how agile teams handle requirements and which problems they face in their daily work, using interactive diagrams and prototypes for conveying requirements, how interactive prototyping can be used with a lean startup approach, and what the future will bring us in requirements definition and management.
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Python 3.5 Brings New Language Features and Library Modules
Recently released Python 3.5 brings a host of changes, including several new syntax features, new library modules, and improvements to the standard library and to security.
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Agile and Lean Adoption in Greece
Small and medium sized companies have adopted the agile way of working in Greece and there are few examples of agile in larger organizations, interest in agile from the local industry is growing. Among the topic discussed in agile meetups are whether companies should implement Scrum or Kanban, Scrum for startups, dealing with fixed price and scope contracts, productivity, and happiness in teams.
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Interview with Adam Granicz on WebSharper 3
Version 3 of WebSharper, the F# framework for developing web applications hits RTM this year. We decided to catch up with Adam Granicz, CEO of IntelliFactory, to learn what new features and improvements WebSharper 3 brings.
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Disposable Microservices
James Governor from RedMonk has written about how immutable infrastructure approaches are applicable to microservices. In his view, all microservices must be immutable and developers will observe the same benefits which others are already seeing in lower layers of the software stack.
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Business Case for Diversity in Organizations
There is a positive correlation between diversity and financial performance and in an inclusive workplace, employees are more engaged which is crucial for retention and performance says Regina Chien. Having a diversity of thought and life experiences is going to help engineers create the best products.
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Apple tvOS Aims to Bring Games and Productivity Apps to Apple TV
Apple has introduced tvOS, a new OS for its Apple TV that will allow developers to create games and productivity apps in a way that will be familiar to iOS developers.
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Nexus Guide for Scrum is Published
Nexus is a framework for developing and sustaining large software development projects. The Nexus Guide can be used next to the Scrum Guide to scale Scrum and support the integrated effort of multiple software development teams.