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OCP Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 8 Programmer Study Guide II-Review and Author Conversation

The Oracle Java Certification exams are very difficult tests on every feature of Java, and obtaining certification gives hiring managers a very strong indication that you have a thorough understanding of Java. This handbook is a clear and complete exam preparation, and indeed a great pedal to the metal way to learn Java 8 even for those who may not be planning to become certified.

Victor Grazi
on Jan 12, 2016
Mobile

A Mobile Application Marketing Strategy Guide

Just like you, there are numerous aspiring developers launching beautiful apps into the app stores on a daily basis and without excellent marketing, it can be very easy for your mobile app to sit unnoticed in a corner. So, how do you maintain that momentum and guarantee that your mobile application stands out from the rest? Ritesh Patil shares a few helpful tips on mobile-app marketing.

Ritesh Patil
on Jan 11, 2016
Culture & Methods

7 Habits of Successful Organizations - An Interview with Erwin van der Koogh

Erwin van der Koogh gave a talk at the Agile New Zealand conference in which he discussed the Seven Habits of Successful Organizations and how they enable business agility. Afterwards he spoke to InfoQ about the key themes from his talk.

Shane Hastie
on Jan 10, 2016
Mobile

Open Source as a Driver of Internet of Things

We have advanced from mainframes to workstations, to client-server, to grid computing, to cloud computing and the next step is the Internet of Things. Smart devices, active devices, all around the world are connected, generating huge amounts of data and reacting to commands from central or distributed authorities. And it seems that the ideas of open source now can be applied to hardware ...

Gilles Gravier
on Jan 09, 2016
Culture & Methods

Conversation Patterns for Software Professionals. Part 6

How to convince your client/supervisor/team to your ideas? – this is one of the most common questions that come up during my work with teams. This article presents some effective techniques that will help you propose solutions that you think are better than those suggested by your client. We will also decide if it is really about convincing.

Michał Bartyzel
on Jan 08, 2016
AI, ML & Data Engineering

Big Data Processing with Apache Spark - Part 3: Spark Streaming

In this article, third installment of Apache Spark series, author Srini Penchikala discusses Apache Spark Streaming framework for processing real-time streaming data using a log analytics sample application.

Srini Penchikala
on Jan 07, 2016
Culture & Methods

Foundations of Self-Organization

The idea of self-organizing teams has been called the secret sauce of agile development. This article describes a model with three layers to systematically develop healthy self-organization. The layer called Foundations describes the required organizational infrastructure; The layer called People deals with teams and the individuals in the teams while the third layer is about the outcomes.

Svante Lidman
on Jan 06, 2016
Java

Exposing the Lucene Library as a Microservice with Baratine

Baratine is an asynchronous facade that can be placed in front of an existing library without modifying its code base, thus exposing the library as a microservice available to any language, and simplifying the requirement to have a nonblocking scalable web service. This article shows how Baratine’s POJO platform takes an API-centric approach to building high performance microservices.

Sean Wiley
on Jan 05, 2016
Culture & Methods

Q&A on Exploring the Practice of Antifragility

In the book exploring the practice of antifragility Si Alhir and Donald E. Gould collected experiences with and perspectives on applying antifragility. InfoQ interviewed them about their view on applying antifragility in software development, how antifragility can help organizations to become more flexible and able to deal with change, and the results gained from applying antifragility.

Ben Linders
on Jan 04, 2016
Web Development

Ideas for WebRTC Implementation

WebRTC promises to revolutionize the way we communicate on the web. The technology is still nascent and there's more than one way to implement it, depending on your needs. In this article, Nikolai Bezruk offers a few suggestions on how to decide which WebRTC implementation is right for you.

Nikolai Bezruk
on Jan 03, 2016
AI, ML & Data Engineering

Using Redis as a Time Series Database: Why and How

In this article, Dr. Josiah Carlson, author of the book “Redis in Action”, explains how to use Redis and sorted sets with hashes for time series analysis.

Josiah Carlson
on Jan 02, 2016
Culture & Methods

Continuously Improving Your Lean-Agile Coaching

This article describes the challenges faced in starting a group of internal lean-agile coaches and some outcomes such as self-assessment radars, mentoring sessions, and a few lessons. If you are considering a career as a lean-agile coach, you can use it to assess where you are and the next steps you can take. If you already are a lean-agile coach, you can use this to improve your coaching.

Luca Minudel
on Jan 01, 2016

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