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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
A Web API Design Methodology

This article provides a brief overview of the design methodology covered in the book "RESTful Web APIs" by Richardson and Amundsen.

Mike Amundsen
on Dec 07, 2014
Reflections on the Dare Festival – Melbourne, 2014

Dare Festival Melbourne is a one-day fast paced event about workplace innovation, change and happiness - Anton summarises the talks with help from some visual recordings by Lynne Cazaly with Marcel Van Hove. Talks covered topics focusing on organisational change and leadership needed to create great places to work.

Anton Rossouw
on Dec 07, 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
No Projects - Beyond Projects

Applying the project lifecycle model to software development complicates both and makes developing good software harder. Allan Kelly presents ideas on how to move beyond projects and into what he calls a Continuous Work, or Steady State Work Model.

Allan Kelly
on Dec 05, 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
The Fatal Flaw of Finalizers and Phantoms

Most developers know that finalizers should not be depended on, but sometimes they are necessary. PhantomReferences, often cited as a good alternative, also suffer from the same fundamental problems. In this article we reveal how to contend with the many issues surrounding finalization in Java.

Jason Greene
on Dec 02, 2014
#NoEstimates Project Planning Using Monte Carlo Simulation

Customers come to us with a new product idea and they always ask the questions - how long will it take and how much will it cost us to deliver? Reality is uncertain, yet we as software developers are expected to deliver new products with certainty. This article shows how to do planning using reference class forecasting with the #NoEstimates paradigm which promises more accuracy in forecasts.

Dimitar Bakardzhiev
on Dec 01, 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
DevOps

Scaling Docker with Kubernetes

An introductory guide to scaling Kubernetes with Docker. Kubernetes is an open-source project to manage a cluster of Linux containers as a single system, managing and running Docker containers across multiple hosts, offering co-location of containers, service discovery and replication control.

Carlos Sanchez
on Nov 29, 2014