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Interview and Book Review: A practical approach to large-scale Agile development

A Practical Approach to Large-Scale Agile Development tells the story about applying agile and lean principles in a large scale software development program for the HP laserjet futuresmart firmware. An interview with with two of the authors, Gary Gruver and Mike Young, about agile principles, managing change, collaboration between distributed teams, and the benefits of using agile.

Ben Linders
on Jan 25, 2013
Book Review: Core Java Volume 1 - Fundamentals

Core Java Volume I Ninth Edition by Cay Horstmann and Gary Cornell has been released, and it is as lucid and replete with basic non-trivial examples as ever. In this two-volume tome you will find everything you ever wanted to know about Java 7, the latest release of the Java Development Kit, including collections, generics, concurrency, etc.

Victor Grazi
on Jan 24, 2013
Sharing Code in WCF without Code Generation

One of the principal problems with normal WCF development is code reuse. No matter how well you design your classes on the server, once the proxy generator has touched them you get nothing but simple DTOs. This article shows how to bypass the proxy generator so that your client and server can share code.

Jonathan Allen
on Jan 23, 2013
Getting Started with Shuttle Service Bus

Shuttle Service Bus is a .NET open source framework providing distribution support for command and event messaging useful in building an EDA system. This article introduces Shuttle and a case study of its use in production.

Eben Roux
on Jan 21, 2013
Designing a World at Your Fingertips: A Look at Mobile User Interfaces

User interface (UI) is a critical component of any successful mobile application. In this article, Forrest Shull presents his interview discussion with Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) researchers about mobile UI principles and other areas of ongoing research including multiple devices, privacy and security, and voice. He also talks about the challenges when developing mobile user interfaces.

Forrest Shull
on Jan 16, 2013
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The Role of the Development Manager

A Development Manager has a number of responsibilities, but the primary one is to get a product out the door. Filling this role requires a large skill set and this article discusses what skills are needed, and not needed, to be an effective Development Manager.

Robert McCabe
on Jan 14, 2013
Java EE Mobile Application Development using the AeroGear Framework

AeroGear is a mobile development framework from JBoss that supports mobile web, hybrid, native apps on iOS & Android, and server side resources with extensions into existing projects like RESTEasy. Jay Balunas and Marius Bogoevici spoke at JavaOne 2012 Conference about AeroGear framework. InfoQ caught up with them and Anil Saldhana to speak about mobile development using AeroGear.

Srini Penchikala
on Jan 10, 2013
Integrated ALM Tools Are Fundamental to Success

The typical software delivery project captures requirements numerous times, describes tests in multiple places, is indiscriminate of what is in a particular build, and often requires a large amount of analysis to know who is doing what and why. Dave West looks at the problems this causes and argues for holistic, integrated ALM approach.

Dave West
on Jan 09, 2013
Debunking the Misconceptions around IPv6

In this article, Jim MacLeod of WildPackets addresses some of the misconceptions regarding IPv6 making the necessary transition process from the old and exhausted IPv4 slow and timid.

Jim MacLeod
on Jan 08, 2013
Automated Builds: The Key to Consistency

If there's one thing software developers are good at, it's automating things that used to be done manually. Making life easier for everyone by letting computers handle tedious repeatable tasks, allowing people to focus on what matters to them is what we’re here for. However, development teams often neglect the one audience that would benefit the most - themselves.

Joe Enos
on Jan 02, 2013
Designing Next-Generation Massively Multithreaded Architectures for Irregular Applications

In this article, authors discuss Cray XMT, a massively multithreaded architecture framework that addresses the needs of irregular data-intensive applications in emerging fields like bioinformatics, semantic databases, natural language processing, and social network analysis. They also compare this approach with other multithreaded architectures such as GPUs and UltraSPARC processors.

Oreste Villa Antonino Tumeo Simone Secchi
on Dec 31, 2012
Interview with Yves Hanoulle on the Agile and Lean Mindset

At the XP Days Benelux 2012 conference, Yves Hanoulle did a session about the agile and lean mindset. InfoQ spoke with him on the mindset, his experiences with pair working, and how he collaborates in the agile community.

Ben Linders
on Dec 28, 2012

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