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.NET Static Analysis and Parasoft dotTEST

Static analysis has a broad set of capabilities to offer the .NET world. It can enforce pattern-based rules, whether they're based on proven standards or custom patterns that help you identify application-specific defects. Nevertheless, some defects cannot be detected by this analysis technique. The flow analysis feature of dotTEST does exactly that.

Arthur Hicken
on Oct 06, 2011
Culture & Methods

Agile Hybridization - Novel Experimentation or "They just don't get it."

Chris Goldsbury discusses the perceived conflict between waterfall and agile processes and identifies a set of context factors that provide guidelines for adopting an appropriate hybrid process between the two.

Christopher Goldsbury
on Oct 05, 2011
David Pollak and Dick Wall Discuss Barriers to Scala Adoption

David Pollak, famous Scala advocate, blog posted, "Yes, Virginia, Scala is hard", causing a brouhaha. Scala use is increasing, yet the post claims that Scala tries to do too much, has poor IDE support, and more. InfoQ catches up with David Pollak and Dick Wall to comment on the complaints in the post, as well as the future of Scala. David has things to say about Groovy, Ceylon and Lambdas too.

Rick Hightower
on Oct 04, 2011
The SaaS Development Lifecycle

Many companies today are struggling with how to take advantage of cloud technologies while integrating them into their existing development and operating procedures. This article will show you how to adapt your existing development and operating procedures to the cloud.

Hanu Kommalapati William H. Zack
on Oct 03, 2011
Effective Java Profiling With Open Source Tools

In this example-driven article, Joachim Haagen Skeie walks you step by step through using open source tools like JMap, VisualVM, BTrace, and EurekaJ to get under the hood of your running Java apps to effectively diagnose performance and memory problems.

Joachim Haagen Skeie
on Sep 28, 2011
Resilient Security Architecture

In this IEEE article, author John Diamant talks about how to improve security quality of software applications using a proactive approach with techniques like Security requirements gap analysis and Architectural threat analysis in the early phases of software development life cycle.

John Diamant
on Sep 27, 2011
Organizational Culture and Agile: Does it fit?

Recently, Agile Coach Michael Sahota has been exploring the impacts of organizational culture on Agile transformations. We caught up with Michael and asked him to answer a few questions for our readers.

Todd Charron
on Sep 26, 2011
Discover Recording JVM Debuggers

A debugger is a great tool for examining the internal state of an application, reproducing however a specific issue is a completely different matter. Fully replicating the production environment into a staging area might even be a feat on its own. Meet recording debuggers that remove all the guesswork and extra effort by monitoring the application in production and knowing exactly what happened.

Kostis Kapelonis
on Sep 23, 2011
Virtual Panel: SOA and Cloud Computing

SOA and Cloud computing experts discuss relationships between SOA and Cloud computing, principles and technologies they can/should share, the applications that can best leverage combining SOA and Cloud computing and the things that are the most important for Cloud computing success.

Boris Lublinsky
on Sep 22, 2011
Multi-Process Node.js: Motivations, Challenges and Solutions

Although Node.js doesn’t expose traditional threads or bother directly with issues like multiple-processor concurrency, these issue do arise in production environments. InfoQ has conducted a virtual panel with the creators of Node.js projects that deal with these concerns.

Dio Synodinos
on Sep 21, 2011
F# mobile development with WebSharper

Functional programming languages can lead to novel ways of thinking about application development. There is just something about using a different paradigm that puts engineering problems into a new context. In such a spirit, Adam Granicz shows how F# and WebSharper can be used to tame mobile development.

Adam Granicz
on Sep 20, 2011
Active Architecture for Agile Projects

Active Architecture is a type of documentation that helps to bridge the gap between User Stories in Agile Projects and large design deliverables on Traditional projects. It leverages the power and simplicity of User Stories. Unlike traditional design documentation that defines the structure or passive state of the design, Active Architecture defines the actions or active state of the design.

Terry Bunio
on Sep 19, 2011

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