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  • Using Coding Katas, BDD and VS2010 Project Templates: Part 2

    This is the second of a three-part series on how Jamie Phillips used a combination of coding katas, behavior driven development, and project templates to improve his development practices. In this part Jamie introduces the reader to behavior driven development and explains how it can improve the effectiveness of unit testing.

  • Technical Debt a Perspective for Managers

    Developers often talk about Technical Debt saying its slowing your projects down. What are they really saying? What measures can you take to reduce it before it cripples your projects?

  • Interview and Book Excerpt: Test-Drive ASP.NET MVC

    Today, InfoQ publishes and excerpt(PDF) from Test-Drive ASP.NET MVC written by Jonathan McCracken. We also used the opportunity to interview the author. Test-Drive ASP.NET MVC gives a thorough introduction to ASP.NET MVC using Test Driven Development (TDD). The book is targeted at both existing ASP.NET developers as well as non Microsoft developers.

  • Using Coding Katas, BDD and VS2010 Project Templates: Part 1

    This three-part series on using coding katas in practice Behavior Driven Development was written by the late Jamie Phillips, a well-known member of Boston's Agile and .NET communities. When we saw the first draft of this article we were all eager to publish it, but he passed away before we could finish the editing process. With the permission of wife Diana, we proudly present his final work.

  • Introducing the Tellurium Automated Testing Framework

    Jian Fang describes the The Tellurium Automated Testing Framework he created which features a novel approach to automated, referred to as a UI module, to try and improve the often brittle state of automated web UI testing code.

  • Bad Attitudes of Agile

    Christopher Goldsbury explores some "bad attitudes" of Agility - assertions about management, documentation, testing, teams, and schedules that are commonly encountered, but contrary to reality. These bad attitudes find refuge and justification in Agile despite the fact they are false. Addressing these viewpoints before they, potentially, darken a good movement is essential.

  • Book Excerpt and Interview: ExtJS in Action

    ExtJS in Action by Jesus Garcia is a book that tries to introduce the Ext JS cross-browser JavaScript library, which is used for building Rich Internet Applications. Ext JS combines a large library of widgets, an extensible component model, and an easy-to-use API to create a full, rock-solid platform for JavaScript-based web apps.

  • Introducing New Technology in Agile

    This article combines the case-study experience of the author and a general decision-making framework for agile teams facing the challenge of introducing a new technology, mid-stream in a project.

  • Use of Kanban in the Operations Team at Spotify

    In this article, InfoQ spoke with Mattias Jansson, Operations Engineer at Spotify (an online music streaming service) about the adoption of Kanban by the Spotify Operations team. Jansson offered a lot of detail about the choice to adopt Kanban as well as the experiences that the Operations team at Spotify has gained while implementing a Kanban-based approach to dealing with their workload.

  • Error Handling Considerations in SOA Analysis & Design

    This paper looks at various error handling considerations associated with design of re-usable services and provides an outline of what error handling considerations apply during SOA analysis and design phases and also describes some best practices into designing these considerations to ensure that services are designed and implemented in all its completeness.

  • A Brief Introduction to the Java and .NET Patent Issues

    With the recent legal battle between Google and Oracle there is a renewed focus on the patent issues for Java and .NET. Tim Smith introduces the licenses offered by Oracle/Sun and Microsoft, with a focus on how they may affect third party implementation. Possible motivations for Google Android’s unique implementation are also covered.

  • Confessions of A New Agile Developer

    This short article is a first-person case history of someone taking up Agility for the first time. It covers the problems and reactions that are common to most teams and most developers.

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