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The H-A Manifesto
The latest of the agile manifestos, in a long line of manifestos, has been launched today, called the H-A Manifesto. Read on to find out if you can apply it in your organisation.
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Haskell moves to Git
The well-known Haskell implementation GHC is moving from Darcs to a repository on GitHub, citing wider tool support and faster operations.
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Tasktop 2.0 Supports Task Federation and Cross-Repository Agile Planning
The latest version of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) collaboration tool Tasktop supports task federation, cross-repository Agile planning, and new connectors to other ALM tools like HP Agile Accelerator and SmartBear CodeCollaborator. Tasktop team last week released version 2.0 of the software which also has integration with Hudson CI tool.
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Debate: What’s the Reason For MySpace’s Decline?
Some argue that MySpace has lost ground to Facebook because of their technology – Microsoft stack – and due to lack of enough talent in Los Angeles, while others opine that it is management’s fault and the departure of many people when the company was acquired by News Corp. in 2006.
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The Importance of Agile Feedback Loops
Several members of the Agile community emphasize the importance of feedback loops in the effectiveness of Agile development processes.
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James Gosling Joins Google
In a brief statement on his blog James Gosling has announced that he has joined Google.
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Model Driven Development and Domain Specific Language Best Practices
Markus Voelter has published an update to his 2008 "MDD and DSL Best Practices" article. One of his core conclusions today is that "the distinction between modeling and programming goes away almost completely."
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HTML 5 and CSS 3 Support for Expression Web
Microsoft has released an update to Expression Web 4 to support HTML 5 and CSS 3 development. This update, part of Service Pack 1, is only a partial solution; it offers IntelliSense and error-checking support but with only partial preview support. This update also includes expanded support for PHP IntelliSense.
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What is a Commitment Anyway?
Commitment is defined as the act of binding yourself to a course of action. In Scrum, commitment has a strong meaning and Scrum practitioners suggest that authentic Scrum is not possible if people are not keeping commitments. In-spite of this, forums have a lot of questions about commitments not being met. Do we understand the real meaning of commitment?
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Firefox: Mozilla Wants a New Development Process, Firefox 4 and the Roadmap
The Mozilla team wants to switch Firefox development to a schedule-driven process to speed up releases. Firefox 4 has been recently released with many improvements, while the roadmap outlines plans for versions 5, 6, and 7.
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GlassFish Server 3.1 Supports JavaEE 6 Web Profile & Full Platform, Clustering and High Availability
The latest version of GlassFish application server supports JavaEE 6 Web Profile & Full Platform, improved OSGi support, clustering and high availability. Oracle recently released version 3.1 of commercial (Oracle GlassFish Server) and community (GlassFish Server Open Source Edition) versions of the server. New release also provides centralized administration and improved JDBC monitoring.
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Product Owner Patterns
The Product Owner role is regularly debated and discussed. The challenges of the role and the responsabilities encompased by it are a frequent source of discussion and advice. Recently there has been discussion about common aspects of the role and the important activities a product owner needs to ensure happen on an agile project, and the difference between the product owner and product manager
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Obeo Releases Obeo Designer 5.0
Obeo Designer enables business analysts and enterprise or solution architects to create their own modeling tools including domain specific notations or code generators. Code generation is handled by Acceleo, an Open-Source code generation environment based on a pragmatic vision of MDA, hosted by the Eclipse Foundation.
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Leslie G. Valiant receives Turing Award 2010
Leslie G. Valiant has been appointed the ACM Turing Award Recipient 2010 for his work on computational learning theory and his contribution to the broader theory of computer science.
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JRuby 1.6 Released: Ruby 1.9.2 Compatible and C Extensions
JRuby 1.6.0 has been released and brings almost complete Ruby 1.9.2 support. Additionally, there's experimental support for C extensions, and Windows is now a primary platform. InfoQ talked to Thomas Enebo about the new release and what they have planned for the future.