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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
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
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
Mobile

Implementing and Searching Deep Links with the URX API

John Milinovich explains why mobile deep links matter, how to implement them and search for deep links in other apps using the URX API.

John Milinovich
on Nov 28, 2014
How Well Do You Know Your Personae Non Gratae?

In this article, author discusses three techniques to defend against malicious users in software systems. These techniques includes creating personas to think strategically about the mischief a malicious user might attempt, misuse cases used to determine how the software should respond to unintended use, and activity diagrams annotated with security concerns.

Jane Cleland-Huang
on Nov 27, 2014
Building Relationships Between Agile Teams and Stakeholders

Neuroscience tell us that humans are wired to connect with each other says Jenni Jepsen. Results from neuroscience research can be used in our daily work to strengthen relationships in the workplace and improve collaboration between agile teams and their stakeholders.

Ben Linders
on Nov 26, 2014
Article Series: Creating Mobile Apps - Recently New Technology and Already a Commodity?

This InfoQ article series is focused on the fast-changing world of Mobile technology. Various technologies emerged to create mobile apps and development processes start to consider mobile as first class citizens. But even though mobile already seems to be omnipresent, the future is just about to start. All this will influence the way we design, develop and test software in the coming years.

Ralph Winzinger
on Nov 25, 2014
An Interview with HAL Creator Mike Kelly

As part of our ongoing series on Web APIs Mike Amundsen talks to Mike Kelly about his reasons for creating HAL and his experiences over the last three years with web developers and the API community.

Mike Amundsen
on Nov 25, 2014
Tuning Java Servers

With tens of thousands of Java servers running in production in the enterprise, many engineers still lack the skills to keep their Java servers greased. In this article InfoQ takes a look at basic techniques for tuning Java servers.

Srinath Perera
on Nov 24, 2014
Behavioral Analysis for Mobile Apps

Mobile channels are getting more and more important - not only for companies with focus on technology but also for traditional businesses. Consequently, the concepts of website optimization and customer behavior analysis are being transferred to field of mobile websites and mobile applications. The overall goal is to learn more about customer behavior and to adopt mobile applications to it.

Ralph Winzinger
on Nov 24, 2014
An Introduction to Chef and to Cookbook Development Flow

“Infrastructure as Code” is a tenet of the DevOps community. But treating Infrastructure as Code is a tall order. Development practices have also evolved rapidly and nowadays that means continuous integration, automated tests and more. We’ll make a brief introdution to Chef, a well-known IT automation tool, and use it to illustrate the state of the art.

João Miranda
on Nov 23, 2014

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