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Book Review: Building Applications with the Android SDK, 2nd Edition

The Android Developer’s Cookbook: Building Applications with the Android SDK, 2nd Edition is a collaborative effort by Ronan Schwarz, Phil Dutson, James Steele and Nelson To. The authors have succeeded in providing a solid reference book. A book for mobile app developers that can serve as an authoritative guide for newbies and intermediate to expert devs for creating awesome mobile apps.

Martin Monroe
on Oct 19, 2013
ATDD From the Trenches

A concrete example of how to get started with acceptance-test driven development on an existing code base. It is part of the solution to technical debt.

Henrik Kniberg
on Oct 17, 2013
Book Review: Learning Gerrit Code Review

Learning Gerrit Code Review presents an overview of the Gerrit review tool, from how to install and configure projects through to how to integrate with other services like GitHub and Jenkins.The book also presents the rationale behind code reviews and the benefits that it brings to projects, as well as some low-level introductions to git.

Alex Blewitt
on Oct 16, 2013
Bridging Subsidiaries With the Cloud to Create a Global API

One of the biggest challenges in modern business is how you integrate subsidiaries and present a single global view so that customers and partners find it simpler to integrate with your organisation. In this article we will discuss a fictitious sample based on a real-world scenario and look at some of the challenges and good practices that you should look to implement to be successful.

Michael Stephenson
on Oct 15, 2013
Interview: Adrian Cockcroft on High Availability, Best Practices, and Lessons Learned in the Cloud

Netflix is a widely referenced case study for how to effectively operate a cloud application at scale. While their hyper-resilient approach may not be necessary at most organizations, Netflix has advanced the conversation about what it means to build modern systems. In this interview, InfoQ spoke with Adrian Cockcroft who is the Cloud Architect for the Netflix platform.

Richard Seroter
on Oct 11, 2013
Preparing for Your First MongoDB Deployment: Capacity Planning and Monitoring

In this article, author Mat Keep discusses the deployment best practices of MongoDB databases with focus on capacity planning and monitoring aspects. He also explains the topics like hardware selection, key metrics for monitoring and when it’s time to add shards.

Mat Keep
on Oct 08, 2013
Keeping Your Secrets

Dennis Sosnoski explains how supposedly-secure connections can be downgraded to the point where they are easily broken and how even at full strength most forms of encryption are vulnerable to data capture and later decryption if your private keys are exposed. In this article you'll learn some ways of making it more difficult for anyone to see or alter your data exchanges.

Dennis Sosnoski
on Sep 30, 2013
Docker: Using Linux Containers to Support Portable Application Deployment

Docker is an open source tool to run applications inside of a Linux container, a kind of light-weight virtual machine. In addition to running, it also offers tools to distribute containerized applications through the Docker index -- or your own hosted Docker registry -- simplifying the process of deploying complex applications.

Zef Hemel
on Sep 26, 2013
How to Make Your In-memory NoSQL Datastores Enterprise-Ready

In this article, author Yiftach Schoolman outlines how to overcome the top seven challenges associated with managing the in-memory NoSQL datastores in the cloud. He discusses the challenges like availability, consistency during and after network splits, data durability, scalability, and ops overhead.

Yiftach Schoolman
on Sep 24, 2013
Virtual Panel: Adjusting to Development in the Cloud

Developers are steadily building experience with an array of diverse cloud environments. InfoQ spoke with three thoughts leaders about the state of cloud development, recommended tools, anti-patterns, and how to get started. Our panelists were Adron Hall, Magnus Mårtensson, and Andy Piper.

Richard Seroter
on Sep 20, 2013
Java

Tips for Tuning the Garbage First Garbage Collector

In July Monica Beckwith explored the theory of the new G1 GC Garbage First Garbage Collector. In this second installment, Monica delves into more practical aspects and provides guidance for tuning.

Monica Beckwith
on Sep 17, 2013
Advanced UNIX Programming: An Interview with Stephen Rago

Having a solid grasp of the fundamentals of systems development provides programmers with crucial concepts that that serve them regardless of their day-to-day development tasks. One of the highly regarded books in this field is Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment. Now in its 3rd edition, coauthor Stephen Rago speaks with InfoQ about the book.

Jeff Martin
on Sep 12, 2013

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