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  • Moq .NET Mocking Library

    Moq is a mocking library for .NET designed and developed to utilize .NET 3.5 features, e.g., Linq expression trees and lambda expressions. Moq's goal is to be simple and straightforward, allowing a natural integration into existing unit tests, instead of forcing developers to rewrite tests or learn extensive Record/Replay mocking frameworks.

  • PowerShell for IIS

    The push for making Windows configurable from the command line continues with the IIS 7 PowerShell Provider.

  • Interview: Jerry Cuomo Discusses Virtualization, Cloud Computing and WebSphere Virtual Enterprise

    In this interview, Jerry Cuomo talks about Virtualization and Cloud Computing and what IBM is doing with WebSphere Virtual Enterprise to help virtualize middleware and application stack. He also explains the progression of virtualization using virtual servers, collection of servers, and virtual clusters. Jerry mentions that next release of WebSphere Version 7 will have a virtual appliance option.

  • .NET 3.5 SP 1 Released

    Service Pack 1 for .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 was released today. While called a "service pack", the sheer number of new features makes this release as significant as .NET 3.0. These include the controversial ADO.NET Entity Framework and the much demanded improvements to C#’s real-time syntax checker.

  • Automatically Route Requests to Content Servers using IIS 7

    Microsoft is demonstrating a new routing module for IIS 7. This module automatically routes requests to content servers based on HTTP headers and server variables as well as load balancing concerns such as server health and affinity.

  • John Heintz on Adding Behavior to Java Annotations

    Custom annotations are a great way to add common reusable behavior to Java applications. John Heintz from New Aspects discussed at the recent No Fluff Just Stuff (NFJS) Java Symposium, the design techniques for adding behavior to Java Annotations.

  • Article: Developing Portlets using JSF, Ajax, and Seam (Part 1 of 3)

    This article, the first in a three-part series by Wesley Hales, lays the framework for the rest of the series. It covers setting up a new project using JBoss Portlet Container and JBoss Portlet Bridge, configuring a JSF application to use JBoss Portlet Bridge, and the capabilities that JBoss Portlet Bridge provides to a JSF application.

  • Comparing Virtual Machine Interfaces

    Andrew John Hughes, one of the OpenJDK Innovators' Challenge finalists, has posted a multi-part comparison of the interface between OpenJDK, GNU Classpath, and their respective virtual machine implementations.

  • Presentation: Mock Roles Not Object States

    In this presentation filmed during QCon London 2007, Nat Pryce and Steve Freeman talk about TDD using Mock Objects. In their opinion, Mock Objects improves the software design and makes the code more easier to maintain and adapt to changing requirements.

  • Security Vulnerabilities in Safe Level, WEBrick, Dl, DNS lookup

    A few security vulnerabilities were discovered in Ruby 1.8.5 to 1.8.7 and 1.9.x. The vulnerabilities are found with safe levels, WEBrick has a DoS vulnerability in a particular regular expression, shared library API dl doesn't check taintedness and resolv.rb has a problem with DNS spoofing.

  • The Challenges in Java Benchmarking

    Brent Boyer posted an article on IBM's DeveloperWorks that discusses the challenges in Java benchmarking and introduces a Java benchmarking framework.

  • Using Open Source in your Business: Myths and Clarifications

    A white paper “10 Myths About Running Open Source Software in Your Business” was released by ActiveState. It promotes rational approach to open source software and refutes some common misconceptions about its quality, its usage and its place in today’s industry. The authors believe that open source adoption is inevitable but they advocate for a more structured approach to its implementation.

  • Open source workflow engines compared: jBPM, OpenWFE and Enhydra Shark

    A new report looks at how open source workflow engines jBPM, OpenWFE and Enhydra Shark compare in support of standard Workflow Patterns, including how they stack up against their closed source alternatives Staffware, WebSphere MQ and Oracle BPEL PM.

  • Robert Bell on Java and Silverlight Interop

    Robert Bell, Microsoft Solution Architect, introduces interoperability scenarios for using Silverlight from Java and provides architectural guidance using sample code snippets.

  • Improving Web Service Security: Guidance for WCF

    Microsoft patterns and practices group has released a WCF Security Guide. The 689 pages compendium offers a general introduction to Web Service security fundamentals as well as in-depth knowledge about several security threads and appropriate counter-measures.

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