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Microsoft Counting On Scrum and XP
When Microsoft launched SQL Server 2005 last fall, ending a five-year wait for major revisions, Steve Ballmer acknowledged "It's been a bit long in the making, we're committed to a much closer cycle time."eWeek reports that they will do this using agile development methodologies, such as XP and Scrum. Yet they won't mandate methodology, stressing product quality instead to encourage improvement
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CaptainHook, Free .NET Hook Manager For Subversion Released
Veloc-it has built a new plugin (hook) framework in .NET, CaptainHook, for those using the Subversion version control system. Subversion "hooks" are scripts that are triggered when a particular version control event happens, such as committing a set of changes. These hooks execute by defeault as perl scripts, but CaptainHook allows a .NET application to be run for more complex processing needs.
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Reviews Mixed on Google's New Project Hosting Service
Last week Google announced a new hosting service for open-source projects. Developer comments around the web have been mixed. Some developers have been impressed with the service while others feel underwhelmed.
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Bringing Scripting to the Java Platform
Scripting languages have traditionally been difficult to integrate into Java applications. A new article on the Sun Developer Network takes a look at using JSR 223 - Scripting for the Java Platform to integrate scripting into your application.
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RIFE Java Web Framework 1.5 Released
The RIFE Java web framework has released version 1.5. RIFE is a full-stack web application framework with tools and APIs to implement most common web features. Each of its toolkits is usable by itself or as an integrated stack. The RIFE framework promotes itself as having many key differentiators versus other Java web frameworks including continuations and state handling without sessions.
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Esper: High Volume Event Stream Processing and Correlation in Java
Esper is an event stream processing (ESP) and event correlation engine (CEP) unveiled this week with a 1.0 launch on Codehaus. Esper is a real time engine that triggers actions when pojo event conditions occurs among event streams. It is designed for high volume event correlation where millions of events coming in would make it impossible to use a classical RDBMS approach.
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Embedding C in Ruby for Performance
The RubyInline module, among other things, is making it easy for Ruby developers to use the power of compiled C code for significant performance gains.
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An Inside Look at the Geronimo Plugins System
One of the top items listed in the new Geronimo 1.1 release is plugin support. Plugins are touted as being easy to install, automatically downloading dependencies, and eliminating the need for server restarts. InfoQ recently caught up with Geronimo committers Bruce Snyder and Aaron Mulder for more details.
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Microsoft to Release NDoc Killer
According to an MSDN Forums post, Microsft is preparing to release a Community Tech Preview (CTP) of Sandcastle (Documentation Compiler), its answer to NDoc, the open-source generator for documentation from XML code comments.
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InfoQ Article: From Java to Ruby...
The Ruby on Rails revolution has been led by developers. Convincing management takes another kind of persuasion. A manager needs to understand the risks of adopting Ruby, the risks of snubbing mainstream languages like Java--even for one project--and the overall technical landscape of Ruby's capabilities.
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eXo Java Content Repository and ECM 1.0 Released
Exo and Objectweb have announced the release of their Java Content Repository JCR 1.0 open source product (an implementation of JSR 170) as well as ECM (Enterprise Content Management) 1.0 tools, part of the eXo portal platform which also includes a JSR 168 compliant portal server.
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CRX Content Repository for Java 1.2 Released
Day Software has released version 1.2 of Day Content Repository Extreme (CRX). CRX is a content repository implementing the new Content Repository for Java Technology (JCR) standard. This release adds Apache Derby support, Active/Passive Clustering, and full JSR 170 compliance. InfoQ spoke to Day CTO David Nuescheler to get more information.
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Better Rails Plugin Management
As the number of Rails plugins steadily increases, remembering and managing these plugins is getting increasingly difficult. Some tools are addressing the need for better plugin management.
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Can Ruby Live Without Rails? An Interview with Bruce Tate
Yakov Fain, a senior technical architect and author of numerous Java books, interviews Bruce Tate, a famous Java-turned-Ruby developer, and investigates the status of the Ruby language.
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New Release of V1: Agile Enterprise Development Suite
This new release from VersionOne allows all project stakeholders -- project managers, executives, developers, product managers, customers, and testers -- to collaborate and coordinate plans and progress much more effectively. With extended support for the Agile life cycle, this tool offers better visibility into the entire software development process.