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Choosing Patterns over Abstractions: Streaming XML
Due to its structure, XML does not naturally stream well. Microsoft’s XML Team researched several different APIs in an attempt to abstract away the complexity. In the end, they choose to give up on abstract APIs and instead demonstrate some coding patterns to accomplish the same goal.
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CnPack获得2006年开源软件竞赛金奖
CnPack IDE专家包项目（简称CnWizards）在2006开源软件竞赛中获得专业组金奖。CnPack IDE 专家包是一组集成在Delphi/C++Builder/BDS的IDE中，用于增强IDE功能、提高IDE的可用性及开发效率的免费、开放源码工具。
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XRuby: Another Approach to Ruby on the JVM
Besides JRuby, the XRuby project is hard at work to bring Ruby to the JVM. It's different in that it's a Ruby to Java bytecode compiler, whereas JRuby currently uses an AST-based interpreter, together with some JIT compilation. InfoQ caught up the XRuby developers for a status report, and invited the JRuby team to offer their opinions on cooperation opportunities.
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Ted Neward on Interop & Office Integration interview & whitepaper
Ted Neward has published a detailed whitepaper on Java and .NET integration with samples showing Office clients over Spring-based Java systems, SQL Server & JSP. At the same time InfoQ has published a video interview with Ted that talks further about Office integration possibilities as well as various interop approaches (in-proc, messaging, web services) work and when to use them.
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Spring - OSGi Integration Milestone 1 Released
Milestone 1 of Spring - OSGi was released and provides support for deploying Spring applications in an OSGi environment.
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Testing: Manual or Automated?
Automated testing is all the rage, but is it everything? Micahel, a Test Technical Lead at Microsoft, asks "How do you know whether you have automated enough - or too much?"
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.NET Memory Leaks
A problem with .NET that isn't talked about is the problems caused by using dynamic code generation. In a nut shell, dynamic code generation, which is used in XML Serialization, Regular Expressions, and XSLT transformations, can lead to memory leaks.
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Java Closure Proposals Compared, JCA Position Paper Announced
Howard Lovatt, the author of the C3S proposal for closures in Java, has written a detailed comparison of the four best known proposals (C3S, FCM, CICE, and BGGA). At the same time the authors of the FCM proposal have released a new position paper building on FCM for control abstraction. Ricky Clarkson thinks that CICE is insufficient and wonders if internal politics at Google are affecting it.
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InfoQ Interview: David Hussman on Coaching Agile Adoption
Agile coach and practitioner David Hussman talked to InfoQ about his approach to helping teams and organizations adopting Agile, including his ideas about customizing it without compromising the common denominators required to make Agile really work. He talked about "story tests", addressing manager fears as their team self-organizes, and building a vibrant development community.
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Agile Strategies for Enterprise Architects
Scott Ambler has written some advice for Enterprise Architects looking to tailor their enterprise architecture processes to support agile software development teams, arguing that dev teams need hands-on involvement & mentoring, reference architectures, and overview diagrams; they don't need lots of documentation, authoritative governance or reviews.
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WS-BPEL 2.0 Becomes an OASIS Standard
After nearly four years, WS-BPEL 2.0, the Web Services business process execution language, has become an approved OASIS standard.
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Presentation: Ajax Development with ASP.NET
ASP.NET lead architect Nikhil Lothari demonstrates the out-of-box features in ASP.NET Ajax can be used to enrich Web apps with Ajax functionality and incorporate various Ajax patterns in a simple manner; he also demonstrates more powerful usage of the script framework, best practices and design patterns for incorporating and encapsulating script functionality.
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InfoQ Interview: Jetbrains on IntelliJ 7 Featuring Hibernate and Spring Support
Jetbrains recently released a preview release of IntelliJ 7. Key features include Hibernate, Spring, and Clearcase support.
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DHH Responds to Stateful Web Applications Row
A comprehensive description of the current debate over the place of stateful web applications, as provoked by Avi Bryant, creator of the successful Seaside framework for Smalltalk. DHH is interviewed for his views on the matter.
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DWR 2.0 Release Candidate 4 is available with GUICE integration
Joe Walker has released the fourth release candidate of DWR 2.0. Significant changes include Guice support, security, and Reverse Ajax fixes. Final release is expected soon.