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ASP.NET AJAX Beta 1 released today
Today the Microsoft ASP.NET team announced the released of ASP.NET AJAX Beta 1. There are many changes from the previously released builds and announced support for the Safari web browser. An exciting additional note is promised support for a source modification license.
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Agile PMs Get it Right the Last Time
In his Gantthead article, "Get It Right the Last Time: Developing an Agile Attitude," Doug DeCarlo challenged project managers to ditch the counter-productive "get-it-right-the-first-time" philosophy practiced for so long by so many. Instead, he has proposed some Agile attitudes to help managers think differently about what counts.
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Unit Testing with VS Team System - A First Glance (Updated)
A brief look at the unit testing features in Visual Studio Team System.
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Java EE 5 Development Waiting on Application Server Vendors
Solution providers are holding off on Java EE 5 development until the major application server vendors release compatible updates. Dr. Dobb's reports that while Sun's Java System Application Server has support and BEA's WebLogic is close, IBM lags behind.
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Community Begins Reviewing Java Module System (JSR 277) Early Draft
The early draft of JSR 277 was recently released. Community review is open until Nov. 13th. This JSR seeks to improve the distribution of Java applications by defining a distribution format and a repository for collections of Java code and related resources.
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Book Excerpt: What is the Ruby Way?
Author Hal Fulton has finished updating his modern classic, The Ruby Way. The publication of the second edition, due the third week of October to coincide with RubyConf 2006, marks the launch of Addison Wesley's Professional Ruby Series.
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What Creates Individual Productivity? Can We Improve It?
Is it helpful, or even possible, to change the productivity of individuals in a collaborative team? What exactly constitutes productivity, when deliverables come from teamwork? It's a tricky subject. We bring you highlights from a conversation held a few weeks ago on the AgileProjectManagement list.
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Agile Tooling Survey - What Is Your Team Using?
Pete Behrens of TrailRidge Consulting wants to know what kind of tooling Agile teams are using, and not just software engineering tools: also requirements management, project management, acceptance testing and remote collaboration software. This is a quick, vendor-independent survey.
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Using Native Platform Security in Java 6
Java 6 will enhance the ability to leverage the native security features of the underlying deployment platform. Included in Java 6 is the ability to access the Microsoft CryptoAPI, PKCS#11 services, use the native GSS-API implementation, and import and export PKCS#12 Keystores.
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Panelists: Business Alignment the only thing NEW about SOA
At the JAOO conference a discussion panel of SOA personalities including Gregor Hophe (integration patterns, Google), Beat Schwegler (Microsoft), Ivo Totev (SAP), Frank Buschmann (POSA books), and Iona's Steve Vinoski agreed that business alignment is the only thing NEW about SOA. Amazon's Chief Architect Werner Vogels also attended and made similar comments.
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Migrating to Struts 2, Part 2; First Struts 2 Dev Build Released
Part 2 of the Migrating to Struts 2 article series has been published, and the first dev build of Struts 2 has also recently been launched. In this a Struts and Struts 2 app is compared and migrations identified including converting actions, config changes, and commonalites.
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Hibernate 3.2 Released with Java Persistence Provider Support
The Hibernate team has released Hibernate 3.2 GA. This release is ready for production use and includes final releases of the Java Persistence provider, Hibernate Annotations and Hibernate EntityManager. The Hibernate Java Persistence provider has been certified with the Sun TCK.
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Rails Live CD 0.2.1 Released
Brian Ketelsen releases an update to the popular Rails Live CD Rails development and deployment environment.
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Bringing Eclipse RCP to Cellphones
The embedded Rich Client Platform (eRCP) for Eclipse has recently released version 1.0. eRCP provides many of the same features for J2ME environments that the RCP does for the desktop, including OSGI and extension points, a version of SWT called eSWT, and eUpdate to provide dynamic updates. eRCP attempts to solve some of J2ME's shortcomings.
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InfoQ Article: Do Agile Practices Make it an Agile Project?
As adoption of Agile methodologies grows, challenges abound, including the possibility of dilution as teams copy practices rather than growing them, implementing them without understanding. InfoQ's own Deb Hartmann gives us a frank discussion about how failure to teach the basics puts much at risk: the integrity and engagement of team members, and the trust of their customers.