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Reflection and DynamicMethods
While most .NET developers have heard of reflection, many have not implemented reflection in their applications to its fullest potential. Essentially, reflection is the run-time examination of an object's members. One article provides sample code and a few suggested uses for reflection, including ORM and code generation, and discusses the new, faster DynamicMethods approach in .NET 2.0
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Java One Technical Sessions Slides and Audio Online
The technical sessions (but not BOFS) from the Java One 2006 conference are now online in audio + slides. Registration to the Sun Developer Network is required. The presentations also include text transcript fragments allowing you to read along with the presentation.
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Agile Topics at SD Best Practices 2006
This year's SD Best Practices conference will take place September 11-14, with the industry's top experts delivering up-to-date, relevant, practical material. The conference features over 175 classes, tutorials, case studies, roundtables, keynotes and Birds-of-a-Feather gatherings. Here is our list of over 75 sessions by or for Agile practitioners.
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Excelsior Jet JVM/Precompiler version 4.5 Released
Excelsior Jet, a JVM with Ahead-Of-Time compiler has been updated to verision 4.5. Jet precompiles JVM byte code to native X86 instructions. Precompilation has application performance and security benefits. v4.5 supports Java SE 5 Update 6 and improves JIT compilation speeds.
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Is Ruby Ready for the Enterprise?
Brad Banister of Enterprise Open Source Magazine takes a look at whether Ruby is ready for the enterprise in an article focused at developers and IT managers who are considering using Ruby in an enterprise environment.
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JSR 303: Time to Standardize Validation
Jason Carreira has submitted JSR 303 to standardize a meta-model and and API for JavaBean validation. The JSR has just been submitted and has not yet been approved by the JCP EC, but if approved the API could provide a consistent validation approach across tiers and within other standards and frameworks. InfoQ spok to Jason to find out more about the potential of JSR 303.
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Martin Fowler on Enterprise Rails
Martin Fowler likens DHH to Kent Beck and draws conclusions about the future of Ruby and Rails in enterprisey settings.
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Richard Monson-Haefel: It's too late to save Java EE
Richard Monson-Haefel's recently released analyst report predicting the demise of Java EE has set off a storm of controversy. But what did Richard Monson-Haefel, well known for his popular books on EJB, actually say? InfoQ summarized the main points from a podcast with RMH.
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SOA Link Adds Testing/QA Partners
The SOA Link initiative, started by SOA Registry vendor Infravio in May, expands to include testing and QA vendors iTKO, Mindreef, and Solstice.
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BEA updates Aqualogic Service Bus
BEA has released its AquaLogic Service Bus v2.5. The update features a host of smaller feature updates including improved standards support for UDDI and SAML 1.1
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ZK Ajax Java Web Framework: Ajax with no Javascript
The ZK Ajax Framework allows developers to achieve Ajax style UI experiences in web applications without having to code in Javascript. Leveraging both a client and server engine, ZK enables developers to code the interaction of their UI's in pure Java.
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Six Ruby Presentations (with slides) from European Ruby Meeting Now Online
The audio and slides of six presentations made at a recent Ruby on Rails meeting, hosted by Greenpeace in Amsterdam, have just been made available. Topics include integration with legacy Java apps, CMS development, and Unicode.
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InfoQ Article: Will the Enterprise change Ruby, or will Ruby change the Enterprise?
Ruby is often criticized for lacking the features required for developing large applications and maintaining them over long periods of time with large teams. Are we missing something fundamental for widescale adoption of Ruby in the enterprise?
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David Heinemeier Hansson's RailsConf Keynote Address Now Online
A defining keynote address by David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of Ruby on Rails, has been made available in video format to watch online.
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Increase Your Personal Resilience to Change
"Highly resilient people are best suited for a world of constant change. They don't fight against disruptive change... they adjust to new situations quickly." Sounds useful for members of Agile teams which want to "embrace change", even more so for those experiencing the drastic change from traditional to Agile methods. Bob Weinstein's article lists some ways to increase your own resiliency.