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Git: Who care about branches? It is all about code reviews.
Using Git has made our team much better by removing barriers to collaboration and code reviews. Those are the real Git benefits, not... more »
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The Missed Opportunity of Coursera
Instead, Coursera should abandon scheduled terms and have standing classes.
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Decoding Conference Presentation Titles For Busy Developers
Have you ever hesitated which session to attend on a multi-track conference? Here is a short guide that should help you quickly figure... more »
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Most data isn’t “big,” and businesses are wasting money pretending it is
Big data! If you don’t have it, you better get yourself some. Your competition has it, after all. Bottom line: If your data is little,... more »
Agile, Technical Debt & Resign Patterns: Interview with @ppapapetrou76
An agile enthousiast who seeks excellence in software engineering. This is how Patroklos Papapetrou defines himself. Let’s have a... more »
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XFA Forms Vs Swing Forms
In this article we take a look a XFA forms and what considerations has to be taken when you convert XFA forms into Java based Swing Forms.
A perspective: developers vs Microsoft
Most people understand that Windows is used by a variety of people who have a variety of needs, ranging from corporate server to... more »
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How to Argue About Code
None of us would be very good software developers if we never had arguments about The Best Way to Do Things. But I’ve had enough silly... more »
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Why most companies can’t find “good” software engineers! Part one
It seems like a cliche, but there is a serious war on talent going on in the corporate world where several companies complain that they... more »
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Google I/O – Android Highlights
Overview of Google I/O from the Android perspective
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The Internet of Things gets a "stargate" in Eclipse Ponte
New project aims to increase security, standardise data formats and messaging protocols.
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Just how fast is JBoss Middleware?
Let Radical Rich show you how in this demonstration video from 855 ft up in the air!
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The Twisted Personality of the Software Tester
Software testing truly is an altruistic endeavor. Being willing to stand up for quality in the face of a development, business or... more »
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Why I chose Go for Nuuton
Building a search engine is no easy task. There are many problems that one has to attack. It is quite the challenge. Search engines... more »
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Sell first, build later
Framebase.io is a video API built by developers for developers. As such, our founding team consists of three highly technical software... more »
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'But Where Should I Go, What Should I Do?'
This is exactly what many developers are left thinking when their dependent application is stripped away from the proverbial teat that of... more »
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Patenting Open Source Software
Patenting FOSS may help in some cases, but the nature of FOSS development itself may mean that patenting some collaboratively developed... more »
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JAX Magazine May - Back into the clouds, talking OpenStack, Stratos and Kotlin
Available as a PDF, on iPad and on Android, the latest edition of our free JAX Magazine is now ready to download!
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5 Reasons Why the Web Platform War is Over: PHP Won with 75% says Google
During Google I/O 2013 event a Google manager said PHP runs on 75% of the Web sites. So they decided to finally support PHP as in their... more »
Postgres Demystified
Learn about the Postgres features and why you should consider it for your next project. These include: Datatypes Using other languages... more »
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You Don’t Have to be a Genius to be a Programmer
I remember coming home from a long day of coding a few years ago. I was living with a friend from high school and his girlfriend was over... more »
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Testers and Developers, Can We Please Get Along?
Jokes about “stupid developers” are still lurking in the corners, stories of “throwing things over the wall to development” continue to... more »
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Certified Agile: the PMI-ACP Exam
What's the point of PMI's Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) certification? What's it like to sit for the exam - and what do you need... more »
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Bad Advice: “Stop Working So Hard”
Would we ever want to live in a world where working harder didn’t amount to anything more, but rather ended up returning you less?
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