Design Patterns - Iterator Pattern
Time for the next part in our series, the Iterator Pattern. Let's start with the definition: "Provide a way to access the elements of an aggregate... more »
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Scrum World: I am a developer
# First thing in the morning, I check the scrum board to see which task is in progress and assigned to me # I don’t have anything in progress, so it... more »
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Scrum - Agile Development Creates Culture for Software Development
Software development used to be devoid of significance and culture, because it used to be a solitary activity. This article examines the rituals... more »
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Kevin Mitnick: Social engineering 101
Kevin Mitnick has proven that the weakest link in any security system is the person holding the information.
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Grails: Lessons Learned
Grails: Lessons Learned
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Why Ruby Gems boost productivity
I think there is a connection between the enthusiasm of the Ruby community and the average size of a typical gem contribution. I explain my reasons in... more »
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Continuous Integration: Was Fowler Wrong?
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It's about tests not builds While rereading Martin Fowler's classic paper, Continuous Integration, it struck me that its approach to Continuous... more »
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Proper Unit Testing of App Engine and Django
How to unit test Django views in App Engine, using as little mocking as possible.
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Tools for Agility: A whitepaper by Kent Beck
Kent Beck shares his thoughts on how tools have evolved in supporting agile software development.
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LinkedIn is 99% Java but 100% Mac
It seems that the announcement is a result of a blog post from the “Break it Down” blog commenting on the presentations the LinkedIn CDN team did at... more »
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Subversion 1.5 is Ready
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Subversion 1.5 has just been released and has a whole raft of new features that developers have been asking for. To take full advantage of all the new... more »
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Firefox 3 Download Frenzy Breaks Website Attempting to Break Record
In an attempt to break the world record for most downloads, the traffic generated reiked havoc on both mozilla’s main website as well as the... more »
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Firefox 3: Why Tabs Are Upside Down?
Installing the new Firefox 3 was an easy task. The browser seems to work, on a Mac, better than the previous version. Although that, Firefox still has... more »
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Firefox 3 Download Update
Just announcement from the pages of the Mozilla Developer News Channel, Firefox 3 is going to be released at 17:00 UTC.
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How to Attract Zero Visitors
A list of 7 sure-fire methods to attract zero visitors to your website or blog.
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Firefox Download Day Ends on 18th June
for some of us Firefox download day does start at very convenient time, but so what we will celebrate on 18th instead of 17th
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Protect Your Java Code From Reverse Engineering
If you are developing a Java application, it is important to understand that the Java class files can be easily reverse-engineered using Java... more »
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Yet Another Reason Why Java Needs Closures
Ever try to unit test code with static method calls? That's right. You know how this feels.
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Focus Your Work Week (Even More): Beyond Mylyn 3.0
Mylyn and Tasktop provide a revolutionary approach to focusing the Eclipse UI. They work on the concept of having a task 'context', that defines a... more »
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Yahoo’s Secret Text-Sprite Generator
Well I’m not sure if it’s a SECRET, but it’s certainly neat and I don’t think they publicize it. Basically it’s a URL you can hit which will create a... more »
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Firebug News from Joe Hewitt
getfirebug.com has been down for the last week or so - especially bad timing given that Firefox 3. I decided to just transfer ownership of... more »
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Why Aren't Android Developers Flocking To The iPhone ?
So you'd think you'd see a rush of developers dropping their Android projects to get on the the Apple bandwagon. But based on conversations we've been... more »
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Git smart: How we're using Git to track our source code
Until a couple of weeks ago, we were using Subversion for keeping track of our source code. We’re now about a third of the way into converting... more »
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Updating web applications for Firefox 3
There are a number of changes in the upcoming Firefox 3 that may affect your web site or web application, as well as new features you may wish to take... more »
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2008 Web Design Trends
About a year ago, I compiled a huge list of artistic sites. It seems like the trend has carried on in 2008 and is growing stronger (thank God the... more »
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