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8 Ways UML is Holding Back Java Code Structure Visualization

The human brain is very good at handling pictures – graphs and diagrams are a quick way of grasping structure. Java source code is full of structure which...

0 replies - 2438 views - 04/01/13 by Paul Wells in Articles

Never Ever Rewrite Your System

“The second is the most dangerous system a man ever designs” Fred Brooks, 1975 & 1995Brooks was talking about software designers, architects, but I...

2 replies - 6437 views - 04/01/13 by Allan Kelly in Articles

Telecommuting, Hoteling, and Managing Product Development

There are two sides of this conversation about telecommuting: the employee side and the management side. I hope you stick around for both sides. You can...

1 replies - 2545 views - 04/01/13 by Johanna Rothman in Articles

Devoxx France 2013 - Day 3

Classpath isn’t dead… yet by Alexis Hassler Classpath is dead! Mark Reinold What is the classpath anyway? In any code, there are basically two...

0 replies - 1643 views - 03/30/13 by Nicolas Frankel in Articles

They are All Wrong

My wife grew up spending a half of every summer living in Algonquin Park.  My father-in-law was a bush pilot for the Ontario Ministry of Natural...

0 replies - 2890 views - 03/29/13 by Dave Rooney in Articles

Devoxx France 2013 – Day 1

 Rejoice people, it’s March, time for Devoxx France 2013! Here are some notes I took during the event. Java EE 7 hands-on lab by David Delabasse &...

0 replies - 2873 views - 03/28/13 by Nicolas Frankel in Articles

8 Myths About Software Modeling Tools and Modeling Languages

These eight myths about modeling tools and modeling languages might sound manifestly ridiculous given what we now know about how to best go about...

3 replies - 3937 views - 03/28/13 by Paul Wells in Articles

Anatomy of Peace – A Model for Communication

The Anatomy of Peace is a deeply insightful book about how our default thinking processes lead us to conflict with others and reveals a path towards...

0 replies - 1953 views - 03/28/13 by Michael Sahota in Articles

Doctors, Surgery, and Open Source

I visited a friend who lives in a remote, tropical region of the United States. He’s a doctor and a practicing eye surgeon. The island has both the very rich...

0 replies - 2048 views - 03/28/13 by Daniel Doubrovkine in Articles

We Can’t Go on Living this Way

For years I’ve assumed that when Agile principles succeeded at a team level they would naturally spread to other teams in the organisation until...

0 replies - 1081 views - 03/27/13 by Tom Howlett in Articles

Why We Need Lambda Expressions in Java - Part 1

Lambda expressions are coming to Java 8, but apparently they are still encountering some resistance and not all Java developers are convinced of their...

7 replies - 21850 views - 03/27/13 by Mario Fusco in Articles

Dev of the Week: Mikio Braun

Every week, we feature a new developer/blogger from the DZone community here and in our newsletter, catching up to find out what they're working on...

0 replies - 4283 views - 03/27/13 by Eric Gregory in Articles

What Do Programmers Want?

I got an e-mail last week from three students at Halmstad University doing a three month project on what programmers want in a job, and how companies can...

6 replies - 6502 views - 03/27/13 by Henrik Warne in Articles

The Insufficiency of Scrum is a Fallacy

The insufficiency of Scrum is a fallacy perpetrated by teams that don’t step up their practices in concert with their planning and don’t really want to...

4 replies - 3267 views - 03/26/13 by Martin Hinshelwood in Articles

No Experience Required!

The original study that found huge variations in individual programming productivity was conducted in the late 1960s by Sackman, Erikson, and Grant (1968)....

1 replies - 1946 views - 03/26/13 by Dalip Mahal in Articles