There is a common misconception that because the JIT is smart and
synchronization can be eliminated for an object which is only local to a
method that...
1 replies - 1822 views - 12/29/12 by Peter Lawrey in Articles
Every now and then a “hardcore” programmer comes and mocks you for
using a “sissy” tool like Eclipse or IntelliJ. Real programmers use
emacs...
4 replies - 4078 views - 12/28/12 by Bozhidar Bozhanov in Articles
With Big Data in the news all day, you would think that having a lot of high quality data is a guarantee for new revenues. However, asking yourself how to...
0 replies - 1553 views - 12/28/12 by Maarten Ectors in Articles
I have taken a step back in an attempt to put the year 2012 in focus. As always, it started with great hopes and there were highs and it seemed for a moment,...
0 replies - 8145 views - 12/28/12 by Peter Pilgrim in Articles
Cloud-mania was something that many people thought would never affect their lives, but it actually did. Gone are the days of huge movie and music collections...
0 replies - 5735 views - 12/28/12 by Eugene Ivantsov in Articles
For the finale in our "End of 2012" series, we want to know what the DZone audience thinks is going to be big in 2013. You'll get to see the instant results...
0 replies - 9466 views - 12/28/12 by Bill Armstrong in Articles
One of the things that will be introduced in the next update to SQL
Azure is a database sharding solution called SQL Azure Federations.
Brian and I...
0 replies - 531 views - 12/27/12 by Larry Franks in Articles
With the coming and passing of the predicated date of the Mayan apocalypse, I got to thinking about what kind of final advice I would leave the development...
0 replies - 3382 views - 12/27/12 by John Sonmez in Articles
My previous entry spoke of an open source project’s responsibility to
keep their community informed. In that entry, I focused on a big part
of a...
0 replies - 1652 views - 12/27/12 by Wayne Beaton in Articles
Jez Humble, co-author of Continuous Delivery, speaks on implementing and scaling DevOps:
In this talk, Jez discusses how devops can be implemented...
0 replies - 1246 views - 12/26/12 by Eric Gregory in Articles
I love this quote in Jack Vaughan's Techtarget coverage of the Vordel API Server launch:
An API server can provide the policy governance to ensure...
0 replies - 2182 views - 12/25/12 by Mark O'neill in Articles
With the JEE6 specification hitting the market, some major changes have
taken place with respect to how you would approach developing
applications in the...
2 replies - 2056 views - 12/24/12 by Dinuka Arseculeratne in Articles
I’ve been batting around a couple terms while talking about various technical solutions for years, and I’ve found them useful while selecting and...
0 replies - 485 views - 12/24/12 by Geoffrey Papilion in Articles
As well as talking about, you know, actual work-type-stuff, I was encouraged to give my "Technical Approach to Women" presentation at Devoxx. This went so well...
0 replies - 314 views - 12/24/12 by Trisha Gee in Articles
This may seem like a stupid question, especially after years of carefully creating them. Yet these thoughts about DAO arose in my mind when I watched Adam...
6 replies - 4918 views - 12/23/12 by Nicolas Frankel in Articles
