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Iterations Considered Harmful

The iteration is a cornerstone of agile development. It provides a heartbeat for the team and its stakeholders, and a structure for various routine activities...

5 replies - 5988 views - 12/14/12 by Kief Morris in Articles

Weekly Poll: Hardware of 2012

As we head toward the end of the year, we began wondering what the most significant achievements in the tech industry have been during 2012. The next few...

0 replies - 6566 views - 12/14/12 by Bill Armstrong in Articles

What Will Identity Look Like in the Future?

At the defrag conference recently, I took part in a few sessions that looks at the broader role of identity in a world were more and more people use...

0 replies - 2332 views - 12/13/12 by Ben Kepes in Articles

Why "Scratching Your Own Itch" is a Bad Idea for Developers

 There's a popular idea that if you have a need for something then it's likely that other people will too. It's often termed "scratching your own...

5 replies - 5462 views - 12/13/12 by Matt Lacey in Articles

What is a Framework?

The title question made me struggle for months. What is a framework?What is the difference between a library and a framework?If I use a framework as a...

3 replies - 4142 views - 12/13/12 by Andrzej Krzywda in Articles

Machine Abundance

I was digging through old stuff when I found some notebooks I had filled up about 20 years ago. I used to be a trivia fan and copied down things like Olympics...

1 replies - 2393 views - 12/13/12 by Krishna Kumar in Articles

Agile++: When Agile Goes Well

 If you see anything about LMAX - the Disruptor, Continuous Delivery, or even the selection criteria for hiring developers, you'll see that LMAX is pretty...

0 replies - 1875 views - 12/13/12 by Trisha Gee in Articles

WSDL Sucks

 WSDL sucks. The whole WS-* protocol stack sucks. There, I said it. It hurts, a pain in the but. Difficult to write and hard to debug. I cannot think...

17 replies - 6633 views - 12/12/12 by Kristoffer Sjögren in Articles

Dev of the Week: Hirvesh Munogee

Every week, we feature a new developer/blogger from the DZone community in our newsletter. Starting this month, we're going to check in with our...

0 replies - 3378 views - 12/12/12 by Eric Gregory in Articles

Why DevOps Matters (To Developers)

DevOps stems from the idea that developers and operations should work more closely together – communicating, knowledge sharing, and collaborating to increase...

0 replies - 3545 views - 12/12/12 by Ben Wootton in Articles

Does the Adapter Design Pattern Stand the Test of Time?

In computer programming, the adapter pattern (often referred to as the wrapper pattern or simply a wrapper) is a design pattern that translates one interface...

0 replies - 2676 views - 12/12/12 by Ayende Rahien in Articles

Five Ways to Torture Candidates in a Technical Interview

When I joined Microsoft in ‘99 I was taught how to properly interview candidates. I was shown the wheel of competencies, a kind of a wheel of fortune...

2 replies - 5473 views - 12/11/12 by Daniel Doubrovkine in Articles

In Defense of DevOps Teams

It’s in vogue right now to claim that there’s no such thing as a DevOps team or warn about certain kinds of teams that brand themselves DevOps but are...

0 replies - 2747 views - 12/11/12 by Eric Minick in Articles

Wireframe Sketcher: A Must Have For UI Developers

If you're developing user interfaces for any application, you'll want to use a prototyping tool at some stage to get your ideas and workflows across to a wider...

0 replies - 8655 views - 12/11/12 by James Sugrue in Articles

Baby Steps, Reverse Refactoring and DNA

Last Week I was for two days at the XP-Days Germany. A great fun conference. Highly recommended. Especially if you prefer highly interactive sessions over...

0 replies - 1665 views - 12/11/12 by Jens Schauder in Articles