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My Impressions from JavaOne Russia

I have just recently returned from JavaOne Russia conference. JavaOne is one of the biggest and the most known conferences for Java developers. The event held...

0 replies - 1585 views - 05/02/13 by Nikita Salnikov... in Articles

I Have An Idea!

The biggest waste in software is what we build and isn’t used. Since we can’t know in advance what will be a selling feature, we have to implement the...

0 replies - 3183 views - 05/01/13 by Gil Zilberfeld in Articles

The Almost Perfect HTC One

I've been searching for the Perfect Phone for many years. As previously noted, I have become a fan of the HTC devices which I've been using for the past few...

0 replies - 1589 views - 05/01/13 by Ben Forta in Articles

Acquisitions and Investments – Towards a Future of APIs Everywhere

All Change in the API Space! The last 10 days have seen an impressive amount of change in the API space with Mashery and Layer7 both getting acquired,...

0 replies - 1047 views - 05/01/13 by Steven Willmott in Articles

OSS is Not Focused on Customer Service

Are you one of those developers who can’t get his/her boss to let you download/prototype/use a Really Cool™ software package that happens to be...

6 replies - 5115 views - 05/01/13 by Ted Neward in Articles

I Thought Sales Sucked, Then I Gained a Business Perspective...

Are you a developer or startup entrepreneur? Have you ever been frustrated with some of the claims made by the sales team or lacked the patience or...

0 replies - 2433 views - 04/30/13 by Sean Hull in Articles

Why Do We Need to do Software Testing?

Why do we need to test our program? When people talk about the importance of software testing, common examples they give frequently are military software,...

0 replies - 1441 views - 04/30/13 by Ryan Wang in Articles

How To Deal With Making Mistakes

What do you do when you make a mistake? Not just in your job, but in life in general? I’ve made some pretty big mistakes in my career . Just last...

0 replies - 1494 views - 04/29/13 by John Sonmez in Articles

Interview with Hans Dockter: Gradle, Android, and DevOps

Here's a recent interview with Hans Dockter, founder of Gradle  and Gradleware. We talked about the new Android plugin,...

0 replies - 1476 views - 04/29/13 by Tim O'brien in Articles

Rare Uses of a "ControlFlowException"

Control flows are a “relict” from imperative programming, which has leaked into various other programming paradigms, including Java’s object oriented...

3 replies - 1718 views - 04/29/13 by Lukas Eder in Articles

DataBoss Review

I've managed to get my hands on a copy of Luis Majano's DataBoss and wanted to post some thoughts on it.Although DataBoss is the work of the ColdBox...

0 replies - 553 views - 04/28/13 by John Whish in Articles

Is the Office Really the Best Place to Get Work Done?

Yahoo’s decision to ban working from home can hardly have escaped anyone’s attention. Whatever the reasons might be, to me their decision sends out a...

0 replies - 6473 views - 04/28/13 by Oscar Berg in Articles

First look at Learning Play! Framework 2

I have always wanted to learn and use Play Framework and there have been previous attempts which I have blogged before, but recently I have got an opportunity...

0 replies - 2617 views - 04/26/13 by Mohamed Sanaulla in Articles

Book Review: Beginning Scala (David Pollak)

Firstly, sorry it has been so long since last blog post.  Life is busy when you have two children.  I decided to try and learn Scala in 2013 and...

0 replies - 1654 views - 04/26/13 by Alex Staveley in Articles

Scrum as an Impediment to Agility

As I’m working with smaller and more agile projects, I’m increasingly seeing the classic way that Scrum is executed as more of an impediment to agility...

0 replies - 5002 views - 04/25/13 by Johannes Brodwall in Articles