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Oracle Corporation: Stop Bundling Ask Toolbar With the Java Installer!

There is a petition out there which really deserves your attention if you’re a Java user and especially a Java programmer: Oracle Corporation: Stop bundling...

0 replies - 2625 views - 04/01/13 by Attila-mihaly Balazs in Articles

Automated Testing is Cancer

One trend is slowly destroying our industry: the requirement of automated testing on the code we write. This madness goes from writing tests before the code...

9 replies - 15938 views - 04/01/13 by Giorgio Sironi in Articles

Why You Make Less Money

Have you ever had a conversation with a fellow technologist that you felt wasn’t quite at your skill level, and at some point you discovered that she/he...

0 replies - 3556 views - 04/01/13 by Dave Fecak in Articles

Play 2.x (Scala) is it a Spring MVC contender? – Introduction

For people in hurry here is the code and the steps. I have been playing with Scala and Play 2.x for past 6 months and have gained lot of knowledge. I have...

0 replies - 1709 views - 04/01/13 by Krishna Prasad in Articles

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 - 2307 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 - 6214 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 - 2421 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 - 1578 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 - 2806 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 - 2827 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 - 3709 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 - 1835 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 - 1994 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 - 1021 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 - 19769 views - 03/27/13 by Mario Fusco in Articles