I've read quite frequently about the challenges we will experience when adding new people onto teams, including Fred Brooks' 'The Mythical Man Month',
but...
4 replies - 2091 views - 10/21/09 by markhneedham in Articles
Last year, I conducted a survey to gauge industry acceptance, adoption, and understanding of OSGi. I posted a summary of the results on my site with more...
1 replies - 1457 views - 10/15/09 by Kirk Knoernschild in News
Software licenses are necessary evils in this modern law-driven world.
There are two instances where you need to be at least aware of them:
5 replies - 3320 views - 07/13/09 by Axel Rauschmayer in Articles
Which one are you? I am an engineer. But
maybe we should first define the differences between the two. Engineer
cares about how the system is put together...
6 replies - 3413 views - 07/13/09 by mhevery in Articles
I have been reading through (and thinking about) this article on "the future of open source", I considered adding a couple of thoughts both personal...
21 replies - 4015 views - 04/23/09 by Kristian Rink in Articles
I'm sure that most Java developers have caught wind of the news that Sun will be cutting 1,300 jobs. The unexpected part of the story however is that this...
33 replies - 4820 views - 01/26/09 by James Sugrue in News
In Economics theory, you learn about capital investment. This is investing in more modern infrastructure, more productive factories or tools, and so forth,...
2 replies - 2763 views - 01/22/09 by John Ferguson Smart in Articles
2008 was a pretty eventful year for the Java community. A huge focus on JavaFX, the release of Java 6 Update 10 and the rise of OSGi are just some of the...
11 replies - 12030 views - 12/19/08 by James Sugrue in Articles
I have been making New Year's resolutions for a long, long time. I don’t even remember when I actually started making them either. Yes, it has been so...
3 replies - 6289 views - 12/16/08 by Meera Subbarao in Articles
Just today I came across a post referring to the agile manifesto. We have it framed on the wall just beside the door to our office. It usually doesn't get...
5 replies - 2882 views - 12/12/08 by Tom Meier in Articles
At the time I'm writing this, Devoxx 2008 is well into it's second day. Day one was quite interesting, with the major announcement being the release of JavaFX...
0 replies - 2498 views - 12/12/08 by Wouter van Reeven in News
I attended the Gartner Application Development Conference this week and drank from the proverbial firehouse as Gartner analysts presented their vision for...
5 replies - 3749 views - 12/11/08 by Chris Keene in Articles
For the purpose of being recession proof, Java programmers should diversify what they spend their time learning. Specifically, Java programmers should add...
4 replies - 2693 views - 12/03/08 by robertjmiller in Articles
In this talk, Humphrey Sheil explains how the SCEA exam has been designed, what it does and doesn’t test, and how to prepare for and take the exam. The talk...
0 replies - 4318 views - 11/06/08 by Skills Matter M... in Articles
One important goal of open source software is to drive rapid adoption of a new product. Effectively, open source downloads become a marketing channel for...
1 replies - 3158 views - 10/31/08 by Chris Keene in Articles
