
The Pomodoro Technique is a modern time management method based on short, intensive and timed periods of focus called Pomodoros. Here is a guide reporting my...
3 replies - 10909 views - 09/19/10 by Giorgio Sironi in Articles

This blog post was inspired by a link my friend sent me titled “Agile Ruined My Life” as well as a conversation with my friends/co-workers and just wanting...
15 replies - 6453 views - 09/19/10 by Ilya Sterin in Articles

Some months ago, I answered to a job interview question which was more or less like: "Suppose you have 20 minutes to talk to an audience of junior...
1 replies - 6855 views - 09/13/10 by Luigi Viggiano in News

Welcome to the first in a series of interviews dedicated to learning more about JetBrains Development Academy Experts. In this interview we have a...
0 replies - 4672 views - 09/09/10 by Robert Demmer in Articles

How often have you lived this scenario? Customers and managers beg,
scream, and demand more features tomorrow. No matter what you tell them
you can get...
14 replies - 17981 views - 09/08/10 by Jared Richardson in Articles

There are two things you must know in order to effectively create a roadmap. Although we'll be dealing with a technical roadmap, this applies to anyone wanting...
0 replies - 10663 views - 08/30/10 by Jared Richardson in Articles

Planning meetings, done right, are one of the best communication tools your team can use. It gets the right people in the room and forces the discussion down...
4 replies - 11504 views - 08/18/10 by Jared Richardson in Articles

The latest release of the Pulse Continuous Integration Server, version 2.2, has been released! This version introduces many new features, with a focus on...
0 replies - 799 views - 08/16/10 by Jason Sankey in Announcements

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. -- Inigo MontoyaIn one of my previous articles, Death by buzzwords, I described...
0 replies - 7321 views - 08/11/10 by Giorgio Sironi in Articles

Test automation is not a controversial topic in most circles. Even developers who don't write automated tests agree it's a great idea. They just don't have...
0 replies - 16409 views - 08/04/10 by Jared Richardson in Articles

Lots of tips collections come up on DZone about how to become a better programmer. But no one ever told us how to become a worse one. What would make our...
13 replies - 56020 views - 07/08/10 by Giorgio Sironi in Articles

During my trip to Corropoli for the phpDay 2010 I took six trains to cover a total of 1000 kilometers. During the waiting periods in the train stations, I got...
0 replies - 7000 views - 07/06/10 by Giorgio Sironi in Articles

Why is it that companies choose to pay developers to write software? It's definitely not because software has any degree of intrinsic value. Companies fund...
0 replies - 10783 views - 06/28/10 by Matt Stine in Articles

Click here to download your free copy of our "Getting Started with Apache Ant" Refcard! This DZone Refcard will provide you with the perfect...
0 replies - 21014 views - 06/28/10 by Lyndsey Clevesy in Announcements

My technical brethren (and sistren) in the southern United States are probably more familiar with Kudzu than many of you, but it's a very fast growing type of...
2 replies - 7951 views - 06/14/10 by Jared Richardson in Articles