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Mitch Pronschinske06/17/13
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Links You Don't Want To Miss (June 18)

German parliment may be preparing to end future software patenting, and Subversion 1.8 is live! Plus, learn how to speed up your site with Redis and watch the funniest JavaZone parody trailer yet!

Mitch Pronschinske06/10/13
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AJUG's Introduction to Apache Kafka

Apache Kafka (kafka.apache.org) is a "distributed publish-subscribe messaging system" with some very interesting features for handling massive volumes of data without the traditional management and scale issues of JMS implementations. Written in Scala, it runs on the JVM and is easily integrated into Java apps.

Mitch Pronschinske06/09/13
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Create your First Personal Kanban

See this common approach to creating your first personal Kanban board. All you need is a board or paper canvas with divisions and sticky notes.

Mitch Pronschinske06/06/13
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The Wrong Way to do Agile: Stand-ups

Chet Rong. He SUCKS as an agile coach. You should watch this funny skit about how Chet suggests we do Stand-ups. Don't actually take his advice.

Mitch Pronschinske06/06/13
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DDD and SOA Pitfalls

Developers building a Service Oriented Architecture commonly run into pitfalls such as using too many web services or using the wrong ESB. These are just some of the tips from this short video.

Mitch Pronschinske06/06/13
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Most of DZone Has Used Cloud Services in Development or Testing

Something big is coming Monday. Something HUGE and AMAZING actually. Get a preview of the audience survey results section of our PaaS and IaaS guide, and claim your copy!

Mitch Pronschinske06/05/13
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UML: Once More with Meaning

This talk will review the state of this work and the implications for software and system engineering practice of bringing real meaning to UML.

Mitch Pronschinske06/05/13
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The Wrong Way to do Agile: Team Structure

Meet Chet Rong. He is the world's WORST agile coach. You should watch this funny skit and make sure you don't do anything that Chet suggests. Today we have 'The Wrong Way to do Team Structure'.

Mitch Pronschinske06/05/13
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The Wrong Way to do Agile: Specifications

It's Chet Rong again. The world's WORST agile coach. You should watch this funny skit, but make sure you don't do anything that Chet suggests. Learn 'The Wrong Way to do Agile Specifications'.

Mitch Pronschinske06/04/13
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Links You Don't Want To Miss (June 5)

See why you should write ugly code and how you can build your own Google TV with Raspberry Pi. Plus the new plan to curb frivolous software patent lawsuits.

Mitch Pronschinske05/31/13
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An Agile Approach to Acceptance Driven Development

This video explores how Acceptance Driven Development can be implemented within an Agile environment, using Business Stories whilst supporting both Agile and Structured development.

Mitch Pronschinske05/30/13
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Links You Don't Want To Miss (May 30)

Mozilla developer Christian Heilmann says there's a subtle difference between just a mobile web site and a full "app".

Mitch Pronschinske05/27/13
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Dynamically Animating User Interfaces

Creating vivid user interfaces with tasteful animations can both make your applications more appealing and more usable, but the standard A to B style transitions commonly available in SDKs just don't cut it sometimes.

Mitch Pronschinske05/22/13
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Links You Don't Want To Miss (May 23)

It's time to make Java debugging suck less, and it's also time to start pronouncing "GIF" "jif". Plus, some crucial employability tips and the real difference between "web" and "enterprise" developers.

Mitch Pronschinske05/18/13
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ZeroMQ in Grizzly

From the OpenStack summit comes a lightning talk presentation on an implementation within the OpenStack IaaS software using the ZeroMQ message broker and Grizzly, the NIO Event simplifying framework.