June Software Development Conferences
Published May 26th, 2010 Under Conferences | Leave a Comment
Here is a list of software development related conferences and events that will take place in June and that have media partnerships with Methods & Tools:
* Jazoon, June 1-3 2010, Zurich, Switzerland
* Better Software Conference, June 6-11 2010, Las Vegas, USA
* Agile Development Practices West Conference, June 6-11 2010, Las Vegas, USA
* Domain Driven Design (DDD) exchange, June 11 2010, London, UK
* iqnite Geneva, June 15 2010, Geneva, Switzerland
* Flex on Java eXchange, June 18 2010, London, UK
* ShareConf, June 22-24 2010, Munich, Germany
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Unified Modeling Language (UML) Still Widely Used
Published May 25th, 2010 Under Numbers | Leave a Comment
In 1997, the Object Management Group (OMG) made the UML a standard modelling language for object-oriented applications. Has the Agile adoption changed the way organizations use UML? Read more
The Economics of Iterative Software Development
Published May 19th, 2010 Under Books | Leave a Comment
When you start reading this book, you will quickly understand that the authors are affiliated with IBM. This is nothing wrong per se, but this seems to influence too much the vision that the book proposes, ignoring approaches proposed by others. Including “iterative” in the title seems here to be only a marketing trick used to make it catchy. They don’t give you a precise definition of “iterative”, saying rather than it is a “modern method” (Tom Gilb was talking about evolutionary development 30 years ago) and that iterative management is result-based rather than activity-based. The difference between iteration and increment is not discussed. The IBM bias is visible when they state for instance that RUP is a “well accepted benchmark of modern iterative process”. Read more
Linkopedia May 2010
Published May 12th, 2010 Under Links | Leave a Comment
Blog: The 9 Capabilities of Communicators
Article: Test Driven Development using Flash Builder 4 and FlexUnit
Article: Common Product Owner Traps
Article: The Busy Developer’s Guide to SQL Server Modeling
Tool: Instant Django is a portable Django development environment for Windows
Tool: theSCRUM is a free solution for teams using Scrum
Tool: Tattletale gets you an overview of your project or a product.
Video: Continuous Integration and the “Cup of Coffee” Test
Video: Using FireBug to Debug JavaScript
Video: Selenium + FitNesse – A QA Multiplier Effect
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Ten Articles to Learn More on Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Published May 3rd, 2010 Under Links | Leave a Comment
The software development articles directory has just passed the mark of 2000 articles categorized in its database. Test-Driven Development (TDD) is currently a topic of debate in the software development community, as even the value of unit testing is questioned. Here is my selection of 10 interesting TDD articles that should help you get more knowledge on this topic. I have tried to find items that could apply more specifically to different programming languages. Read more
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