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Why wait for the disaster to happen?
Michael Kopp | 21 JAN 2013 | 1 Comments
A large part of monitoring production systems, verifying deployments or verifying fixes is essentially to wait and see if a problem occurs. Why wait though? Why not identify problems before disaster strikes?
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Is Bintray ready to make sharing binaries fun and easy?
James Denman | 18 JAN 2013 | 5 Comments
Based on the idea that binary files can be served up on a silver tray, Bintray seeks to give developers a place to post and to consume binary packages. It's a little like Github or Maven, but it's also a little bit different. The project is still sowing seeds in beta tests right now. Will those seeds bear fruit?
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Plugin to The Matrix for (Virtual) Machines – Simulated Threads & Stacks
William Louth | 18 JAN 2013 | 0 Comments
A matrix style visualization of thread stacks across multiple Java runtimes connected to a near real-time simulation engine that offers a convergence of both time and space in terms of software execution.
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How we do sprint retrospectives at jClarity
Richard Warburton | 17 JAN 2013 | 2 Comments
A retrospective is an opportunity to evaluate a sprint and see what can be improved in future. Each retrospective is different - but at jClarity we do have a very loose approach that we follow. We've found it to be useful - you may too.
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Garbage collection analysis of the open source character generator PCGen
Martijn Verburg | 16 JAN 2013 | 0 Comments
A Garbage Collection Analysis of PCGen - the popular Open Source Character Generator
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Testers Are From Mars, Developers Are From Venus: Tips & Tricks to Improve Your Relationship With Development
Steve Weisfeldt | 15 JAN 2013 | 1 Comments
A tester friend of mine recently came to me with a complaint that I think is fairly common in the testing community. He said: “Every time there is a new release of the software for us to test, we have to rework our testing scripts.” I’ve heard this complaint throughout my career, not only in performance testing but in functional testing with automation tools as well. Here is how you can work to...
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ZeroTurnaround unveils Rebel Labs, IT Research & Content for the World(s)
Jevgeni Kabanov | 15 JAN 2013 | 3 Comments
Rebel Labs is a singularity, pulling together all the creative-intellectual forces of the ZeroTurnaround team’s reports, surveys, guides, how-tos, webinars, videos and, of course, the ZT Blog, into a single location, with a single login. No more repeated registrations for the next dozen reports. Get it all in one place. http://zeroturnaround.com/rebellabs
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Have your say with the TechTarget ALM and development survey
Bree Matturro | 14 JAN 2013 | 0 Comments
Be a part of the action and take the ALM and development survey.
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Starting salary negotiation tips for developers and IT professionals
Cameron McKenzie ( @potemcam ) | 14 JAN 2013 | 0 Comments
When sitting in the interview chair with a career opportunity on the line, it's a natural temptation to give in on the price in order to secure the job. Resist that temptation, because a poor starting salary negotiation can hurt a software pro's career potential, job satisfaction and even the success of the employer's business.
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Your Java programs won't scale: A clear and concise explanation as to why
Cameron McKenzie ( @potemcam ) | 12 JAN 2013 | 20 Comments
When it comes to scalability, the Java programming language is at DEFCON ONE, even though many in the community refuse to admit there's a problem. Why won't Java scale? It's not a complicated issue. The problem is that everyone gives a complicated explanation. This is the simple and straight forward explanation you were looking for, explaining in simple terms why Java won't scale.
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What do you think makes a Java programmer a 'Well-Grounded Developer' in 2013?
Cameron McKenzie ( @potemcam ) | 10 JAN 2013 | 2 Comments
After reviewing Martijn Verburg's latest book entitled The Well-Grounded Developer, we started thinking about what topics we felt the book may have left out, and what topics should have been included. So we're asking you, what do you think makes a Java developer 'well-grounded' and 'well-rounded?'
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Making MySQL and NoSQL work together to solve a real-world big-data problem
Cameron McKenzie ( @potemcam ) | 10 JAN 2013 | 1 Comments
It's not an 'either-or' situation when trying to figure out how to best solve your big-data problems. Sometimes you need a schema. Sometimes you don't. And sometimes you need both systems to work together. Here's a real world case study on how Craigslist did just that with their billion and a half records.
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