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Agile infographic: 10 facts about the Agile Manifesto

How well do you know the Manifesto for Agile software development? Here are 10 interesting facts about the Agile Manifesto's principles and values.

Forward proxy vs. reverse proxy: What's the difference?

Forward and reverse proxies secure and isolate resources that reside on a private network, but they play different roles in modern enterprise architectures.

Abstract pattern recognition skills aid developers and musicians

What do good programmers and musicians have in common? The ability to recognize and apply abstract patterns helps both roles keep their work in harmony.

Agile vs. Waterfall: What's the difference?

The contrasts between Agile and Waterfall are stark. Here we compare these two popular development methods, and show you the key differences between Waterfall versus Agile.

5 tips to make the transition from programmer to manager

Developers who want to shift gears from programmer to manager must embrace a different mindset and various skills. These five tips will guide your path.

Coffee Talk: News & Insight

User input with a Java JOptionPane example
Cameron McKenzie 16 Sep 2022
Java JOptionPane input example The best way to teach the concept of Java user input to new software developers is to have them use the extremely visual and ...
What is MVCC? How multiversion concurrency control works
Cameron McKenzie 14 Sep 2022
Want to learn how multiversion concurrency control works? With a very simple MVCC example, we'll explain how to eliminate locks in databases like PostgreSQL ...
Hierarchical Kubernetes namespaces explained by example
Bob Reselman 13 Sep 2022
Confused by hierarchical namespaces in Kubernetes? In this Kubernetes tutorial we'll examine what hierarchical namespaces are, how to add them to a Kubernetes ...
Java's JOptionPane showOptionDialog by Example
Cameron McKenzie 11 Sep 2022
Don't do user input with a boring Scanner on InputStream. Use the JOptionPane. And really blow your clients away by mastering the JOptionPane's ...
Java Scanner next() vs nextLine() methods: What's the difference?
Cameron McKenzie 10 Sep 2022
What's the difference between next() and nextline()? The difference between the Java Scanner's next() and nextLine() methods is that nextLine() will return ...
Java Exception handling best practices
Cameron McKenzie 09 Sep 2022
Don't let the complexities of Java Exception handling get you down. Follow these top 10 Java Exception handling examples and you'll be an expert in handling ...
10 Agile takeaways from the latest Scrum Guide
Darcy DeClute 02 Sep 2022
Learning the Scrum basics? Need a quick Scrum overview? Here are 10 interesting facts from the latest Scrum guide that every Agile developer needs to know.
How to use Java's conditional operator ?:
Cameron McKenzie 08 Aug 2022
Quickly learn how to use the Java ternary operator and see how this simple programming construct can help make your conditional logic, if statements and return...
Java Scanner User Input Example
Cameron McKenzie 08 Aug 2022
This tutorial on how to use the Java Scanner for user input will quickly show you how to import java.util, take String, int, double and char input, and teach ...
Java Scanner import
Cameron McKenzie 07 Aug 2022
The easiest way to access the Java Scanner class is to import the java.util package into your code. But how exactly do you import the Java Scanner, and what ...