Software development best practices and processes

The enterprise software development landscape has changed drastically with the rise of Kotlin, Clojure, Python and JavaScript. From a focus on functional programming to new takes on object-oriented analysis and design, Java programmers and JDK architects can learn from these languages' development processes and software engineering best practices.

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Tip 15 Jul 2025
Acceptance criteria vs. definition of done: What's the difference?

Software teams must understand the important distinction between acceptance criteria and definition of done and how to use them together to deliver a finished product. Continue Reading
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- Darcy DeClute, Scrumtuous Inc.
Video 14 Jul 2025
An Amazon Bedrock tutorial for beginners

Interested in generative AI development but don't want the overhead of managing infrastructure? This Amazon Bedrock tutorial might be the answer for you. Continue Reading
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- Cameron McKenzie, TechTarget

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