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Methods & Tools - Text Edition - February 2011
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*** News ***
Quality Analysis Evening with the Java User Group Lausanne
The Java User Group Lausanne (JUGL) organized an evening where Java quality analysis tools were compared side-by-side, analyzing the same open source project. More than 100 participants came to watch the presentations done by Coverity, Headway Software, Parasoft, Sonar and XDepend. Read more
Microsoft Cloud Strategy by Steve Ballmer
Steve Ballmer made a presentation in Switzerland this week and I had the chance to be selected as an attendee for his conference. Its topic was the Cloud opportunities offered by Microsoft. His talk was followed by a more technical presentation on Azure by a Microsoft consultant. Read more
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Software Linkopedia February 2011
Web Site: Software Testing Mnemonics
Web Site: Free e-Book for Index Based SQL Tuning
Blog: The Elephants in the Agile Room
Blog: Clean Code and Clean TDD Cheat Sheets
Article: Getting Started with Domain-Specific Languages
Article: Specialization and Generalization in Teams
Tools: Steak – Minimalist acceptance testing on top of RSpec
Tools: Archi – Create enterprise architecture models
Video: How to Write Clean and Testable Code
Video: The INVEST Model for User Stories
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*** Books ***
Managing Software Debt by Chris Sterling
Technical debt has become a trendy term for an issue that exists since the beginning of software development projects. It is what happens when you neglect, consciously or not, the long-term quality of your software to achieve other usually short term benefits. After defining the concept of software debt, Chris Sterling explores the topic of managing software debt in all software development activities.
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Reference: ” Managing Software Debt – Building for Inevitable Change “, Chris Sterling, Addison-Wesley, 228 pages, ISBN 978-0-321-55413-0
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*** Conferences ***
Scandinavian Agile Conference 2011, March 3 2011, Espoo, Finland
Android DevCon, March 7-9 2011, San Francisco, USA
TheServerSide Java Symposium, March 16-18 2011, Las Vegas, USA
EclipseCon, March 21-24 2011, Santa Clara, USA
iPhone/iPad DevCon, April 4-6 2011, Boston, USA
ACCU Conference, April 13-16 2011, Oxford, UK
Software Quality Assurance Days, April 22-23 2011, Kazan, Russia
Application Developer Days, April 29-30 2011, Saint Peterburg, Russia
STAREAST, May 1-6 2011, Orlando, FL, USA
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SPTechCon, June 1-3 2011, Boston, USA
iqnite 2011 Suisse, June 16 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
Jazoon'11 - The International Conference on the Modern Art of Software, June 21-23 2011, Zurich, Switzerland Call for papers: submit proposals for presentations at the Jazoon'11 conference until March 4th.
Agile 2011, August 7-13 2011, Salt Lake City, USA
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Methods & Tools is looking for open source tools articles
Methods & Tools has introduced this year a tool section in its PDF issues. I am therefore looking for short (3-4 pages, screenshots included) presentations articles of open source software development tools (JUnit for instance). If you are commiter to an open source project or working with such a tool and willing to present it to the readers of Methods & Tools, do not hesitate to contact me.
Methods & Tools Article Pipeline
In future issues, you will find articles on:
* Automated Acceptance Tests and Requirements Traceability
* Complexity Theory for Software Developers
* Agile Risk Management
* Persona Driven Development
* Function Point Estimation Models Comparison
* The Art of Mocking
* Use of Quality and Capability Models and Standards
* Solid Configuration Management
* Ant Tool
* Maven Tool
* Tellurium Tool
* GiveWenZen Tool
* Apache CXF Tool
* Selenium Tool
* RSpec Tool
* FEST Tool
* Cruise Control.net Tool
* Liquibase Tool
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