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Methods & Tools - Text Edition - June 2010

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*** News ***

Jazoon Conference Reports

Methods & Tools is the media sponsor of Jazoon, a major Java event located in Zurich, Switzerland. You will find below my reports on some of the interesting things that I heard.

97 Things Every Programmer Should Know by Kevlin Henney

Total Cost of Ownership and Return on Investment by Ken Schwaber

Java SE and SDK 7 + Java and Flex Talks

Value of Objects and Maven 3.0 Talks

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*** Numbers ***

Continuous Usage Poll

The current M&T poll is asking: Do you use a tool for continuous integration (automated build and unit testing)? Go to our web site to participate and to see intermediate results.

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*** Linkopedia ***

Linkopedia June 2010

Web Site: 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know

Web Site: NoSQL Databases Portal

Humor: Geeks and Nerds

Blog: Confessions of a programmer: I hate code review

Blog: Architecture Review: Mock-Driven Three-Layer Architecture

Blog: Builds Are Complex So Choose Your Tools Wisely

Article: Evolutionary architecture and emergent design: Using DSLs

Article: Effective Retrospectives & Reviews

Tool: Gerrit Web based code review and project management for Git based projects

Tool: Instinct is a Behavior Driven Development (BDD) framework for Java

Video: Non-Functional Requirements: Do User Stories Really Help?

Video: How Mozilla uses Selenium

Video: Guiding Your Personal Life: Plan-Driven or Agile

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*** Conferences ***

Iqnite Geneva, June 15 2010, Geneva, Switzerland
Methods and Tools readers get discount of 15%. Simply use the code MT 2010.

Flex on Java eXchange, June 18 2010, London, UK

ShareConf, June 22-24 2010, Munich, Germany

Agile 2010 Conference, August 9-13 2010, Orlando, USA

Software Testing Analysis & Review Conference, September 26—October 1 2010, San Diego, USA

iPhone/iPad DevCon, September 27-29 2010, San Diego, USA

Iqnite Nordic, September 29-30 2010, Stockholm, Sweden
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Iqnite UK, October 4 2010, London, UK
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Agile Business Conference 2010, October 5-6 2010, London, UK

Iqnite Austria, October 13 2010, Vienna, Austria
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Lean Enterprise Software and Systems, October 17-20 2010, Helsinki, Finland

Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference, October 18-20 2010, Portland, USA

SPTechCon, October 20-22 2010, Boston, USA

Iqnite Australia, October 26-27 2010, Sidney, Australia
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iqnite South Africa, November 18, Johannesburg, South Africa
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*** Our News ***

New Sites Worth Visting

UML Unified Modeling Language Tools Directory
Scrum Articles Directory
Javascript Tutorials and Articles Directory

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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.

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Methods & Tools Article Pipeline

In future issues, you will find articles on:
* Keyword Driven Testing
* Large Software Product Lines
* Core Protocols
* Distributed Agile
* Requirements Management
* Kanban
* Source Code Analysis
* Decomposition of Projects
* Creating Type Specific Data Libraries to Drive Test Automation
* Hudson Continuous Integration Tool
* Fitnesse Tool
* XText Tool
* Ant Tool