Digital Grunt

Apr 21th, 2008

Hilarious video about working in the visual effects industry (although it can be applied to any software development).

(Via Pensamientos ágiles)

links for 2008-04-12

Apr 12th, 2008
  • Software development magazine: UML, Agile, programming, testing, project management, jobs 
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  &#8220;Migrating to Agile is more than changing your process. It also requires a change in culture&#8221;
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  (tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/agile">agile</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/methodology">methodology</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/process">process</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/culture">culture</a>)
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  • Dr. Dobb’s | Dr. Dobb’s Agile Newsletter 03/08 | març 26, 2008 
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  &#8220;Implementing process frameworks straight &#8220;out of the box&#8221; likely isn&#8217;t going to work very well for you, but picking practices from each one and developing an IT process which makes sense for your situation can work well if you have the expertise to do so
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  (tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/process">process</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/framework">framework</a>)
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  • XMI still a failure 
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  OMG XMI and the lack of tool interoperability
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  (tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/MDD">MDD</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/XMI">XMI</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/tools">tools</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/interoperability">interoperability</a>)
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  • Software Process Improvement (SPI) Best Practices 
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  A collection of &#8220;best practices&#8221;, by Scott Ambler.
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  • OnStrategies Perspectives » Is SOA Getting Boring? A Conversation with Steve Mills 
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  &#8220;when you start thinking about enterprise SOA, you’d better expect rollback, compensation, and high availability features that are taken for granted with online transaction systems&#8221;
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  (tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/enterprise">enterprise</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/SOA">SOA</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/OLTP">OLTP</a>)
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  • Why should you Jazz ? « Sciology = Science + Technology 
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  IBM Rational Team Concert review
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  (tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/IBM">IBM</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/Rational">Rational</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/Jazz">Jazz</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/review">review</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/via:billhiggins">via:billhiggins</a>)
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  • OpenProj | Projity 
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  OpenProj is a free, open source project management solution
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  (tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/project">project</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/Management">Management</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/tool">tool</a>)
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links for 2008-04-05

Apr 5th, 2008
  • IBM Partners Blocked from Rational Conference 
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  A shoot in their feet.
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  (tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/IBM">IBM</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/RSDC">RSDC</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/partner">partner</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/block">block</a>)
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  • IBM developerWorks : Rational Software RFE Community 
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  Rational community site intended for collaboration with Rational development teams. A distant cousin of Rational Team Concert.
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  (tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/IBM">IBM</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/Rational">Rational</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/collaboration">collaboration</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/community">community</a>)
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  • Eclipse IDE at a crossroads | InfoWorld | Analysis | 2008-04-04 | By Paul Krill 
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  &#8220;We started off as an integrated development environment, and now it&#8217;s become an integrated everything environment. And so, the trouble is finding what you want in it,&#8221;
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  (tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/eclipse">eclipse</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/IDE">IDE</a>)
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  • Java IDE adds Application Factories for code reuse | InfoWorld | News | 2008-04-01 | By Paul Krill 
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  &#8220;With Application Factories, reusable code is delivered as modules that contain code and knowledge about purpose and design.&#8221;. Wondering if this is similar to OMG RAS.
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  (tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/codegear">codegear</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/IDE">IDE</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/reuse">reuse</a>)
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  • Google Mondrian: web-based code review and storage 
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  A web-based code review system used at Google.
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  (tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/codereview">codereview</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/google">google</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/mondrian">mondrian</a>)
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  • Review Board 
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  a web-based code review tool created at VMware.
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  (tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/codereview">codereview</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/VMware">VMware</a>)
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links for 2008-04-01

Apr 1th, 2008
  • alphaWorks : Architectural Decision Knowledge Wiki : Overview 
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  Architectural Decision Knowledge Wiki extends QEDWiki with widgets and commands supporting architectural decision capturing and modeling.
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  (tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/enterprise">enterprise</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/architecture">architecture</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/wiki">wiki</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/collaboration">collaboration</a>)
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  • Patterns of Deployment – SmartFrog – 
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  Part of the SmartFrog wiki that tries to take a broader view of how best to deploy and configure server-side applications.
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  (tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/deployment">deployment</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/configuration">configuration</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/management">management</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/patterns">patterns</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/wiki">wiki</a>)
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  • If Version Control Systems were Airlines – The Changelog 
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  Fun: consider what the world might be like if version control systems were airlines&#8230;
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  (tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/humour">humour</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/scm">scm</a>)
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  • Java Power Tools 
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  &#8220;Java Power Tools delivers 30 open source tools designed to improve the development practices of Java developers in any size team or organization.&#8221;
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  • Home – EA User Group 
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  Enterprise Architect User Group SPS site
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  (tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/enterprise">enterprise</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/architecture">architecture</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/documentation">documentation</a>)
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  • People Over Process » Jazz Update from EclipseCon with Erich Gamma 
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  Erich Gamma interviewed by Cote
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  (tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/software">software</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/development">development</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/interview">interview</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/erichgamma">erichgamma</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/redmonk">redmonk</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/IBM">IBM</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/Jazz">Jazz</a>)
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links for 2008-03-31

Mar 31th, 2008
  • Eclipse at eBay, Part 1: Tailoring Eclipse to the eBay architecture 
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  How eBay tailors Eclipse to suit its architecture.
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  (tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/ebay">ebay</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/eclipse">eclipse</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/plugins">plugins</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/architecture">architecture</a>)
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  • Eclipse at eBay, Part 2: eBay’s plug-ins in action 
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  More on eBay and Eclipse
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  (tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/ebay">ebay</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/eclipse">eclipse</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/plugins">plugins</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/architecture">architecture</a>)
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  • The Art and Craft of Great Software Architecture and Development: It does not take a Superstar – Developer types enumerated 
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  Nice description of different developer types. I found It is always useful to know the strengths and weaknesses of your developers to make a great team.
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  (tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/software">software</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/developers">developers</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/types">types</a>)
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  • Mike Walker’s Ramblings about Industry Architecture : Presentation: Changing the Face of Banking Development 
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  Presentation about financial services and Microsoft products
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  (tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/microsoft">microsoft</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/banking">banking</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/financial">financial</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/services">services</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/presentations">presentations</a>)
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  • Architecture as a Separate Function – Coding the Architecture 
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  Sam list some problems that arise when the architecture team sit within a completely different organisational area to the development team.
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  (tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/enterprise">enterprise</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/architecture">architecture</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/problems">problems</a>)
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  • Agile Journal – Making Agile Reviews Effective 
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  Reviews are an important tool in the agile toolkit.
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  (tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/Agile">Agile</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/programming">programming</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/practices">practices</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/codereview">codereview</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/tools">tools</a>)
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  • Wide Awake Developers: Outrunning Your Headlights 
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  Tracking development velocity and how agile methods allow us to move the constraint off of the development team
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  • Productivity Variations Among Software Developers and Teams: The Origin of “10x” – 10x Software Development 
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  Software experts have long observed a 10-fold difference in productivity and quality between different programmers.
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  • The difference between Agile methods and CMMI – Kevin Trethewey 
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  Different points of views about the main difference between Agile Methods and CMMI. Worth read.
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  (tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/methodology">methodology</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/agile">agile</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/cmmi">cmmi</a>)
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  • Open source software testing tools 
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  opensourcetesting providing users with an easy to use gateway to information on the wide range of open source testing tools available.
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  (tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/opensource">opensource</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/tools">tools</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/test">test</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/frodenas/QA">QA</a>)
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