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links for 2008-01-14

• Enterprise Java Community: Integrating Java and Erlang
  Bridging Erlang with Java using Jinterface
  (tags: erlang java integration HOWTO)
• InfoQ: Consistency vs. availability: eventual consistency by Werner Vogels
  “Inconsistency can be tolerated for two reasons: for improving read and write performance under highly concurrent conditions and for handling partition cases where a majority model would render part of the system unavailable even though the nodes are up a
  (tags: consintency availability architecture performance concurrency scalability distributed database)

WP-DOPPLR v1.2 released

I have updated the WP-DOPPLR WordPress plugin to add some user suggestions:

• Add new method future_trips_info.
• Add new option to display cities local time.
• Cache Dopplr query results (Thanks to Boris Anthony for this suggestion).

You can download the new version v1.2 at the WordPress Plugins Directory.

links for 2008-01-11

• Coding Horror: No Matter What They Tell You, It’s a People Problem
  “The people you choose to work with are the most accurate predictor of job satisfaction I’ve ever found.”
  (tags: development people productivity)
• Automation for the people: Speed deployment with automation
  “Automated builds can be extended to facilitate moving software from development all the way into production.”. Sure, we’ve lots of experiences doing it.
  (tags: automation build deployment CI)
• STSC CrossTalk – How to Avoid Software Inspection Failure and Achieve Ongoing Benefits – Jan 2008
  “The objectives of this article are to examine why software inspections are not used more widely, identify the issues contributing to their lack of use, identify why inspection benefits deteriorate for many companies, and recommend what can be done to add
  (tags: software code inspection development infrastructure)
• Fun with Uninstallation
  Great idea!!! a WP plugin that adds an uninstall option to the plugins page. Needs to be in the WP core.
  (tags: wordpress plugins uninstall)
• 922 + Ajax/Javascript/Dhtml examples and demos to download
  > 900 controls from many of the popular JavaScript libraries
  (tags: ajax code development resources web2.0)
• Data Structure: Data Modeling or XML?
  “If you want to understand the business problems being addressed, create a data model. Then use that data model as the basis for defining whatever technology you want to use to build systems.”
  (tags: Design data modeling)

links for 2007-12-13

• InfoQ: Interview: Dave Thomas on Ruby, Rails and Choosing the Right Tool
  “Rails is a particular solution for particular set of problems and part of the trick is making sure you use it appropriately.”
  (tags: ruby rails interview davethomas)
• InfoQ: Agile Contracts Require Trust
  “None of the traditional contract modes actually fit well with the way Agile development teams work – there is a mismatch in process, and more importantly, a mismatch in values.”
  (tags: methodology agile business enterprise contracts)
• High-Performance JavaScript » SlideShare
  High-Performance JavaScript: Why Everything You’ve Been Taught is Wrong –By Joseph Smarr of Plaxo Inc. at OSSCON 2007
  (tags: javascript ajax performance scalability presentations)
• CCR2 – Volume five, issue ten, November 2007
  This special issue of CCR2™ focuses on IMS™ and the world of Information Technology
  (tags: IBM IMS)
• Automation for the people: Continuous Integration anti-patterns
  a series of CI anti-patterns
  (tags: ci anti-patterns)
• The Yahoo! Juku » Yahoo! User Interface Blog
  “The vision of the Juku program is to provide top-quality training in frontend technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP) with the ultimate goal of producing great frontend engineers.”
  (tags: software development training yahoo)

links for 2007-12-04

• Model-Driven Architecture in Practice – Software Engineering Journals, Books & Online Media | Springer
  Book “Model-Driven Architecture in Practice: A Software Production Environment Based on Conceptual Modeling”
  (tags: MDD MDA books)
• InfoQ: The Architecture Journal Reader
  Microsoft released The Architecture Journal Reader, which is a WPF reader application for The Architecture Journal.
  (tags: microsoft architecture)
• Integration of Enterprise Architecture and Application Portfolio Management
  This article describes how application portfolio management (APM) compliments an enterprise architect’s multi-faceted role. APM provides key information into the IT enterprise architect (EA) management process.
  (tags: enterprise architecture application portfolio management APM)
• Whatever Happened to … WebSphere?
  History of WebSphere
  (tags: IBM Websphere history)
• IBM – Rational Talks to You Teleconference Series
  Dec 6 at 1:00 pm eastern: Scott Ambler on being agile in a global development environment:
  (tags: IBM Rational talks agile GDD)