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The Coming Devops Movement

Is the wall between development and operations beginning to break down? According to job search site Indeed, the term “devops” is turning up in more job postings. And Mike Maciag,

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Enterprise Software Getting More Mobile

According to a recent survey by EvansData, mobile devices are becoming much more important in the application development world. In fact, the survey found that 35 to 40 percent of

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Java EE 7 Specification Gets Unanimous Approval

All thirteen members of the Executive Committee for Java SE/EE have voted to approve the Jave Enterprise Edition (EE) 7 specification that was submitted by Oracle. Members of that committee

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Mobile Developers Armed with Best Practices

The Unified Testing Initiative (UTI) is a non-profit organization focused on mobile application quality, and its members include AT&T, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Oracle, Orange, Samsung and Vodafone. The group has

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Large-Scale Agile Design and “Architecture”

Despite the number of job postings for “software architects,” Craig Larmon believes that “Architecture is a bad metaphor. We don’t construct our software like a building, we grow it like

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The Dumbest Ways to Interview a Developer

In the movie The Social Network, potential Facebook interns were asked “If you were required to write code after becoming intoxicated, could you do it?” Whether or not it actually

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Mac App Store Grows to 4,000 Apps

On January 7, 2011, Apple launched its Mac App Store with about 1,000 apps. Since then, the store has swelled to pass 4,000 apps, even as developers continue to express