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From the Editors: Node.js is unruly, but that’s where the fun is
By SD Times Editorial Board
The time to get involved with Node.js is now; Hadoop is about to break its own barriers
2/2/2012 10:00:00 AM
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Letters to the Editor: Give superprogrammers their due
By SD Times Editorial Board
Readers disagreed with Larry O’Brien’s assertion that 10X superprogrammers are a myth
2/2/2012 10:00:00 AM
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Network virtualization: A new approach to mobile application testing
By Gary Jackson
In order to best test your mobile applications, you must first understand the conditions they will be operating under
1/17/2012 11:00:00 AM
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Letters to the Editor: What kind of Scrum?
By SD Times Editorial Board
A user urges caution when reading surveys about agile use; John McCarthy was remembered for the wrong reason
1/15/2012 8:30:00 AM
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Stay tight on loose coupling
By Ganesh Prasad
SOA has pushed advances in technology, but until the processes around it improve, its true potential won't be realized
1/5/2012 2:55:00 PM
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From the Editors: Of course we have predictions
By SD Times Editorial Board
What's in store for 2012? And what will gesture controls bring to software development?
1/3/2012 8:30:00 AM
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“Clouptimization” — The strategic force of 2012
By Raja Bavani
If you haven't seen how cloud is changing the way businesses are run, you need to get on board
12/27/2011 2:30:00 PM
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The quality of your workday counts!
By Raja Bavani
There are small steps teams can take to improve their daily processes, which leads to greater efficiency
12/20/2011 10:00:00 AM
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Letters to the Editor: Oracle misses the Holy Grail
By SD Times Editorial Board
Bill Gates is invoked to explain what the ultimate goal of procedural code is; functional programming is overrated
12/15/2011 8:30:00 AM
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From the Editors: Seeing through an Eclipse
By SD Times Editorial Board
Eclipse has made it through 10 years, and we salute it; Google did right by unforking Android
12/15/2011 8:30:00 AM
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Mobile app development for businesses is the future
By Vanessa Ho
IT's dominance in app development is waning, which will force businesses to work with individual developers
12/12/2011 2:30:00 PM
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Gamekeepers' catch and release
By Kevin Parker
The CIO must be the one whom release managers report to in order to cut down on needless code rework
11/28/2011 1:30:00 PM
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From the Editors: Windows Phone’s mighty ecosystem
By SD Times Editorial Board
Nobody can match the breadth of tool partners that Microsoft offers through Visual Studio; Java is back, in a big way
11/11/2011 8:30:00 AM
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Letters to the Editor: Backdoors lead to programmatic problems
By SD Times Editorial Board
A reader tracks the cause of many computer security and coding woes to programmers putting in backdoors
11/11/2011 8:30:00 AM
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Your top priority: Migrating to the cloud
By Diane Mueller
Cloud providers already have applications your business needs, so you don't have to build them yourself
10/25/2011 10:35:00 AM
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From the Editors: Preparing for Windows 8
By SD Times Editorial Board
The Metro interface will force at least some adaptation; meanwhile, what can we do to cut down on the same security holes?
10/15/2011 8:30:00 AM
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Letters to the Editor: VoIP ain't free
By SD Times Editorial Board
VoIP isn't as viable an alternative, says one reader; another doesn't blame Android or Google for faulty smartphones
10/15/2011 8:30:00 AM
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Outsourcing 2.0: The future of processes and standards
By Khrystyna Kosyk
Ad hoc outsourcing outfits are no good when it comes to long-term outsourcing setups
10/12/2011 2:30:00 PM
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A team-first approach to ALM
By Carl Zetie
The OSLC represents a great collaborative way to facilitating tool integration
10/11/2011 1:30:00 PM
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From the Editors: Sailing the winds of mobile change
By SD Times Editorial Board
The mobile market is too fluid to rely on just one provider; patents need to go; an overlooked aspect of Steve Jobs' legacy
9/15/2011 8:30:00 AM
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Virtualization: The hot trend you can no longer ignore
By Daniel Burrus
It's here to stay, and it can be used to speed up your development cycles
9/14/2011 1:30:00 PM
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To test 100%, virtualize 20%
By Adam Kolawa
The 80/20 rule gives testers a way of completely trying out their application by virtualizing a small piece of it
9/12/2011 3:30:00 PM
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Why the cloud is accelerating open-source adoption
By Boris Renski
While cloud drives more complex technologies, open source allows that complexity to be addressed at a lower level
9/7/2011 10:30:00 AM
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From the Editors: The cloud changes some things
By SD Times Editorial Board
We're still feeling out what the cloud has to offer; Silverlight and Flex/AIR are useful now, but HTML5 has a brighter future
8/15/2011 8:30:00 AM
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Letters to the Editor: Microsoft has no reason to save Mono
By SD Times Editorial Board
Readers question why Microsoft would even want to save Mono, and why agile games are good for agile teams
8/15/2011 8:30:00 AM
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Great expectations for development—with policy automation
By Wayne Ariola
Policy automation can reduce costs and time wasted from redundant code rework
7/28/2011 2:45:00 PM
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Reuse is an event, but sharing is a journey
By Charles W. Krueger
Misconceptions abound about reuse, and it is up to those who understand it to educate those who don't
7/18/2011 3:15:00 PM
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From the Editors: No light in Microsoft's tunnel
By SD Times Editorial Board
Microsoft should open up about its plans for Windows; Apple wins the tablet wars with its vision, not its technology
7/15/2011 8:30:00 AM
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The cloud will change everything in five years
By Zvi Guterman
Developers and coders are still finding themselves running into challenges that cloud computing can relieve
7/15/2011 8:30:00 AM
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Choosing standards for cloud authentication
By Mark O'Neill
The good news is that there are many standards to choose from, but there are big differences among those choices
7/7/2011 8:30:00 AM
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From the Editors: Microsoft should rescue Mono
By SD Times Editorial Board
Helping Mono would be a good move for Microsoft; a look at the companies that have come and gone in the SD Times 100
6/15/2011 8:30:00 AM
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Manifesto for software craftsmanship, and four dimensions of quality
By Raja Bavani
The Software Craftsmanship movement was born out of the perception that agile methodology wasn't mindful enough of quality
6/5/2011 12:00:00 PM
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Getting in a Big Data state of mind
By Kenneth Chestnut
No matter how you deal with Big Data, you must be prepared to use it and handle any issues surrounding it
6/3/2011 11:00:00 AM
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SQL: More than three decades old and still thriving!
By Raja Bavani
The database language has come a long way, but today it faces new challenges
6/2/2011 1:00:00 PM
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Are your Web apps safe?
By Geoff Perlman
Not enough attention has been paid to Web security yet; here are ways to check, and secure, your Web applications
6/1/2011 2:20:00 PM
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Three phases of agility: past, present and future
By Jim Highsmith
Agile has reached a tipping point: It will either be subsumed into general working practices, or it will be reinvigorated
5/31/2011 11:00:00 AM
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New beginnings for Hudson at Eclipse
By Jason van Zyl
Under Eclipse's auspices, Hudson and Jenkins can finally work with the community in an stable and fast-moving track
5/18/2011 4:30:00 PM
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From the Editors: A new spring for Java
By SD Times Editorial Board
Spring's competition with Java provides a good avenue to streamline Java; Amazon's recent troubles should are a lesson for IT
5/15/2011 8:30:00 AM
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Letters to the Editor: Productivity relies on IDE integration
By SD Times Editorial Board
A reader reminds others that, as Python's popularity wanes, integration with IDEs is still essential
5/15/2011 8:30:00 AM
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Taking an agile page from Amazon’s book
By Jake Sorofman
Amazon's embrace of the cloud means that IT departments must adapt or fall behind the cost curve
5/15/2011 8:30:00 AM
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