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Architecture Pocket Guides

Here is a list of pocket guides to help you when design your applications or systems. The list includes Web Architecture,Mobile Architecture,Agile Architecture. This is taken from J.D.Meier's blog: Pocket Guide Series for Application Architecture Web Application Architecture Pocket Guide Agile Architecture...

Posted to Riaan's Blog (Weblog) by riaan on 11-28-2008
Testing and the development cycle

We all know how important testing is in the development life cycle. Here is an article written by Jeffrey Palermo on the effect of testing - or lack there of: http://jeffreypalermo.com/blog/if-you-cannot-afford-to-test-it-you-cannot-afford-to-sell-it/ Subscribe in a reader Join my blog network on Facebook...

Posted to Riaan's Blog (Weblog) by riaan on 11-19-2008
Code Contracts

Design by contract builds on top of concepts like static typing, where certain actions cannot be performed unless it can be verified at compile time. Contracts usually take the form of pre- and post-conditions such as a parameter or return value never being null or only containing a certain range of...

Posted to Riaan's Blog (Weblog) by riaan on 11-10-2008
DevForce Express

DevForce Express extends .NET with class libraries, components, RAD tools, and a business object server. Using DevForce, developers can simplify data access, improve UI design, and enable rich applications to operate over the Internet. DevForce Express supports .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0 and is fully integrated...

Posted to Riaan's Blog (Weblog) by riaan on 11-07-2008
CodeRush Xpress for C#

DevExpress has announced the availability of CodeRush Xpress for C#, a free add-in for Visual Studio 2008, targeted at C# developers and meant to improve their coding experience. CodeRush Xpress offers code navigation features like Highlight All References, Smart Clipboard Operations, Generate from Using...

Posted to Riaan's Blog (Weblog) by riaan on 11-07-2008
Martin Fowler on Oslo

http://martinfowler.com/bliki/Oslo.html Subscribe in a reader Join my blog network on Facebook Blog Networks

Posted to Riaan's Blog (Weblog) by riaan on 10-29-2008
Kanban as Alternative Agile Implementation

Kanban systems for software, derived from the Toyota Production System, are an iterationless approach for scheduling work. Instead of using a time boxed iteration and planning meeting, the pulls stories from the backlog only when it has completed its previous work. Read more: http://www.infoq.com/news...

Posted to Riaan's Blog (Weblog) by riaan on 10-24-2008
Oslo

Until recently Oslo has been one of the best kept secrets by Microsoft. There have been many rumors about Oslo being Microsoft’s future SOA strategy, distributed application server or Microsoft’s next unified SOA product portfolio. Finally, Douglas Purdy, Product Unit Manager for Oslo, announces, that...

Posted to Riaan's Blog (Weblog) by riaan on 09-12-2008
Scalability Worst Practices

In this article, former Orbitz lead architect Brian Zimmer discusses scalability worst pratices. Topics covered include The Golden Hammer, Resource Abuse, Big Ball of Mud, Dependency Management, Timeouts, Hero Pattern, Not Automating, and Monitoring. http://www.infoq.com/articles/scalability-worst-practices...

Posted to Riaan's Blog (Weblog) by riaan on 08-26-2008
Introduction to Cloud Computing

Good introduction article by David Chappel on Cloud Platforms. The article was sponsored by Microsoft. http://www.davidchappell.com/CloudPlatforms--Chappell.pdf Subscribe in a reader Join my blog network on Facebook Blog Networks

Posted to Riaan's Blog (Weblog) by riaan on 08-22-2008

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