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I have a client looking for a Biztalk resource (contract). I also know someone looking for a PHP developer (senior). Please contact me (riaan@elevato.co.za). Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
Jim Webber has recently coined the term "Guerrilla SOA" to describe a lightweight approach to SOA that does not rely on big middleware products. Here is some abstracts: http://www.infoq.com/news/2009/12/SOA_Gorilla Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! |
ECMAScript (or JavaScript) 5 has just been released. See this link for more info : http://www.infoq.com/news/2009/12/ecmascript5 Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
Found this gem on CodeBeter. This article asks the question: Is Agile the means to en end? http://codebetter.com/blogs/rodpaddock/archive/2009/11/28/can-a-fish-use-a-bicycle.aspx Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
Many thought leaders in the agile community have started talking more about software katas - a way of practicing specific exercises until one has them memorized. Over the past several weeks, there has been an increase in blog posts and sites devoted to katas. Robert Martin has gone as far
Link to a short (but good) post on why it is important to keep a (key) developer on board: http://codebetter.com/blogs/david_laribee/archive/2009/11/17/the-high-cost-of-losing-a-developer.aspx Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
Elevato has just released the first version of the BizTalk Orchestration Viewer. This tool allow you to view orchestrations from assembly files. This tool is usefull when validating a production deployed orchestration against a development version. The tool also have a save to image function, making printing easy. The tool
Big news for developers out there: Google has just announced the release of a new, open sourced programming language called Go. The company says that Go is experimental, and that it combines the performance and security benefits associated with using a compiled language like C++ with the speed of a
From InfoQ : Micromanagement, often has a negative connotation associated with it. It is a management style where a manager closely observes or controls the work of his or her subordinates or employees. Usually Agile development and micromanagement may seem to be opposite ends of spectrum however, they are more
I find this a very interesting project. Irony is a framework created by Roman Ivantsov and used to write internal DSLs or entire new languages that run on .NET, the grammar being written in C#. Irony, a CodePlex project, allows one to create a new language by specifying its grammar
Not following anyone at the moment.