Software Development Lifecycle

Software Development Lifecycle

Software engineers spend lots of time not building software
Administrative tasks, brainstorming, and waiting for tests combine to overtake the hours spent designing and coding.
Paul Krill, April 2013

Apache Foundation promotes development framework Bloodhound
Open source tool for collaborating on software development is now an official top-level project, having graduated from the foundation's product incubator.
Jon Gold, April 2013

Open source plug-in speeds mobile app development
Cloudbees and Soasta have announced the Soasta CloudTest Plugin for Jenkins, which aims to connect the dots between mobile and Jenkins CI for easier testing and deployment to the cloud.
Paul Krill, April 2013

With Spock, application testing is only logical
Howard M. Lewis Ship, creator of the Tapestry web application framework, says that developers have lots of excuses for not testing their applications, but resistance is counterproductive -- especially when given a testing framework as sensible as Spock.
Paul Krill, April 2013

5 ways devops can help companies crank out better code faster
With the right tools and processes, as well as removal of cultural barriers, devops can deliver huge benefits to companies.
Ted Samson, March 2013

Make performance and scalability testing continuous ... or else
Bad developer habits die hard, but if you don't load test as you go, you're asking for a nasty surprise at the end of your project.
Andrew C. Oliver, February 2013

Why application development is better in the cloud
A recent survey found that cloud platforms reduce overall application development time by an average of 11.6 percent, but developers are finding that speed is just one advantage of programming in the cloud.
David Linthicum, January 2013

The full Java life: Interview with Jim Showalter, principal engineer at Intuit
JavaWorld talks with Intuit Principal Engineer Jim Showalter about the evolving Java technology stack at Intuit, why Java is his programming language of choice, and where he finds challenge and inspiration as a career programmer.
Matthew Heusser, January 2013

Qualcomm unveils Java-friendly 'Internet of everything' development platform
Platform leverages company's QSC6270-Turbo chip set to enable new generation of asset-tracking, build automation, and health care offerings.
Ted Samson, January 2013

9 app dev projects you should cancel in 2013
Rolling your own in software wastes both time and money, especially when perfectly good open source (and in some cases commercial) tools would fit the bill.
Andrew C. Oliver, December 2012

6 tips to break app dev bottlenecks
IT earns its reputation from apps that fuel business change, not development processes that slow production to a crawl. Here's how to speed up application delivery without clogging the system.
Bob Lewis, December 2012

GitHub CEO: We're helping software eat the world
CEO Tom Preston-Werner explains the appeal of his cloud-based code repository, why Andreessen Horowitz invested $100 million, and what 'optimizing for happiness' really means.
Eric Knorr, November 2012

The full Java life: Interview with Carlus Henry, independent consultant
From the bad old days of J2EE to the bright idea that was Spring simplicity, Carlus Henry's career in software development has put him front-and-center for some of Java's major evolutionary shifts. In this JavaWorld interview Carlus talks about how and why he's changed his approach to Java development, then reveals the variety of tools that help him build quality software today.
Matthew Heusser, September 2012

The black art of estimating IT project costs
To estimate a project's expense, you need to understand and plan it. Anything less is a wild guess that will become an albatross.
Bob Lewis, September 2012

Go it alone no more: GitHub gets $100 million investment
Code-sharing and hosting repository nabs venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz's largest-ever investment, which analyst likens to a merger.
Paul Krill, July 2012

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