Development

DoD seeks virtual renditions of military parents

ITworld staff — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:23:24 -0500

The U.S. Department of Defense is looking for researchers who can build applications that enable family members to interact with parents serving far from home in the military.

What Agile Methods Mean to Your Process, People, and Products

ExecutiveBrief — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:48:57 -0500

Studies show that most successful projects were those that followed agile principles, proving that model-driven methods are not always the best when it came to managing changes, fast-paced project implementation, or even meeting market demands.

Quiz: He said what? (an oddly informative news quiz)

abennett — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:22:37 -0500

Who isn't going to just say hi and walk off? Who flipped an energy-guzzling PC on its head? Who doesn't think breasts are harmful to children? Who has bigger, badder things to worry about than flaws in the MD5 hashing algorithm? Think you know? Take this week's quiz!

2008 in review: Mac developers who made news

ITworld staff — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:45:50 -0500

Thanks to its size and its prominence in the Mac universe, Apple tends to dominate the discussion when it comes to chronicling the major news events hitting the platform in the past year. That’s understandable, but it doesn’t paint a full picture of the Mac market, which also features plenty of third-party developers who made headlines of their own in 2008. Here are some of the Mac developers who stood out from the crowd over the past 12 months.

Delve into database files with CDBF

ITworld staff — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:14:50 -0500

If you regularly work with DBF files, CDBF is worth checking out.

Making code review software tools help, not hinder

ITworld staff — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:02:03 -0500

Tools can certainly assist in the code review process -- particularly in ensuring that the code adheres to corporate style, collecting metrics and applying departmental programming policies -- but some caution that you shouldn't depend overmuch on them.

How NOT to run a code review

ITworld staff — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:59:25 -0500

Code reviews can become meetings from hell: politically, technically and in terms of process.

Doing spot-on code reviews with remote teams

ITworld staff — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:56:50 -0500

It's hard enough to run an effective code review when everyone is in the same room. But when developers work at home, contribute to open-source projects, or telecommute from outsourced suppliers, the challenges are intensified. Making a code review work in those circumstances requires a bit of extra effort.

Five reasons to do code reviews

ITworld staff — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:49:03 -0500

If you think that all you'll get from running effective code reviews is slightly better software, you need to think again. Here are five not-so-obvious reasons for code reviews.

Running an effective code review

ITworld staff — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:44:46 -0500

It's one thing to say you're going to do code reviews. And it's another thing to know how to go about the process right, so that the end result is the best, most joyful application possible.