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Mitch Pronschinske10/17/11
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Why You Shouldn't Have to Deploy Overnight

Are you still doing deployments at 3:00am?  If you are, you should have taken a look at Brian Crescimanno's post: "Why are you still deploying overnight?"

Mitch Pronschinske10/14/11
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You can’t be Agile in Maintenance?

I’ve been going over a couple of posts by Steve Kilner that question whether Agile methods can be used effectively in software maintenance. It’s a surprising question really.

Mitch Pronschinske10/13/11
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AsK DZ: Will Java Make a Comeback?

An interesting prediction of a Java resurgance in web development came from the "I, Cringely" blog.  The post was entitled: "The second coming of Java" and here was what author Bob Cringely's theory boiled down to:

Mitch Pronschinske10/12/11
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Lean Startup Gaining Traction

David J. Bland, author of the Scrumology blog and a freelance counterterrorism software developer, talks to DZone at the Agile 2011 conference about one...

Mitch Pronschinske10/05/11
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HTML5 Zone - A Dojo for Web Ninjas

The Web as a platform is changing faster every day—blink, and you're behind.  Just look at the version numbers of browsers lately.  This year we started with IE9, Chrome 8, and Firefox 4.  Next year, we could see IE11, Chrome 20, and Firefox 12.  The...

Mitch Pronschinske10/05/11
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Choosing Canvas or SVG

With a lot of excitement around Canvas, there has been a tendency to ignore SVG, which, in many cases, is the better choice.  URL:  http://css.dzone.com/articles/how-choose-between-canvas-and ...

Mitch Pronschinske09/21/11
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WebMatrix 2 Beta Adds PHP IntelliSense

WebMatrix has made a name for itself by massively simplifying and accelerating the construction of a relatively complex web site—specifically the CMS, widgets, web server, and back-end stack.  

Mitch Pronschinske09/15/11
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Big News Coming Out of BUILD - Wayne Citrin Comments

"Flash is dead" is what some in the web developer community are saying after Microsoft's announcement that the all-web-standard "Metro" version of Windows 8 would not include plugins in its IE10 browser, which means no Flash.  What they...

Mitch Pronschinske09/12/11
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What primary development framework are you planning to use in the cloud?

This PaaS poll was inspired by a post on Chris Keene's blog.  He explained that RedHat had conducted a survey at VMworld that included over 1,200 respondents. The survey was about their cloud deployment plans and I...

Mitch Pronschinske08/31/11
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Robots Have Taken James Gosling Away From Google

Well that didn't last very long.  For just 5 months, Google employed the renowned Father of Java.  Now developers can forget about seeing anything amazing and wonderful emerging from the Google-Gosling team-up.  In his latest blog post, Gosling writes that...

Mitch Pronschinske08/25/11
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Apple Won't Change Overnight, But it Will Eventually Change

While Apple's stock dropped 7% overnight with the announcement of Steve Jobs' departure from the CEO position, Apple's corporate culture and direction certainly won't change overnight.  In fact, you may have noticed that Tim Cook has been in the CEO position...

Mitch Pronschinske08/09/11
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DZone at Agile 2011: A Manifesto Signatories Q&A

Last night at Agile 2011, DZone was in attendance at "The Big Park Bench" Agile Manifesto 10 year anniversary reunion.  At this very special gathering of 15 of the original 17 signatories for the Agile Manifesto, we witnessed a very lively and...

Mitch Pronschinske08/04/11
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Resin 4, CDISource, and JEE 7 and 8

Reza Rahman sits down with DZone to discuss the current state of standard Java. URL:  http://www.dzone.com/videos/reza-rahman-resin-4-cdisource Large Thumbnail:  ...

Mitch Pronschinske06/30/11
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Flex Mobile Refcard

Develop cross-platform mobile apps for iOS, Android, and BlackBerry Tablets using the new Flex 4.5 framework and FlashBuilder 4.5 URL:  ...

Mitch Pronschinske06/23/11
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Continuous Delivery Refcard

Great for any developer, this Refcard is loaded with over 40 different deployment patterns and antipatterns! URL:  http://refcardz.dzone.com/assets/request/refcard/42229?oid=hom42229&uid=478055 ...