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In the last week, I've talked with two very smart, highly motivated programmers. Both are making plans to leave the Cincinnati area. Why...

Accounting has different problem solving schools of thought just like software development does. If you want to measure the effectiveness of...

I just got a Lean Case study published in chapter 25 of Lean Software Strategies : Proven Techniques for Managers and Developers . And for ...

Well, I didn't give as many "updates from the front" as I intended. But here is my rapid-review of the day of coding. Wow ! O...

The two programming teams in Cincinnati are Team8 and Team32. Team8 is doing a food tracking system. Team32 is doing a photoDepo The contest...

Rails day has started. If you would like to check how it's going ask me at AOL Instant Messager Nickname: objwind Also available for ...

Tommorow is the first www.RailsDay.com. A 24-hour contest to code an interesting web application. Cincinnati has 2 teams entered, and we wi...

The Server Side has an article on when to use code Annotations . Code Annotations are Meta-Data in the code. And the Java community is happy...

Lean Software Development produces code on an ongoing basis, rather than in long waits and big chucks of deployment. Using xp www.lifeware.c...

[The links in this recap all point to previous entries. It is a recap after all.] The Problem is that software projects still deliver an u...

Jim Weirich is a bit of a local (Cincinnati) legend. He has been modesty and quietly mentioning an up and coming programming language in va...

I like Java and J2EE. I work with these often and enjoy the tools and environments. I've been through a number of generations of the hot...

Ideas don't thrive unless they fulfill a need. That's simple meme propagation theory. So even Object Oriented enthusiasts like my...

During my presentation on COBOL Oriented J2EE I talked about the separation of Data and Behavior that plagues so many Java applications. Ja...

Finally, there are two ways to increase the payback (or Return On Investment) on a software project: lower the cost or increase the v...

If you expect zero defects a fundamental change in thinking occurs. Do I mean to say that no single defect will ever occur? No. I mean that ...

The software industry finds itself in a situation today similar to automobile manufactures in 1970s. Defects are sapping resources and anger...

Henry Ford built his early automobiles using scientific management techniques. Every production step was optimized for return on investment...

$59.5 Billion is wasted every year! The U.S. gross domestic product loses 0.6% a year because of software defects. Currently, over half of a...

Most J2EE development is in DP style That does not mean that you cannot do Object Oriented J2EE. But what people do with a language create...

Data Processing style also involves the use of: * data structures (called Beans) that have only data with gettters/setters. * Util cla...

I claim that most Java/J2EE applications are written in a Data Processing (DP) style. Rather than an OO style. I'll also say that over ...

I gave a talk in Febuary 2005 at the local java group called COBOL oriented J2EE The point to the talk is not to say that "COBOL oriei...

After the presentation below Steve G. asked : ----------------------------------- When the user (the one who is paying the bills) starts th...

Many people are realising the need for functional testing. The seach for these is often limited to commercial screen driven test tools. Whil...

Rails - ActiveRecord ActiveRecord is a database mapping framework that makes a bunch of assumptions about how the Database should be built a...

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