Peter Hendriks

Returned from the RSC: back to the rest of the world

Well, the IBM Rational Software Conference 2009 is over again. It was once again a great conference with lots of interesting new developments and insights. The Jazz products are evolving very fast, and they really try to improve on weak points first and...

Published 09-06-2009 12:46 by peterhe

Filed under: Java, Jazz, RSDC

Rational Software Conference 2009: Real, Smart and Green

After a year, we're back in Orlando, home of Mickey Mouse, roller coasters, hamburgers and Coca Cola, and of course the IBM Rational Software Conference 2009. The conference is already well under way, it started last Sunday, but with an ever increasing...

Published 02-06-2009 23:13 by peterhe

Filed under: Java, Agile, rup, Mylyn, Jazz, IBM, RSDC

Jazz 2.0 release candidate

RC1 for Rational Team Concert (RTC) 2.0 was released yesterday . Even though it's only been a year since the 1.0 release, RTC got a lot of updates. First of all, there is now an Enterprise edition, which allows an unlimited amount of developers on...

Published 17-05-2009 19:05 by peterhe

Filed under: Java, Jazz, IBM, Rational

Why tools matter

Improving software development productivity is a much discussed topic, with many different schools of thought. Some will say you need to get people who can " Hit the High Notes ", others will focus on teamwork dynamics as a means to ultimate...

Published 03-05-2009 17:34 by peterhe

Filed under: software development

J-Spring 2009, full of surprises

Well, it's spring again, so time for another NLJUG J-Spring event! The NLJUG J-Spring/J-Fall is the biggest Java event in the Netherlands, a one day conference held in Bussum. I am a regular visitor on this conference, interesting sessions, a good...

Published 15-04-2009 20:20 by peterhe

Filed under: Java, J-Spring, NLJUG

Google AppEngine for Java: the cloud keeps getting bigger

Google joined the cloud computing turf a year ago with " Google AppEngine ", a framework to enable relatively simple applications to be deployed directly in the cloud. Google AppEngine only supported Python as the programming language, and required...

Published 08-04-2009 21:06 by peterhe

Filed under: Java, Google, AppEngine

The user interface beyond Star Trek

Everyone knows about Star Trek and the science fiction genre. Science fiction plays with future technologies that do not exist yet. While not everything in Star Trek has now been invented, when it comes to user interfaces, we are pretty close. We now...

Published 15-03-2009 19:07 by peterhe

Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship

By now, everyone in the software development industry probably heard about "agile" development, formally described in the Agile Manifesto . Agile was a rebellious response to the continuing push of vendor-driven processes and procedures, which...

Published 08-03-2009 15:06 by peterhe

Filed under: Agile, Process, software development, practices, craftsmanship

Java 7 and the Elvis operator

With Java 6 out for quite a while now, Java 7 is finally looming closer for a release due in early 2010. Most of the big changes are either scrapped (like support for closures or a standard module system), or actually pushed into a Java 6 update (the...

Published 02-03-2009 19:53 by peterhe

Filed under: Java

JUnit to the Max

I just stumbled upon a cool new project from JUnit grandfather Kent "XP" Beck. It's called JUnit Max and basically introduces the "Run tests on save" feature in Eclipse. This means you don't have to think about running tests...

Published 09-02-2009 21:08 by peterhe

Filed under: Java, Eclipse, kent beck, JUnit

Not doing something costs time and money, too

A recent podcast of Joel "On Software" Spolsky and Jeff "Stackoverflow" Atwood stirred up a bit of a debate. Joel goes into a big rant against Unit Tests and the SOLID design principles . Robert "Uncle Bob" C. Martin, author...

Published 02-02-2009 0:11 by peterhe

Filed under: Agile, Design, unit test

Why traffic lights are evil

A few days ago I had to take a drive from Den Bosch to Tilburg (A65). If you know that little piece of road, you know there are a lot of traffic lights. I understand the value of traffic lights: they reduce accidents and distribute a fair opportunity...

Published 04-01-2009 18:26 by peterhe

Filed under: Agile, Process

The future of Java modular development: Jigsaw or OSGi?

What Java still lacks is a standardized module system to describe and manage dependencies with. This often leads to "jar hell", a jungle of jars needed on all kinds of locations, hard to manage classloaders and all kinds of ad-hoc dependency...

Published 08-12-2008 12:31 by peterhe

Filed under: Java, OSGi

Visual Studio integration for Jazz beta available

There now is a beta version available for Jazz / Rational Team Concert integration in Visual Studio. See this video for more information. I've seen the VS client in action at the RSDC. It's still pretty limited compared to the Eclipse based tooling...

Published 16-11-2008 17:55 by peterhe

Filed under: Java, Jazz

J-Fall 2008

I visited J-Fall 2008 today, another successful Java conference organized by the NLJUG . J-Fall/J-Spring are the biggest Java events in the Netherlands, it's always fun to visit, see what the latest developments are, what people are doing and how...

Published 12-11-2008 21:17 by peterhe

Filed under: Java, JavaFX, NLJUG, Flex, Jazz

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