JBoss just published a white paper that describes how Seam enables rapid development of RIAs by eliminating technology hurdles and placing developer focus back on solving business problems. Specific enterprise use cases demonstrate how increasingly complex features can rapidly be introduced into a software product with Seam in an iterative fashion.
The white paper is written [...]

Posted in Agile, JBoss Seam 1 Comment »

It seems common for developers to look for faults in established technologies when an issue is encountered.  As a developer struggling to learn an unfamiliar technology, it is easy to make mistakes.  These mistakes lead to frustration which, in turn, can lead the developer to blame the technology rather than taking the time to analyze [...]

Posted in Agile 4 Comments »

Improving your development process takes time and effort, but always pays off in code quality and professionalism. When consulting for an organization I always recommend the following 5 steps that I feel are essential to any development process. You may already be using these recommendations in practice as they are all well-known techniques and [...]

Posted in Agile 5 Comments »