Functional languages have become the new media darling in programming, and for many developers not familiar with them from their university days, the renewed interest seems mysterious and mind-boggling. What does a functional programming language offer that a traditional object-oriented language like Java or C# doesn’t? In this presentation, we …
In this episode we are going to take a look at a refactoring technique outlined in detail in working effectively with legacy code. We will walk though this technique and take a look at how it can help you to create better and more maintainable code. http://www.dimecasts.net/Content/WatchEpisode/134
The domain model is a domain experts view on their reality. But what happens when there are different domain experts with different, very real, views on the reality? Is a product always a product and how do I enforce my aggregate boundaries for the all-mighty model? Is my abstraction high …
Spring Security is a popular, open-source Java security framework that represents the Spring portfolio’s official security capability. It has received hundreds of thousands of downloads, been ported to other platforms (such as Python and Microsoft .NET) and represents a popular choice in many banking, government, and military installations. This session …
Myriad Genetics is a rapidly growing clinical diagnostic test laboratory. They provide a high complexity DNA sequencing test that is run using a high degree of automation. Results of the testing must be perfect. In September of 2006, laboratory reporting was averaging 28 days. While world class, we wished to …
In the IT team, and especially in testing and audit, we concentrate on measuring such items as defect density and product attributes. We see testing as an activity which is designed to help mitigate risk. Yet testing and reviews may increase risk; for the test team, for the IT project …