Recent Interviews

Goal-Driven Development

It’s always amazing to see how people find it hard to compromise, to nuance their opinions about things. And I’m probably the first one finding it hard....

0 replies - 82 views - 03/10/08 by Sebastien Arbogast in News

Code Complete Doesn't Mean You're Done

Joe Coder runs through his feature in the UI. It works. The doodad renders beautifully on the screen, and when he clicks the button, all the right things...

1 replies - 2091 views - 02/22/08 by Mark Turansky in News

Groovy (and Ruby) Only Solves Half the Problem

It is with some dismay I've been reading the latest Groovy discussions on Javalobby. I've spent quite some time learning Scala, so it bothered me a bit that I...

10 replies - 6629 views - 02/20/08 by Mats Henricson in News

The Mission of a Software Architect

Recently, I read Steven Devijver's The YAGNI Argument (You Ain't Gonna Need It) and found a link to one of Martin Fowler's IEEE articles Who needs an...

8 replies - 3581 views - 02/20/08 by Rainer Eschen in News

Will "Made in India" Software Products Become a Reality?

This article discusses the reasoning as to why India should adopt a "Product Development" strategy to give a further boost to it's software exports....

3 replies - 683 views - 02/20/08 by Sunil Bhatia in News

7 Habits of Highly Effective Freelance Programmers

I have developed these based on my freelancing experience. Though I have discontinued freelancing, but would like to share my practices with you. These are...

3 replies - 4326 views - 02/18/08 by Sunil Bhatia in News

NYTimes "Dumb and Dumber" Americans - Duh... what about develoeprs?

One of this week's most emailed stories at The New York Times is "Dumb and Dumber: Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge?" Here's a brief excerpt from...

6 replies - 1467 views - 02/18/08 by Rick Ross in News

9 Signs You Shouldn't Hire THAT Web Guy

My employer specializes in creating websites for middle-sized businesses. We rarely create "Mom'n'Pops" websites and generally don't pursue...

39 replies - 28306 views - 02/11/08 by David Walsh in News

Will Eclipse RCP ever be used for more than the IDE and for making nerd applications?

The Eclipse RCP is a framework for client applications that has clearly been used with great success to support the IDE itself, but when it comes to building...

11 replies - 1817 views - 02/08/08 by Henrik Schulz in News

No More Free Interviews

A friend of mine went to a job interview today in Istanbul, Turkey. The company was situated at the other end of the city and given that there are 15 million...

0 replies - 911 views - 02/07/08 by Steven Devijver in News

Another Poetic Perspective - this Time on JavaLobby Itself (Comic)

This vision of JavaLobby had appeared quite some time ago, before the new trends showed up... But I thought I would share it with you - now more as an...

2 replies - 1355 views - 02/06/08 by Ann Oreshnikova in News

A Poetic Perspective on the JCP (Comic)

Thinking of how people sometimes get united around one common idea, I thought of JCP as an apt illustration... The goal sounds great, the people involved are...

4 replies - 2605 views - 02/04/08 by Ann Oreshnikova in News

What If... DZone had a Reality TV series???

What if there was a reality TV show that featured everyday programmers/software developers like you and me? It could give the rest of the world a glimpse...

5 replies - 2154 views - 01/25/08 by Jim Bethancourt in News