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Accessing Wolfram|Alpha’s Knowledge Through Webservice API
Wolfram|Alpha now has a Webservice API which can be used by web applications, desktop or mobile, to query the Wolfram|Alpha engine.
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Bundle.update: the Current State of OSGi
It's been a month since OSGi 4.2 was released. What's been happening in the OSGi space since then?
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Embed Python, Ruby, and XAML directly into your HTML with Gestalt
JavaScript is a language that is showing its age. A lot of developers now prefer to work with languages like Ruby or Python, falling back on JavaScript only for the browser. Sure there were attempts to support other languages in the browser like VBScript, but they never really took off. Well Microsoft is trying again, this time with Python and Ruby.
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Solving SOA Problems by Merging It with WOA
In his new article, Dion Hinchcliffe, assesses the current state of SOA, focusing on issues, slowing SOA adoption. He also suggests leveraging WOA approaches to improve its current state.
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Java EE 6 Proposed Final Draft Hints at Future Direction of the Platform
The Proposed Final Draft of the Java EE 6 Platform adds standardised dependency injection and bean validation for the platform, and introduces a new specification for managed beans providing a clear indication of the future direction of the platform.
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Development of a SOA Manifesto
In parallel with the 2nd SOA Symposium, Thomas Erl and representatives from companies such as IBM, Red Hat, Oracle and Cognizant are meeting to define a new SOA Manifesto. Steve Ross-Talbot, one of the working group members, writes on some key areas he would like the group to consider.
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Agile Australia 2009 Conference
The Agile Australia 2009 conference is running in Sydney on 15 & 16 October. Over 25 sessions with local and international speakers.
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IASA to Announce New Board-Certified Architect Program at ITARC Architecture Conference in New York
International Association of Software Architects (IASA) will bring together thought leaders including Grady Booch, Eric Evans, and Bill Inmon at the IT Architecture Regional Conference (ITARC) in New York next week. The non-profit IASA is launching two new Certified IT Architect (CITA) programs at the conference, including CITA-Professional a board reviewed program.
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Cisco Has Announced the Winners of a Year Long Contest
Cisco has announced the winners of the “Think Inside the Box” Developer Contest. The challenge was to create an AXP application for Cisco’s ISR.
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Empirical Studies on Software Quality Mythology
Microsoft has released a summary of research findings that challenge traditional software-engineering mythology. Can code coverage really improve product quality? Does TDD take more time? What impact does a distributed team have on quality? Are assertions useful?
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MuleSoft Releases Tomcat-based Tcat Server and iBeans Integration Framework
Tcat Server, an Apache Tomcat-based application server created by MuleSoft (formerly MuleSource), was released today. InfoQ took the opportunity to talk with Mahau Ma, Greg Schott and Ross Mason of MuleSoft to learn more about Tcat Server and another new integration framework called iBeans.
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Considerations for an S+S Implementation
The article, Design Considerations for S+S and Cloud Computing, written by eight architects from Microsoft, is a collection of design considerations to be taken into account when planning the architecture of a Software plus Services (S+S) solution for the enterprise.
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Adobe Max Day One Wrap-Up
On day one of Max, Adobe announced the upcoming availability of the Flash platform on a number of mobile devices. The availability of Flash on a wide range of devices is an important step forward for the Flash / Flex developer community.
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Management Strategies For SOA
Mike Kavis, wrote an article for the SOA institute in which he characterizes the success of any SOA implementation into four factors people, process, technology, and business. He believes that a good management strategy is to create and communicate a roadmap that plots out key deliverables in each of these areas.
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Cells: Components for Rails 2.3
Cells are proper components for Rails, comparable to mini controllers or "partials on steroids", just faster and object oriented. We talked to its main developer Nick Sutterer.