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PHP 7 — New Features for Types
In the previous two articles in this series, we explored some of the improvements introduced in PHP 7. To set the background for this article on PHP’s type system, PHP is a weakly typed language, which implies the data type of variables does not need to be declared. In this article we explore new type-related features available in PHP 7.x.
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How Outsourcing Practices Are Changing in 2020: an Industry Insight
The IT outsourcing industry is very volatile and each year we see new trends reshaping the sector. In 2020, we see some outsourcing practices coming up and others getting stronger. At the same time, we also see some of the prominent outsourcing practices becoming obsolete. This article looks at how the outsourcing industry is changing and getting prepared to embrace the change.
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Q&A on the Book Becoming an Effective Software Engineering Manager
The book Becoming an Effective Software Engineering Manager by James Stanier explores how to manage engineers and what managers can do to build and run effective teams. It helps people decide if they want to go from an engineering to a manager role and organize and improve their management activities.
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Applied Probability - Counting Large Set of Unstructured Events with Theta Sketches
In this article, author Ronen Cohen discusses the solution to processing the event data using Theta Sketches and technologies like HBase and Kafka.
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Developing a Cloud Migration Framework
Creating a Cloud Migration Framework gives you a tool for management, accountability, and status reporting. This article looks at three common phases of the migration.
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Silos, Politics and Delivering Software Products
Technical teams tend to be unprepared for politics. This leads to political problems being either accepted as tragically inevitable or written off as due to the incompetence of others. Politics in business emerges when direction is not set with sufficient clarity. Better understanding the causes of politics helps understand how best to either resolve or navigate politics in software projects.
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Project Helidon Tutorial: Building Microservices with Oracle’s Lightweight Java Framework
Oracle introduced its new open-source framework, Helidon, in September 2018. Originally named Java for Cloud, Helidon is a collection of Java libraries for creating microservices-based applications. Within six months of its introduction, Helidon 1.0 was released in February 2019. The current stable release is Helidon 1.4.4, but Oracle is well on their way to releasing Helidon 2.0.
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Q&A on the Book Leading Lean
Leading Lean by Jean Dahl describes a journey that leaders can embark on to respond to disruptive change. It leads them through the six dimensions of leading self, others, the customer, and the enterprise, by creating an innovative culture that delivers value. It provides not just the theory behind Modern Lean, but also practical methods, tools, strategies, and case studies.
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PHP 7 — Classes and Interfaces Improvements
In the second instalment of this article series dedicated to PHP 7, we continue our exploration of PHP 7 new features focusing on object-oriented programming support, classes, and interfaces.
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Five Reasons to Start Working in the Cloud
Whether self-hosted or managed, this article is going to cover five reasons why a cloud IDE may be precisely what you or your company needs to boost productivity to the next level.
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Building a Scale-Ready MVP
In these times of turmoil, information technology is a strategic asset to weather the difficult times ahead. Companies launch projects to build digital products and seize new opportunities, but even with strong pressure to release as fast as possible, beware of the pitfalls of an unsustainable MVP. Building an MVP that is scale-ready takes careful consideration and disciplined practices.
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Learning Progressive Web Apps - Book Review and Q&A
The book *Learning Progressive Web Apps* presents a gentle but thorough introduction to PWAs through the implementation of three PWAs. The book focuses on web manifests and service workers. The reader needs only know HTML, JavaScript and CSS to follow through the examples.