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When you need to know how the C# compiler really works, there is no better place than the C# Standard. But sometimes even that is not enough, especially when you need to know how the Microsoft and Mono compilers differ. This is where Jon Jagger, Perry, Sestoft's Annotated C# Standard comes into play. …

The goal of the Polyforms project is to remove the heavily duplicated glue code to tie data access objects to the underlying persistence API. By R.J. Lorimer…

After being in beta for about a year and having more than 1 million downloads, the Java SE 6 Update 10 (6u10) , dubbed the “Consumer JRE” has been released. With this release which is primarily focused on the Java Plug-In, Sun is trying to deliver on its promise for an enhanced rich client user experience and paves the way for the upcoming JavaFX Desktop 1.0. …

about creating your own stack, you might want to check it out if you are not into DataMapper or want something different. Finally, Merb got a lot of press coverage lately: SDtimes.com internetnews.com smarteguru.com RailsEnvy.com InfoQ.com gartner.com and many much more.  Follow @merbivore to get daily news. To finish this post, here is a video of Ezra Zygmuntowicz who recently presented Merb at Google.

zu installieren? Dafür gibts eine Lösung, geh einfach am Mittwoch, 26. November, an den RailsHock, dort kannst du dich mit anderen Neulingen und Alten Hasen austauschen. Mehr dazu bei Georg, dem Chef des ganzen. Ach ja, noch etwas mehr Werbung: Rails 2.2 ist erschienen.

Sei que muitos já fizeram isso mas não poderia deixar de comentar sobre o post do James Shore sobre o declínio e queda das metodologias ágeis. Recomendo a leitura do post, ou no mínimo do resumo do InfoQ. O ponto do James Shore é muito simples: as pessoas estão querendo ir direto para a sobremesa e esquecendo de comer seus vegetais. Agile é muito mais do que desenvolver iterativamente, fazer stand-up meetings e planejamentos ágeis. Não dá para ignorar todas as práticas de engenharia de software que realmente fazem com que a produção e mudanças em softwares sejam ágeis,

intense conversation so make yourself prepared for an overdose of language geekiness discussion. I had 2 goals in mind with this. First, to introduce many programming concepts before talking about Ola’s new language implemented on top of the JVM: Ioke, a Io-inspired language, prototype-based, highly dynamic, based on Io, Lisp, Ruby. This language is way cool, you should experiment with it The second goal was to show people that there is this whole world out there, outside of plain Java or C#. And

intense conversation so make yourself prepared for an overdose of language geekiness discussion. I had 2 goals in mind with this. First, to introduce many programming concepts before talking about Ola’s new language implemented on top of the JVM: Ioke, a Io-inspired language, prototype-based, highly dynamic, based on Io, Lisp, Ruby. This language is way cool, you should experiment with it The second goal was to show people that there is this whole world out there, outside of plain Java or C#. And

Rails 2.2 - What's New, a 118 page PDF covering all of the changes and additions to Rails 2.2. It's available in a package deal with the screencast (above) too. InfoQ's Glance - InfoQ's Mirko Stocker takes a quick glance at some of Rails 2.2's new features.

on open standards and open source development. Almost from the beginning it became evident that there were two major issues that would dominate the discussion: Openness and Ease of entry level participation to the JCP.” Read the full article here: http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/11/qconsf08_jcp

on open standards and open source development. Almost from the beginning it became evident that there were two major issues that would dominate the discussion: Openness and Ease of entry level participation to the JCP.” Read the full article here: http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/11/qconsf08_jcp

highlighting, spellcheck, etc. already available. It should also be in most popular distros’ repos already. There’s also the Eclipse Communication Framework - by toby (Score: 4, Informative) Thread ECF home, articles at IBM DeveloperWorks, InfoQ. From the latter: ECF is…

GazetteXtra - "In an effort to prop up an underperforming Lab Safety Supply, company officials said Wednesday they will combine the business with another that operates warehouses across the country." InfoQ: Agile Usability - "Jakob Nielsen, usability guru and author of Usability Engineering, raises the concern that Agile methods are a threat to traditional approaches to designing usability. He says that Agile’s greatest threat to usability is that