A few days ago I found myself in the middle of an argument concerning the best build tool for Java projects. Somewhere during the discussion, I realized that there is no tool, which is best in every possible situation. Naturally, this leads into a conclusion that the best tool for the job must be selected […] Read more
In my previous article, I introduced a definition for software quality, and described the challenges caused by a conflict of interest between different stakeholders. As promised, this article will describe preemptive measures, which reduces or eliminates quality problems of a software project, when taken before the project is actually "started". Cooperation between the members of […] Read more
As reported by Computer Business Review Online, the results of the latest Standish Group report are devastating. According to the Standish Group, the number of last year's software project failures were the highest in five years. This makes me wonder, whether there is something essentially wrong with the way project management and quality management is […] Read more
One common performance requirement for large websites is that different domain names should be used to serve static and dynamic content. The reason behind this requirement is that usually browsers do not download more than two components in parallel per domain name, because of the HTTP 1.1 specification. Thus, separating static and dynamic content under […] Read more
Agile has become THE buzzword in the software development industry. It seems to be used almost everywhere, and some lost souls even argue that might be the closest thing of the silver bullet we have seen yet. And if you spend your days listening to sales presentations, you might be under the impression that the […] Read more
SiteMesh is a web page layout and decoration framework, which can be used to select the layout and style of the web application's user interface when certain criterias are met. I will not go into any details, because Will Iverson has written an article, which gives the reader a good introduction to Sitemesh framework. Even […] Read more