Friday, April 19, 2002

Sun has posted all of the 2002 JavaOne session documents in pdf format here.  You need to be a registered "Java Developer Connection" user to access them (which is free), but the postings cover a rich variety of topics useful to a range of people -- so it's probably worth your while to sign up. [gtb] 2:54:16 PM

Ed Carroll on ACM.org: "Comparatively, software development requirements of gathering, analysis, design and coding are all discovery-based exercises that lack absolute physical laws of nature to impose constraints, boundaries or guidelines. They are uniquely human, ephemeral activities that are unpredictable, immeasurable, ill defined and non-repeatable. There are rules of thumb, best practices and experience to guide the undertaking but nothing can be "proven" until the software runs. "  He concisely deflates the ill-fitting construction project metaphor that plagues software project management thinking.[gtb] 2:20:53 PM

An article that lets a little air out of the web services balloon.  It also serves as an excellent novice introduction to the concepts.[gtb] 11:35:00 AM

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