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1	Design software as a long running process I had an interesting discussion today about the differences between writing a Windows service in .NET and an ASP.NET web application. Somebody made a comment that Windows services were harder to write because you need to make sure you deal with memory ...	05-Nov-2009 20:42:51
2	Broadening the T One of the sessions that I delivered at the recent Software Architect 2009 conference was entitled "Broadening the T" and covered the sort of skills and knowledge that I think are needed by hands-on software architects. This included things like seeing ...	15-Oct-2009 09:46:00
3	Simplifying deployment We had an interesting discussion about simplifying deployment on the training course last week and I thought it would be good to re-iterate some of the points here. As part of the course, everybody is asked to put together an architecture for a small ...	24-Sep-2009 16:29:58
4	Software architecture training in London The next run of our software architecture training course is taking place at Skills Matter in London on the 15th and 16th of September. I posted a short review of the June 2009 course a while back but it's aimed squarely at software developers that want ...	01-Sep-2009 20:32:00
5	To SQL or not to SQL? Eric Lai wrote an interesting article for Computerworld entitled No to SQL? Anti-database movement gains steam that highlighted the small but growing trend for not using a traditional relational database for managing data. Nati Shalom's No to SQL? ...	21-Jul-2009 11:07:00
6	A developer's guide to load testing - video Just a quickie ... the video from A developer's guide to load testing at Skills Matter last week is now available to view online. The microphone picked up the questions and comments quite well, which is excellent. Enjoy, and feel free to use the Google ...	15-Jun-2009 23:27:51
7	June 2009 training course I ran our From Developer to Architect training course (Coding the Architecture Workshop) earlier this week at Skills Matter in London. 8 people came along, all with slightly different levels of software development/architec...	12-Jun-2009 23:06:00
8	A developer's guide to load testing - slides Thanks to everybody that came along to the CTA user group earlier in the week. The tube strike may had reduced the numbers but we still had some great discussion about load testing. My slides are available to download (~4MB) and if anybody wants to ...	11-Jun-2009 19:40:49
9	A developer's guide to load testing Here are the details of the June 2009 London User Group. Title : A developer's guide to load testing Summary : Load testing is an often forgotten and seemingly difficult task that many people shy away from doing. It doesn't have to be this way though, ...	02-Jun-2009 09:39:00
10	Interview from DevWeek 2009 Eric Nelson from Microsoft interviewed me at the DevWeek 2009 conference about our software architecture workshop, transitioning into an architecture role and whether architects should code. Take a look ... it's a nice overview of our approach to ...	20-May-2009 22:55:00
11	Using new technology will make it faster I heard an interesting throwaway comment recently that I thought I'd share. To paraphrase... The system is being rewritten with new technology, so it won't be slower than what we have now. While it's true that new and updated technology can ...	15-May-2009 11:57:11
12	Software architecture training in London The next public run of our software architecture training is taking place on the 8th and 9th of June, at Skills Matter in London. This is a two-day course that Kevin and I put together to explain what software architecture is and what the role is all ...	30-Apr-2009 20:30:00
13	Java for .NET developers Once again, thanks to everybody that came along to my Java for .NET developers talk at DevWeek 2009 last week. As I said during the session, I wanted to provide a good general overview along with some content that went beyond the basics, which is why I ...	30-Mar-2009 12:54:00
14	.NET systems need software architecture too Although most of my experience has been building Java systems, I have worked alongside a few .NET development teams over the past few years, particularly in the banks where many of the new systems being built make use of a range of technologies. One ...	24-Nov-2008 21:20:43
15	Becoming more architecturally aware - part 2 Last time I talked about how we need to understand how application frameworks are designed and work behind the scenes in order to produce code that is consistent and compliant with the overall architectural principles. The second aspect that we need to ...	28-Oct-2008 20:18:49
16	Becoming more architecturally aware - part 1 In my Mind the gap essay and Why Software Projects Fail presentation, I talk about how we as developers should be more architecturally aware if we are to bridge the gap between the code and the overall design. I include myself in this statement because ...	17-Oct-2008 10:06:00
17	Discussion from the May 2008 user group Although this happened a few months ago, we recorded the discussion that followed our London user group where Moudud Ahmed talked about building a high volume, low latency system in Java. Here are some of the topics that we talked about. Performance ...	30-Aug-2008 07:57:27
18	London User Group - August 2008 Here are the details of the August London User Group. Title : Flex, Silverlight or JavaFX - which should you choose? Summary : Rich Internet Applications are a hot topic at the moment; with Adobe, Microsoft and Sun vying for your attention in a ...	11-Aug-2008 19:47:25
19	Experience should guide, not constrain One of the things that makes an architect is experience, and in many cases an architect has got where they are because of the expertise that they've built up in their chosen technology; be it Java, .NET or whatever. I'm still of the opinion that it's ...	30-Jul-2008 21:08:00
20	Following the specification Back in the days when J2EE app servers were the best thing since sliced bread, I remember having lots of discussions with people about the J2EE specifications and I don't mind admitting that it was always my goal to build a truly spec compliant ...	17-Jul-2008 19:29:00

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