Week of July 9th, 2007
Featured discussion:
New Study of Agile Methods and Website Quality
David F. Rico has posted the results of his three-year study of agile methods and Website quality among enterprise/e-commerce firms. Findings from the study include the following:
• 70% of all developers surveyed are using many if not all aspects of agile methods.
• 79% of all developers surveyed using agile methods have more than 10 years of experience.
• 83% of all developers surveyed using agile methods are from small to medium-sized firms.
• 26% of all developers surveyed using agile methods have had improvements of 50% or greater.
Assuming you have adopted agile methods in your Java development process, do the survey results match your experience?
Featured poll:
Unlocking the iPhone — days, weeks, or months away?
JavaWorld readers weigh in on how long it will really take to hack the iPhone.
More topics in Java programming:
A newbie seeks help writing a Java class that converts a dollar amount ($57) to exact change in $20s, $10s, $5s, and $1s.
The search is on for a Swing textbox component with syntax highlighting.
XmlMerge: A DOM4J-based tool for merging XML data
XmlMerge offers a straightforward, DOM-based approach to merging XML data using XPath declarations. What is your experience using it in your Java development practice?
