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Friday, June 17, 2005

Toastmasters

District 36
http://www.district36.org/

General Resources

Design Pattterns (including GOF)
http://www.dofactory.com/Patterns/Patterns.aspx

Embarcadero
http://www.embarcadero.com/products/products.html

Visual Paradigm
http://www.visualparadigm.com

Fabforce (DBDesigner)
http://www.fabforce.net/

JBoss IDE (Plugin For Eclipse)
http://www.jboss.com/products/jbosside

Cubicle Etiquette
http://papa.essortment.com/cubicleetiquett_ppb.htm

Software Engineering Body of Knowledge
http://www.swebok.org/

Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge http://egweb.mines.edu/eggn491/Information%20and%20Resources/pmbok.pdf

JavaOne Site

JavaOne Online is a great deal! I hope it stays $25.
http://javaoneonline.mentorware.net/

Eclipse SWT

Tools for using Eclipse SWT.
http://cloudgarden.com/jigloo/

This describes SWT very nicely.
http://www.developer.com/java/other/article.php/3330861

Frameworks Quagmire

Check out the frameworks quagmire.
http://www.software.org/quagmire/

Recommended Path from Rational


Documentation is available at http://www-306.ibm.com/software/rational/support/documentation/

Monday, December 27, 2004

The 8th Habit

I checked this book out from the library and found it very interesting. I also found this insightful review.
http://managementcraft.typepad.com/management_craft/2004/08/coveys_8th_habi.html

17 Laws of Teamwork

Summary of the fascinating book The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork.
http://www.refresher.com/!bsteamwork.html

Wednesday, December 22, 2004

Interesting Forum for Object-oriented Design Topics

This is an interesting forum from UML to certification. Enjoy!
http://forums.objectsbydesign.com/

The End of Software Engineering

This wonderful article by Cockburn discusses why the software engineering model does not fit how we do software development. He describes how software development is better described as a cooperative game. I loved this article because I view team software development as something akin to a sport. The stories made me laugh out loud and cry in my coffee. http://alistair.cockburn.us/crystal/articles/teoseatsoecg/theendofsoftwareengineering.htm

Agile and Iterative Development—A Manager's Guide

I am already a fan of Craig Larman (Applying UML and Patterns) but his book, Agile and Iterative Development—A Manager's Guide, is another reason to love this guy. http://www.craiglarman.com/

Check out the Manifesto for Agile Software Development!

This is how all software should be done! http://agilemanifesto.org/

Free Project Management Guide

Here is an interesting and free project management guide.

http://www.softwareprojects.org/software-project-management.htm