Is Application Testing Still Useful? I believe Application Testing is an essential tool for software development. In some situations it is the only means possible to test an application; especially if the software architecture does not enable other forms of testing. Consider the two tier applications that continue to this day. Much of the software cannot be easily tested using […]
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Generate Custom XML with Perl CGI.pm
I want to output custom XML without any HTML or DTD tags using CGI.pm
Semantic Tech in 2011: The Year’s Misses and Missteps
(Jennifer Zaino) We recently rounded up some thought leaders’ perspectives on the big semantic trends of 2011 – most (if not all) of them positive. Here’s some further perspective about where hopes and expectations fell a little short of reality:
Anatomy of a .NET Assembly – Type forwards
(Simon Cooper) If you’ve ever had a poke around System.dll or System.Core.dll in Reflector, you may have noticed TypeForwardedToAttributes applied to the assembly:
Looking for a good technical book? Have you checked out what’s available from Paul Zikopoulos?
(Willie Favero) Many of you will recognize Paul’s name. You’ve seen it on books (I have a few of his books on my bookshelf), Redbooks, articles, and on the speaker list for most conferences that involve information management and IBM. He’s another one of those IBMers that hails from Toronto (IBM T
Visualizing Active Session History (ASH) Data With R
(Greg Rahn) One of the easiest ways to understand something is to see a visualization. Looking at Active Session History (ASH) data is no exception and I’ll dive into how to do so with R and how I used R plots to visually present a problem and confirm a hypothesis. But first some background…
Work with Static Methods and Variables in PHP
(Mike Steward) Hi guys, In this article we are going to understand the concept of static methods and variables. Methods and variables can also be used and accessed if they are defined as static in a class.
Difficulties with a more complex Business Rule Engine in Oracle SOA Suite
(Emiel Paasschens) In my previous post I’ve shown how to create a composite in the Oracle SOA Suite with a simple decision table in a Business Rule Engine component. For that post I had used quite a simple data model resulting in a small xml/xsd tree. For our project I wanted to repeat the exercise
The Grant Statement in MySQL
(Alejandro Gervasio) In this article, I’ll introduce you to what the MySQL GRANT statement is, and how it can be used to assign all sorts of privileges to a given user, based on different scopes and conditions.
Don’t get bogged down by sluggish BI system performance — speed it up
(Don Jones) No matter how well-designed and well-built your business intelligence (BI) system is, it’s possible your workload will exceed the system’s capabilities and you’ll end up dissatisfied with its performance. So what can you do? Your options depend a lot on the underlying SQL Server database