10pm, 31st May 2009 New Boost Web Site
As part of the effort to more thoroughly document the powerful features of Boost, we have created a new web site called Boostalicious. It contains information and examples that make Boost a whole lot easier to use. Check it out. It is now the "go to" place for Boost info.
Several Leapstreamers are getting together to create a Boost User Guide that will supplement the extensive Demo Tests available now in the Boost source code. Topics we are covering include:
You can check out the Demo Tests and start using Boost now, or you can wait for the User Guide. Should take us a few weeks.
9am, 28 Apr 2009 Donkey Uses Boost
A project over at Suncorp that some Leapstreamers are involved with has gone open source. The Donkey is a simple data migration and integration framework. It uses Boost Spider and Sniper extensively. Nice.
After many delays due to commercial commitments, Boost will be officially released with a new site, mailing lists and documentation this month. Many awesome moves have been made over the past few months including:
- Automated 'Edging' of external libraries behind interfaces.
- Automated implementations of Interfaces for data objects.
- IOC engine rewrite to allow composable/nestable containers.
- Lots more!
Stay tuned for further details.
Our very own Damien Bastin has written a white paper about how his team has successfully applied Agile techniques on a large-scale integration project. Professor Zoom's paper covers issues such as:
- Task prioritisation.
- Managing large numbers of test and development environments.
- Utilising customer domain experts effectively.
- Interface and Data migration techniques.
Download it
here.
New scoreboard release is now available. This release includes a plugin for the CruiseControl continuous integration server.
Now you can effectively monitor your Hudson builds by simply installing the Scoreboard Hudson plugin (.hpi file). A Java Web Start installation of the Scoreboard UI is coming soon too.
This article by Agile Trainer James Shore, highlights the importance of doing agile development properly. The Agile engineering practices James recommends, as well as the steps required to build high-performance development teams are covered in detail in our courses and seminars.
