30 minutes Flex test-drive for Java developers

[...] Google Image Labeler: Collaborative Tagging Game – A new tool from Google to make image searching easier. Mostly it’s interesting for the approach of paying people to do a job that’s easy for humans but hard for computers (similar to Amazon’s Mechanical Turk and Distributed Proofreaders). Third-Party Testing: Risky Business? – Looks at two types of security tests (vulernability and penetration) and risks of each. No Bug Database – How about fixing bugs when they’re found instead of entering them into a database to rot? Testing: Coverage Reports Considered Dangerous – John Casey’s bad experience when relying on code coverage statistics to tell him if his unit tests were adequately testing his refactoring project. Finding Great Developers – Joel’s strategies for finding and recruiting top developers. 30 minutes Flex test-drive for Java developers – Christophe Coenraets from Adobe put together a demonstration of what Flex can do. It’s as simple as deploying a .war file in your favoirte J2EE app server. The Usual Suspects – An entertaining list of different types of “architects” you’ll run into (e.g. the PowerPoint architect, the Gartner Architect, the UML Architect). Wanting to become an MCA : Step 1 – Self Assessment and Step 2 – Filling in the forms – Simon blogs about his initial experiences with the MS Certified Architect application process. When “Near Enough” Isn’t – “Too often, the adequate blocks the best when it comes to problem solving.” The SOA Magazine – A new online magazine all about SOA, published bi-monthly. [...]