Attention: This article was published over 14 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.Today, I’d like to talk about the data access layer (DAL). I’ll start with a brief review: the motivation behind the DAL, the design …
Anatomy of a Retrospective, Part Three
Attention: This article was published over 15 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.Part three in a three-part blog series. As previously mentioned, Retrospectives integrate well into the natural cadence of an Agile software development approach. The …
Setting the Stage for The Agile Retrospective, Part Two
Attention: This article was published over 15 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.Organizational Culture of Collaboration and Feedback, the Facilitator, and Creating a “Safe” Environment Part two in a three-part blog series. Organizational Culture of Collaboration …
The Agile Retrospective: The Art of Looking Back to Move Forward, Part One
Attention: This article was published over 15 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.Part one of a three-part blog series. “The major problems of our work are not so much technological as sociological in nature.” [1] The …
Spring/JPA Java SQL Scalar Function Utility for Layered Applications
Attention: This article was published over 15 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.Most Java applications interact with a relational data source through a POJO object model that is mapped with an object relational (OR) mapping framework. …