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June 2007
June 26, 2007
Testing Data Quality
The quality of the data in a database corresponds directly to the value of the data to an enterprise. Do you have a testing strategy for your data? In his latest newsletter,What To Test in a Relational Database, Scott Ambler looks at the benefits of Agile testing methods to validate the quality of data.
Posted by John Dorsey at 09:21 PM Permalink
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June 11, 2007
Toward Better Builds
These days, it's getting harder use the same old build tools in the same old ways. Software is more complex, and often requires many variant builds for different platforms (especially in the embedded space). Builds now need to take into account source-code tracking for measuring compliance. Distributed development teams in different time zones, sometimes working in different programming languages, create even more complexity for build tools to cope with. Build tools haven't gotten the attention that their sexier development-tool brethren have gotten. Mike Swaine says that's about to change in his article "The Buzz About Builds."
Posted by Kevin Carlson at 12:55 PM Permalink
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June 05, 2007
Embedding a Database
In his article, Digital Imaging, Databases, and Eye Care, Ryan McGrail describes the "impedance mismatch" that occurs when trying to use an RDMS from an object-oriented program. His development team instead chose db4o, an object-oriented database library that designed to be embedded in clients or other software components, completely invisible to the end user.
Posted by John Dorsey at 11:58 PM Permalink
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