Software Development
Development Stories
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After Security Breach on Developer Site, Apple Creates Status PageApple’s developer site experienced a security breach last week, and it still hasn’t fully recovered. The company created a status page showing which systems are back online. The site is in its eighth day of downtime as the company works to prevent a similar incident from happening in the future. | 
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Book Review: To Sell Is HumanSteve Berczuk reviews Daniel Pink’s recent book To Sell Is Human and explains how it's a resource that can benefit agile practitioners. The main message in the book is how everyone, not just those engaged in commerce, are selling all the time. | 
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No Boys Allowed: A Women-Only Ruby on Rails Boot Camp There’s a general consensus among those hiring in tech hubs that there aren’t enough qualified computer programmers, especially when it comes to Ruby on Rails. And when it comes to female coders, the candidate pool shrinks even more. Pamela Rentz profiles a women-only Ruby on Rails boot camp. |
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HTML5: Using WebSocket for Mobile and Web Convergence?HTML has overstayed its welcome as the web language of choice. Nobody foresaw the need to incorporate graphics, sound, alternate devices, or wireless network connectivity. Is it time to relook at HTML5 as a converged development platform for delivering real-time content to a plugged in audience? | 
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How the Complexity Theory Fits In with Management and Software Venkatesh Krishnamurthy explains that the complexity theory, based on the premise of non-linearity, involves the study of complex systems. Even though the complexity theory is not a new concept, people are still grappling to imbibe this into management and software development. |
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Can an Amazing User Experience Be Designed?User experience designers have a difficult job, and it's not finished at the beginning of a development project. The designer's input is needed throughout the entire lifecycle. But can a UX actually be designed? Some feel that this is impossible; others aren't so sure. | 
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What Sets a Great UX Apart? The Little Details That Show You CareWith so many advanced apps, programs, and devices on the market these days, it’s no longer enough for something to just function the way it’s supposed to. What makes a successful product is influenced by how nice an experience it provides for the user—and more often, that comes down to the details. |
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New Software Helps Scientists Identify Animal SoundsThanks to software, scientists now have the ability to record massive amounts of audio samples from ecologically diverse areas and use technology to help in the species-identification process—a labor-intensive task, given the difficulty in deciphering the sounds in many hours of recordings. | 
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