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It's a gorgeous day here in Massachusetts. I'm sitting on my back porch soaking up the warmth and hoping no one in Arizona notices that we switched weather with them! We have three great articles for you this week from IBMers around the world, a new featured author, and some great extras that we... [More]
Rational Application Developer v9.5 Beta bundles the latest version of the IBM Eclipse Tools for Bluemix which includes 4 new features and bug fixes. Incremental publish of applications Remote debug applications Run on Server for JavaScript files Remove unused routes With the new support for... [More]
What’s new in IBM Rational Rhapsody 7.6.1 and Rhapsody Design Manager 3.0.1 By Paul Urban (purban@us.ibm.com), Senior Systems Market Manager, IBM Rational Rhapsody enhancements ease team collaboration and offer more options to systems engineers, software developers, and testers. Rhapsody Design... [More]
It's a short work week here in the US for Thanksgiving. In the spirit of all things software development and giving thanks, check out this article from Neil McAllister at InfoWorld, " What I'm thankful for as a developer " Do you agree with his list? What improvements in software... [More]
My dog (a big black lab) is asleep on the floor behind my chair. She just scared the living daylights out of me by thumping her tail on my chair mat while dreaming. Thanks, Molly! I'm REALLY awake now! If you prefer a less adrenaline-filled method of waking up, we have some exciting new articles... [More]
A practical guide to developing enterprise architecture By Franki Schafrik, Senior Enterprise Architect, IBM With humor, Franki Schafrik guides you through identifying the questions that enterprise architecture must answer, developing an approach and models, and analyses to see where you can make... [More]
Implement a bid management system using Rational Focal Point By Jyothi Nagabhushana Rao and Satyajit Panda IBM Rational Focal Point project, product, and product portfolio management software is highly suitable for any type of workflow-based management. This article describes how to customize it... [More]
Life is all about learning. To me, the best kind of learning is when others share their experiences with you. This week, Harry Koehnmann shares the experiences of 321 Gang as they worked with agile embedded product-line development with Rational Team Concert. Don't forget, there's still time... [More]
Change management in mainframe applications: Identify assets By Amy M. Silberbauer (asilber@us.ibm.com), Executive IT Specialist, IBM Software maintenance can require up to 70% of your IT budget, so managing change to shorten the maintenance cycle, reduce risk, and ensure quality is critical in... [More]
After reading this you should be able to create and run a simple "Hello World" test within Rational Integration Tester. Rational® Integration Tester (RIT) supports testing of various domains and technologies and you'll find most blogs cover testing one or more of these technologies... [More]
