What Makes a Good Check-in?
Few organizations have strong opinions and articulated policies on what a check-in should consist of. As long as the check-in is more or less usable in a code review, it's generally considered good enough. We can do better than this by making the contents of check-ins truly useful additions to the development process. - Architecture & Design
Articles
Why Build Your Java Projects with Gradle Rather than Ant or Maven?
The default build tool for Android new star of build tools on the JVM is designed to ease scripting of complex, multi-language builds. Should you change to it, though, if you're using Ant or Maven? - JVM Languages
Memory Leaks in iOS 7
iOS Networking APIs are leaking memory. The good news: You can stop them. - Design
Got Google?
Google services are everywhere. But knowing which ones to include in new apps is difficult due to the company's perceived lack of long-term commitment to products and APIs. - Tools
Developer Reading List
The best summer reads. - Design
The Best of the First Half
The most popular articles of the first half of the year, sprinkled with a few pieces carefully chosen by the editors. - Design
Accessing C++11 Features of the Android NDK
C++11 language features are supported in the NDK, but they require a non-default configuration. - C/C++
Firefox Release Engineering
A detailed look at a production pipeline that builds emergency patches and scheduled releases with equanimity. - Design
Redmond's Remarkable Reversal
A company that topped the list of obvious casualties in the post-PC era has thrived due to surprising changes to the way it does things. Most especially, how it works with developers. - .NET
Events of Interest
July 7-10. Berlin, Germany. UberConf Europe Java Ecosystem conference
July 28-29. Minneapolis, MN. GR8Conf US 2014
July 28-August 1. Orlando, FL. Agile2014 Orlando
August 7-8, San Francisco, CA. Distill 2014
August 20-22. Chicago, IL. CloudOpen North America
September 7-12. Bellevue, WA. CppCon
September 23-24. San Francisco, CA. Designers of Things Conference
October 9-10. Palo Alto, CA. Code Stars Summit
October 11-12. Los Altos Hills, CA. Silicon Valley Code Camp
November 3-5. San Francisco, CA. QCon
November 4-5. London, England. Code Mesh Conference
November 17-21. Budapest, Hungary. ApacheCon Europe
Videos of Past Events
September 2013. JavaOne
September 2013. SpringOne 2GX
June 2013. JAXConf 2013
June 2013. Chicago Algorithmic Trading Conference
May 2013. Google I/O
March 2013. GPU Technology Conference
October 2012. JAXLondon 2012
September 2012. Strangeloop
September 2012. Intel Developer Forum
August 2012. VMWorld
July 2012. Java Language Summit
June 2012. Google I/O 2012
May 2012. Atlassian Summit
May 2012 (paid). Fluent Conference
March 2012. Multicore World
July 2011. JVM Language Summit
