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Using 5S Lean Methodology to Create an Agile Workplace

In today’s world, software teams need to work as agile because of the competitive marketplace. Adopting the 5S methodology can help achieve this.

December 29, 2016

by Serdar Mustaoglu

· 21,216 Views · 17 Likes

Configuring Memory for MapReduce Running on YARN

There are times when a MapReduce job exceeds its memory limits. This article presents an overview of how YARN monitors the memory for containers and provides the technique to fix this issue.

December 23, 2016

by Alex Holmes

· 61,772 Views · 2 Likes

Moving Cron Jobs to Jenkins

There are both advantages and disadvantages that come with moving some of your cron jobs to Jenkins.

December 22, 2016

by Thomas Kurian Theakanath

· 27,953 Views · 4 Likes

6 Frequently Asked Hadoop Interview Questions and Answers

Prepping for your upcoming interview? Unsure about what Hadoop knowledge to take with you? Here are 6 frequently asked Hadoop interview questions and the answers you should be giving.

December 11, 2016

by Arul Kumaran

· 34,018 Views · 15 Likes

4 Easy Steps to Transition a Project to a New Project Manager

The realities of business aren’t always clean. Regardless, these four steps are sure to help you transition a project to a new project manager.

November 17, 2016

by Denise O'Berry

· 16,256 Views · 3 Likes

How to Design With Conway’s Law in Mind

Gene Kim explains Conway's Law, how to evaluate organizational archetypes, and how to develop the necessary habits to facilitate these structures.

November 16, 2016

by Gene Kim

· 10,355 Views · 3 Likes

Discussing Execute(SQL) At LinkedServer

Dealing with remote severs and heterogeneous data sources? See how you can link your servers and execute your SQL on them.

November 14, 2016

by Prashanth Jayaram

· 7,881 Views

Using YARN API to Determine Resources Available for Spark Application Submission: Part II

Using the YARN REST API for submitting Spark applications and determining available resources. Applies to all Apache Hadoop distributions.

November 7, 2016

by Rachel Warren

· 4,690 Views · 2 Likes

Passwordless SSH Access for Automation

DevOps engineers are often responsible for configuring passwordless access to remote machines. Read on for a couple of strategies for doing this.

November 7, 2016

by Thomas Kurian Theakanath

· 21,153 Views · 3 Likes

Review: ''Fifty Quick Ideas to Improve Your User Stories''

''Fifty Quick Ideas to Improve Your User Stories'' by Gojko Adzic and David Evans provides solutions to many issues involving Agile projects. Victor Chircu reviews here.

November 4, 2016

by Victor Chircu

· 6,722 Views · 5 Likes

Running WSO2 Identity Server on Port 443

Read on to learn how to access the WSO2 Identity Server using HTTPS without needing to specify a port number in the URL.

November 4, 2016

by Reegz x

· 6,263 Views · 2 Likes

How to Automate Testing Using Selenium WebDriver, Jenkins, and Allure

Before writing your tests and being able to execute them on a nightly basis, there are several prerequisites which need to take into consideration.

October 16, 2016

by Eliran Shani

· 23,865 Views · 4 Likes

How To Be A Programming SuperHero After Crossing Beginner Stage

In today’s article, we will focus on how one can continue one’s learning path after one has graduated from the beginner stage.

October 13, 2016

by Damian Wolf

· 11,424 Views · 8 Likes

How to Submit a Post to DZone

Need help with how to post on DZone? Check out these guidelines and send in an article for consideration!

October 11, 2016

by Michael Tharrington

· 370,264 Views · 124 Likes

Testing REST Services With Pyresttest

A few lines of YAML is all that it takes in order to test a REST service. It's pretty simple. Alan Hohn has all of the details.

September 30, 2016

by Alan Hohn

· 9,143 Views · 3 Likes

6 Challenges in Applying Scrum and How to Overcome Them

Scrum is lightweight and simple in its setting. However, mastering it is not so simple and it will certainly take time and effort.

September 29, 2016

by Lana Pavkovic

· 64,206 Views · 4 Likes

Code Smell Series: Parallel Inheritance Hierarchies

If you want to keep your code smelling fresh, beware parallel inheritance hierarchies and the problems they can cause when making additions to your code.

Updated September 26, 2016

by Shamik Mitra

· 21,741 Views · 10 Likes

How Netflix's Circuit Breaker Works

See how Netflix's microservices-oriented circuit breaker works to prevent cascade failures and other problems.

September 7, 2016

by Rafael Salerno

· 46,453 Views · 22 Likes

It All Pays the Same (or Does It?)

It seems more often than not we are asked to compromise our design and clean code practices in order to get things out faster or comply with corperate rules. But as the saying goes, it all pays the same, right?

September 3, 2016

by Jon Archer

· 4,406 Views · 4 Likes

Working to Avoid the Drowning Effects of Real-time

The problem isn't the amount of information, it is the emotional toll of real-time.

August 10, 2016

by Kin Lane

· 2,347 Views · 4 Likes

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