Trellis Tutorial #1

10/06/2009 - A new Tutorial has been published for the Trellis Framework

Read more about it on the Trellis Blog

Posted by Administrator on Oct 06, 2009

Trellis Web Framework is out on GitHub! - Sep '09

09/13/2009 - Trellis Framework has been released! Trellis is a component-based Web Application Framework written in Ruby. Its main goal is to bring component-driven development to the micro-framework world. The framework aims to be a zero-configuration framework.

Read more about it on the Trellis Blog

Posted by Administrator on Sep 13, 2009

97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know has been published! - Aug '09

08/22/2009 - 97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know has been published!

97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know - Collective Wisdom from the Experts (O'Reilly) Edited by Barbee Davis

If the projects you manage don't go as smoothly as you'd like, 97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know offers knowledge that's priceless, gained through years of trial and error. This illuminating book contains 97 short and extremely practical tips -- whether you're dealing with software or non-IT projects -- from some of the world's most experienced project managers and software developers. You'll learn how these professionals have dealt with everything from managing teams to handling project stakeholders to runaway meetings and more.

While this book highlights software projects, its wise axioms contain project management principles applicable to projects of all types in any industry. You can read the book end to end or browse to find topics that are of particular relevance to you. 97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know is both a useful reference and a source of inspiration.

Among the 97 practical tips:

• "Clever Code Is Hard to Maintain...and Maintenance Is Everything" -- David Wood, Partner, Zepheira
• "Every Project Manager Is a Contract Administrator" -- Fabio Teixeira de Melo, Planning Manager, Construtora Norberto Odebrecht
• "Can Earned Value and Velocity Coexist on Reports?" -- Barbee Davis, President, Davis Consulting
• "How Do You Define 'Finished'"? -- Brian Sam-Bodden, author, software architect
• "The Best People to Create the Estimates Are the Ones Who Do the Work" -- Joe Zenevitch, Senior Project Manager, ThoughtWorks
• "How to Spot a Good IT Developer" -- James Graham, independent management consultant
• "One Deliverable, One Person" -- Alan Greenblatt, CEO, Sciova

Integrallis' Brian Sam-Bodden contributed 2 articles "How Do You Define 'Finished'"? and "Introduce a more Agile Communication System".

Posted by Administrator on Aug 22, 2009

Hiring a Java Pro in OH

Can you deliver the goods?

We are looking for a seasoned Java Pro in Columbus, OH. I'm not interested in certifications, show me that you know your stuff! We are dealing with large enterprise Java EE applications. Possible technology stack might include JBoss Seam, Spring, Hibernate, some Groovy. Understanding of how to get an end-to-end application slice working is a must. If you are the guy that gets the application going, that creates and understands the build, that sets the CI server and writes the first batch of tests; We want you! 1099/Indy to start (first 3-6 months). Drop me a line at info AT integrallis DOT com

Posted by Administrator on Jun 17, 2009

New Ruby on Rails Courses Available - Nov '08

11/01/2008 - New Ruby on Rails Courses Available!

Integrallis is proud to announce two new courses on the Ruby on Rails Web Framework. We at Integrallis have been using Rails since 2005 and have built most of our infrastructure on it. We have also delivered several Rails Web applications over the years and frequently blog about the development and practices used when building Rails applications.

Posted by Administrator on Nov 03, 2008