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ARCHITECTURE NEWS –
Save the dates Automate testing
with TestDrive
It’s the time of year for marking out
blocks in the planner, so it’s worth noting
that Software Architect 2009 has a TestDrive 6 is the latest version of Original
new slot – 29th September to 1st October. Software’s “visual-layer” software test
However, you don’t have to wait until automation tool. Support for Java, Oracle
then for a relevant conference – Forms and 3270 Mainframe applications
DevWeek 2009, being held this year at are added to its supported technologies,
conference workshops on architectural
the Barbican Centre, takes place from which includes .NET, Ajax, Web 2.0 and
topics that can be booked separately –
23–27 March and has a track dedicated to Lotus Notes. It now claims to deal better
subject to availability.
architecture, with sessions presented by with heterogeneous application
There’s even time to claim an
Kevlin Henney, Simon Brown, Neal Ford, architectures and infrastructures using a
early booking discount by reserving
Kevin Jones and Dave Wheeler on topics mix of technologies such as Java, SOA,
your place by 27 February.
including design patterns, refactoring and Web and Packaged application forms.
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unit testing. There are also pre- and post-
Follow the data
Embarcadero Technologies has a solution to the problem of
tracing where data comes from and goes to within a system. The
recently released ER/Studio 8.0 includes the new Visual Data
Lineage, which is designed to help architects and modellers deal
with consolidation, integration and compliance issues. It offers a
visual representation of data lineage within an enterprise,
making it possible to conduct an impact analysis between data
sources and targets, as well as to visually analyse and document
TeamCity version 4.0
data flow without having to inspect code.
Other new features in ER/Studio 8.0 include LDAP
integration, attribute-level submodeling, object-level compare flags TeamCity 4.0 from JetBrains is the latest version of an
and support for Sybase IQ 12.5 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008. integration server and build management tool for workgroups,
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offers scalability implemented by a build grid, extensibility via a
Java API, and integration with multiple IDEs, version control
Find flaws in VB code systems and build tools. New in version 4.0 is the introduction
of build chains, which improve performance by breaking down a
single build into multiple parts executed on different build
Project Analyzer v9 is a
agents in parallel. The agents can also be managed with
programming utility that
authentication and benchmarks. Automatic test re-ordering can
reads the source code of a
determine a set of tests which are likely to fail and give them
Visual Basic program to
priority for subsequent project builds, thus saving time. A redo
detect errors. It locates
command can repeat a build from a particular version control
unconditional decision
revision. You can also now get statistics for an entire project,
statements, variable
and comparative statistics on a single chart. There are new
writes that do not execute,
integrations, including FxCop and dedicated Rake runner, as
and missing or
well as improvements for old ones such as MSTest and Eclipse
overlapping Case
in general. The user interface has also been improved with
branches. It also verifies enumeration constants and warns
project overviews and individual test statistics. The free
where a number is possibly used in its place. It watches for risky
professional edition is restricted to 20 build configurations, and
syntax, such as hard-coded path names or octal numbers. It also
three build agents.
catches hazardous variable choices, forgotten or almost unused
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code, and brittle declarations.
In addition to revealing existing bugs, Project Analyzer
decreases the likelihood of writing new bugs by recommending
For all the latest architectural news, plus dozens of in-depth
improvements such as safer declaration keywords. A set of class articles on a wide range of topics, details of forthcoming
design rules help enforce consistent programming style. It also events, a list of architectural training courses in the UK, and
documents VB projects with source code print-outs, reports, other useful resources, visit the ITarchitect web site.
diagrams and software metrics.
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