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Taming Batch Operations Using Perl: A Tale of One Application, a Group of Users, Two Languages, and a Few Tools By Philipp Janert Apr 13, 2007 In this tale of BRP/P and some of the people working with it, Philipp Janert looks at an old application originating from a mainframe system and describes how the differences in user interfaces result in different usage patterns.

Open Source Tools for Security Testing By Michael Kelly Sep 16, 2005 Michael Kelly reports on handy security uses for four open source tools: WebGoat, Firefox Web Developer, WebScarab, and Ethereal. By combining the tools in easy ways, testers can track down and close the gaping security holes that are often left in applications.

Becoming a Software Developer Part 7: Ruby for the Internet Nuby By Pete McBreen May 24, 2002 It's easy to write simple scripts for sending emails — but hard to make sure that your application deals with all the weird and wonderful things that can go wrong.

Becoming a Software Developer Part 2: Test Driven Development with Ruby By Pete McBreen Apr 12, 2002 Developers can become more productive and spend a lot less time debugging code by creating Extreme Programming style unit tests before the rest of the code is written. Every "Ruby nuby" should learn about test-driven development and create unit tests.

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