Hi all, FYI: Martin Fowler (author of UML Distilled, Refactoring, et. al.) has put out a call for papers which discuss the software engineering of internet software. If you're interested in contributing, the original text of the request is below. It can also be found at http://computer.org/software/edcal.htm#march02 . It would be nifty to see a paper which concentrates on Zope in this context. Separately, Mr. Fowler has also expressed an interest in understanding how Zope works in comparison to other internet software platforms, and may consider extending the (primarily Java-centric) effort at http://martinfowler.com/isa/index.html to include Zope-related concepts if they can be contrasted with what exists within this set of documents. Cheers, - C ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- Original message: In a rash fit of enthusiasm I signed up to be a guest editor of a forthcoming issue of IEEE Software on engineering Internet Software. Part of my duties for this is that I have to harass my friends to submit a paper for this issue. Hence this email. Do you know someone who you think would be interested in writing such a paper? I've added the official call for papers in the email: you can also find it online at http://computer.org/software/edcal.htm#march02 Martin ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------- The Software Engineering of Internet Software Submission Deadline: 15 August 2001 In less than a decade, the Internet has grown from a little-known back road of nerds into a central highway for worldwide commerce, information, and entertainment. This shift has introduced a new language. We speak of Internet time, Internet software, and the rise and fall of e-business. Essential to all of this is the software that makes the Internet work. From the infrastructure companies that create the tools on which e-business runs to the Web design boutiques that deploy slick Web sites using the latest technology, software lies behind the shop windows, newspapers, and bank notes. How is this new Internet software different than the software created before everything became e-connected? Are the tools different? Are the designs different? Are the processes different? And have we forgotten important principles of software engineering in the rush to stake claims in the new Webified world? We seek original articles on what it means to build Internet software. Specific questions that might be addressed include (but are not limited to): How do we apply engineering techniques to Internet software? Is it all "code and fix" or can we apply a broader variety of effective practices? How have Internet time and new technologies affected the culture of software development organizations? What role does technology play? How does user interface design change for a Web interface? How does it stay the same? What are the design principles and patterns behind effective Internet software? What are the real problems and solutions behind data interchange on the global Internet scale? How are Internet software development and testing practices different from other kinds of software development? Authors should present their work in terms that are useful to the software community at large, emphasizing lessons learned from practical experience. Guest Editors: Elisabeth Hendrickson Quality Tree Software Inc. 7563 Cottonwood Lane, Pleasanton, CA 94588, USA esh@qualitytree.com Martin Fowler Chief Scientist Thoughtworks 651 W Washington Blvd, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60661, USA fowler@acm.org Please submit two electronic copies, one in RTF or Microsoft Word and one in PDF or Postscript, by 15 August 2001. Articles should be 4 to 12 double-spaced pages, including illustrations, or 2,800 to 5,400 words, with each illustration, graph, or table counting as 200 words. Submissions are peer-reviewed and are subject to editing for style, clarity, and space. For detailed author guidelines, see computer.org/software/author.htm or contact the magazine assistant Dawn Craig at software@computer.org. http://www.martinfowler.com