Welcome to
Aspect Research Associates

Aspect Research Associates (ARA) is a software technology firm based in Chicago that serves clients around the world. We are Polyglot Programming experts. We combine the best tools, languages, and techniques to build best-of-breed Internet, enterprise, and embedded applications. We provide mentoring and training for all the technologies we use.

Our expertise includes:

• Modularity paradigms such as Object-Oriented, Aspect-Oriented, and Functional Software Development.
• Languages such as Ruby, Scala, and Java.
• Application frameworks such as Ruby on Rails and the Spring Framework.
• Agile Software Development approaches, such as XP, Scrum, and Lean.

Aspect Programming is our advocacy site for AOSD, where you will find introductory material, white papers, and presentations on AOSD, as well as other software-development topics. We also sponsor the open-source projects Aquarium, an Aspect-Oriented Programming toolkit for Ruby, and Contract4J, an AspectJ-based, Design by Contract tool for Java 5 and AspectJ.

For more information about our services, please contact us.