The Art of Programming Martin reviews Don Knuth's four new "fascicles" from The Art of Computer Programming, discusses test-first programming, and talks about a Buffalo NAS device. Mon, 29 May 2006
Alarums and Excursions Martin builds a data access layer with SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005, parses a Word document, puts his world in his briefcase, and surveys his wireless neighborhood. Mon, 1 May 2006
UMPCs and the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet Martin gets excited by the Microsoft UMPC announcement, but winds up trying out a Nokia 770 Internet Tablet. Mon, 27 Mar 2006
StarLogo TNG Martin examines the preview edition StarLogo TNG, a 3D version of StarLogo that uses a graphical programming language, and looks at the progress of F#. Mon, 6 Mar 2006
More AJAX Martin looks at AJAX in Ruby on Rails and Microsoft Atlas. Mon, 6 Feb 2006
From the Archives
LINQ Martin touches on the Visual Studio 2005 launch, talks about Infragistics NetAdvantage 2005, and examines the Microsoft Language Integrated Query (LINQ) project. Mon, 14 Nov 2005
Refactoring Martin delves into the practice of refactoring code, begins to examine tools for refactoring various programming languages automatically, and reports on the new HP Compaq TC4200 Tablet PC. Mon, 20 Jun 2005
Curl Curl, a language optimized to deliver "rich client applications for the Web-enabled enterprise," originated in a DARPA research project at MIT. Mon, 30 Jun 2003
Avalon, Redux Martin gives an update on Software Factories, looks at the Microsoft Avalon Community Technology Preview, and examines the third-party implementation of Avalon, Xamlon Pro 1.0. Mon, 13 Dec 2004
The Web, with Inheritance Martin examines some of the improvements in ASP.NET 2.0, and takes a brief look at M7 NitroX. Mon, 19 Jul 2004
DevPartner Security Checker and Fault Simulator DevPartner Security Checker can analyze the security of your ASP.NET application multiple ways; DevPartner Fault Simulator can show you how your application behaves when faults are thrown without forcing you to mess up your environment. Mon, 21 Mar 2005
Smalltalk Meets .NET S# isn't the only Smalltalk implementation targeting the .NET Framework. #Smalltalk isn't quite as ambitious as S#, but it's still pretty interesting. Mon, 12 May 2003
Ch, Redux Martin looks at key features of the Ch C99 interpreter, library and shell. Mon, 18 Oct 2004
Self, Slate, and Prothon Two new programming languages, Slate and Prothon, have a common ancestor in Self. Mon, 31 May 2004
REALbasic Martin examines REALbasic for Windows 5.5.3, gets his feet wet in the Linux pond, and takes a quick look at Komodo 3.0. Mon, 9 Aug 2004
Next Generation ALM: Automating the Entire Build and Release Process As more and more software development shops adopt Agile processes, fully automating the build and release management processes becomes a critical element of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) strategy. Join Forrester Senior Analyst Jeffrey Hammond and Anders Wallgren, CTO from Electric Cloud, as they discuss release management best practices and how to get started.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008. 11AM PT/2PM ET
Creating Common and Scalable SOA Solutions for the Enterprise Leveraging an Enterprise Service Router (ESR) Creating Common and Scalable SOA Solutions for the Enterprise Leveraging an Enterprise Service Router (ESR)
Despite the many emerging instances of SOA today, the ability to leverage common services and a common metadata layer in a secure and scalable manner is paramount, but rarely addressed. In this webinar, Intel discusses the core issues and opportunities behind the quest to provide a common services and information management layer, and explore a new architectural component called an Enterprise Service Router.
Thursday, November 13, 2008. 11AM PT/2PM ET
In this volume of Best of BYTE, we explore the emergence of some heuristic algorithms. Although we have only scratched the surface of this intriguing subject, we hope we've suggested the potential of the synthesis of heuristics and algorithms.
