Resources for Mobile, Agile and Cloud
As hypervisors changed data-center computing, so software-defined networking will change data-center networking. The open source OpenDaylight project is leading the way. If you follow networking vendors, you know they get along with one another about as well as a dog … [Read more...]
We’re starting to take for granted the number of tools that translate from one human language to another – not least of which are the translations included in Web browsers – even when they do an imperfect job. The technical road to relative success in this realm has been a … [Read more...]
Jython is an implementation of the Python programming language in Java, running on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), as opposed to the standard implementation of Python which is implemented in C (CPython). Python developers can use it to take advantage of the vast libraries … [Read more...]
Functional programming! Declarative! Object-oriented! Strong typing, static, dynamic! The programming community certainly has put a lot of energy into deciding techniques and methodologies by argument. But is there persuasive experimental evidence about what truly helps and … [Read more...]
Have you ever gotten to know an illiterate person? Have you spoken with them, listened to the challenges they face, and realized all the opportunity they are cut off from simply because they cannot read? It’s startling. Especially in a country like the U.S., being able to … [Read more...]
Regular expressions are a powerful, expressive and compact way to solve many programming problems involving text. Yet when I help people on StackOverflow, I see a lot of pain and anguish from people misusing regexes, or not knowing the common pitfalls. In this article, I … [Read more...]
Every C++ programmer is familiar with the terms lvalue and rvalue. It’s no surprise, since the C++ standard uses them “all over”, as do many textbooks. But what do they mean? Are they still relevant now that C++11 has five value categories? It's about time to clear up the … [Read more...]
It’s vital to acknowledge from the outset that I am a reluctant programmer. I know how to program. I can piece together programs in a variety of languages, but it’s not something I consider myself accomplished at doing. As a software tester, this is a common refrain that … [Read more...]
Python is by no means a new language - if it were a human it'd be old enough to legally drink. But over the last few years there has been a huge amount of buzz surrounding this high-level programming language. Websites and message boards across the Internet are littered with … [Read more...]
C99 introduced the notion of variable length arrays: stack allocated built-in arrays whose size is determined at runtime. C++ lacks a similar feature, to the discontent of many a programmer. However, two recent proposals for adding dynamic arrays and runtime-sized arrays to … [Read more...]
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