DDJ - Architecture & Design

Linux and OS X compliant IDE with developer debugging tools

Faking a CS degree will get you fired. Falsely claiming to be a software engineer will get you — wait, is that even possible?

The creator of the Wiki dishes on the Wiki, Wikipedia's policies, OO design, technical debt, CoffeeScript and Perl, how to survive as a veteran programmer, and doing the simplest thing that could possibly work.

OO tests stimulate an object and observe that object's behavior. The tests do not look at the object's state to judge whether or not the test succeeds, they just look at the object's behavior. When I call dog.expressHappiness(), my test succeeds when I observe that wagTail() is called. I would never look inside the dog at the isHappy field.

D and Go are at the forefront of a new generation of native languages emerging in the space between C and C++.

D, Go, Vala, and Rust: A new generation of native languages.

D, Go, Vala, and Rust: A new generation of native languages.

If you are building a new database management system or simply want to write better database applications, you should be aware of the extensible architecture of operating systems and database managers.

New WebWorks SDK for HTML5/CSS3 and a native SDK (APIs)

Wireless Technology is Revolutionizing Transportation

Wireless Technology is Revolutionizing Transportation

The Annual Award for Best Testing Products

Compute resources now straddle processors and HD graphics drivers

If Oracle prevails in its claim that APIs can be copyrighted, nearly every aspect of programming will be changed for the worse.

This webcast will discuss what is needed to make model based systems engineering truly effective; and what the challenges and benefits are when you make the model the design. Event Date: Tuesday May 15, 2012 / Time: 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET

Java reporting with live charting functions including motion, real-time, and scrollable charts.

The boolean data type rarely gets the attention it merits. As a result, it's stuck in a world of exactly two values, with little margin for safety.

Front loading error detection allows you to use configuration properties without having to worry about things like type mismatches, missing or illegal values, or unexpected exceptions