Newest Articles A Two-Way Requirements Verification Process during Design Phase By Raja Gangavarapu - Published 07/02/2009 This article will demonstrate a simple technique, "A Two-Way Requirements verification process", which reinforces the most critical connection point of any methodology: the transition between functional design or requirement sign off and the beginning of the technical design by the technical team.
Using NetBeans to Develop a JavaFX Desktop Application By Anghel Leonard - Published 07/01/2009 NetBeans 6.5 for JavaFX 1.0 is an elegant tool for developing JavaFX projects. Learn how to develop a complete JavaFX project using the NetBeans support and various JavaFX classes.
Going Parallel with the Task Parallel Library and PLINQ By Jani Järvinen - Published 06/30/2009 With more and more computers using a multi-core processor, the free lunch of increased clock speeds and the inherent performance gains are over. Software developers must instead make sure their applications take use of all the cores available in an efficient manner. New features in .NET 4.0 mean that managed code developers too can join the party.
Performance Improvement: Understanding By Robert Bogue - Published 06/29/2009 The results you get out of any performance prediction exercise are bound to be wrong. The goal is to make them as least wrong as possible. Rob Bogue will help you understand how to avoid getting them too wrong.
Browser Compatibility Development Guide By Jeff Ryan - Published 06/25/2009 Do you have defined practices to ensure your website renders and operates properly on your users preferred browsers? If not, do you realize you may be losing customers and partners as a result? This guide for browser compatibility development provides you with the information you need to start or enhance your browser compatibility development practice.
Java Internationalization Made Easy By Sridhar M S - Published 06/24/2009 Java internationalization is a simple concept, and when it is implemented correctly, long-term management requires only minimal or no code changes.
Introducing the Entity Framework By Mark Strawmyer - Published 06/24/2009 The Entity Framework provides a .NET class-based model of a data store, letting you query the model with LINQ, while the model do the background grunt work of contacting the data store to add, update, or delete data.
Extend Your SharePoint Control with Custom Stsadm Commands By Gustavo Velez - Published 06/18/2009 Although stsadm comes with an extensive set of built-in commands, when those don't meet your needs, you can add custom commands that do.
Using Location-Enabled MIDlets for Mobile Navigation By Jayasurya Venugopalan - Published 06/17/2009 Learn how to combine the Location API for J2ME and Scalable Vector Graphics to provide navigation for a GPS-enabled mobile device.
Newest Videos
Working w/ Property Grids By Dan Rigsby - Published 06/24/2009
A peek at how to use a PropertyGrid in Windows Forms to quicklybuild a UI for a series of classes.
SQL Server Tracing By Jani Jarvinen - Published 06/10/2009
Let Jani show you how to how use SQL's profiler tools to createtraces of all SQL statements executed by your database server, and how to benefit from this during the development phase as well.
Highlighted Tutorials Working with Images in Google's Android By Chunyen Liu -
Google's new mobile platform, Android, has become increasingly popular among developers even without hardware available on the market yet. Discover where to get the right software APIs and documentation as well as what technologies are supported. Then, you will focus on the technologies for images by working through an example.
Working With Design Patterns: Interpreter By Jeff Langr -
Many of the design patterns lead a double life—the structure of some patterns are exactly alike, but the intent differs. An interpreter is a composite whose purpose is to support interpretation of a simple grammar.
Jython Reborn By Chris McAvoy -
Jython is back! With recent investment from Sun Microsystems, Jython is poised to take the JVM by storm. Create apps with the agility of Python and the speed of Java with Jython.
Python Tutorial Index Page By Richard G. Baldwin -
Want to learn a new programming language and looking into Open Source for an option? Python may suit your needs.
Ten of the Biggest Mistakes Developers Make With Databases By Mike Gunderloy -
You are probably still pumping data in and out of a database, just as we all did a
decade or more ago. That makes it all the more surprising that mistakes are still being made that date back to the good old days of Windows 95 and before.
The 4C Architecture Blueprinting Process By Jeff Ryan -
City plans and zoning boards. Building codes and inspectors. These concepts are quite familiar in the field of urban planning. Do they really apply to enterprise architecture? Read on to learn about creating your own city plan using the 4C architecture blueprinting process.
Roles Within The Development Community By Robert Bogue -
This series of articles will help you understand where various positions and skill sets fit within the development industry. Each article describes a specific role, defines the skills that position uses, and outlines what to expect from the position: the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Code Contracts in .NET Published 06/05/2009 By Marius Bancila - This article introduces code contracts that specify statements in .NET programs that must prove valid.
STL and BOOST Parsing Iterators Published 05/19/2009 By Constantin Fishkin -
Discover an example of a parsing iterator. You'll find that the BOOST library provides convenient tools for an efficient iterator implementation, specifically, the boost::iterator_facade class.
[Updated] Determine Windows Version and Edition Published 05/15/2009 By Marius Bancila -
Learn about a comprehensive method of getting the Windows version and differentiate among the various editions.