Dr.Dobb's - All Articles

Do We Need Event-Driven Architecture?

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:59:00 EDT

You should go for a component architecture without any compromises

Revisiting the Content of Code-Behind Classes

Fri, 8 Aug 2008 09:42:00 EDT

When code provides predefined functionalities

Comparing LINQ-to-XML with XPath

Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:05:00 EDT

Lock-Free Code: A False Sense of Security

Tue, 5 Aug 2008 12:47:00 EDT

Writing lock-free code can confound anyone—even expert programmers, as Herb shows this month.

Iteration Negative One

Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:20:00 EDT

Much of what occurs during Iteration -1 involves the preproject aspects of portfolio management.

A Personal History of Systems and Computers: Part 1

Mon, 4 Aug 2008 10:29:00 EDT

So you want to be a -- what? -- programmer?

Four Horselaughs of the Apocalypse

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:34:00 EDT

Four topics brought a smile to Michael's face this month.

Developer's Notebook

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:30:00 EDT

New development products.

Developer Diaries

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:11:00 EDT

Profiles of programmers, descriptions of developers.

One Perspective on Silverlight

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:13:00 EDT

Can Microsoft's Silverlight find a home in the financial industry?

The Many Faces of Deadlock

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:58:00 EDT

Deadlock can happen whenever there is a blocking (or waiting) cycle among concurrent tasks.

Ruby Isn't Just for Tuesday Anymore, or Big Doings with Little Languages

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:41:00 EDT

Ruby just isn't for Tuesday anymore. It's a 24/7 programming tool that's finding it's way into large organizations.

Disentangling Concepts in Object-Oriented Systems

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:29:00 EDT

A class interface can be deceptively simple, which is why Stephen finds useful this object-oriented technique for "unpacking" the underlying concepts present in a given class.

Building RIAs on J2EE Foundations

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:40:00 EDT

Joe uses ColdFusion 8 to design and build an AdobeFlex RIA that enables collaborative management of a list of tasks using a rich front-end and real-time communications.

Embed Custom GUIs in WPF

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:56:00 EDT

The FlowDocument class in the Windows Presentation Framework—the graphics and user interface engine in .NET 3.0—lets you easily manipulate documents containing rich content.

Building Findable Websites

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:21:00 EDT

Putting your link in front of the person who wants to see it

Dr. Dobb's Agile Newsletter 07/08

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:30:00 EDT

What to do when stakeholders still insist on "precise estimates" at the beginning of projects

CUDA, Supercomputing for the Masses: Part 6

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:01:00 EDT

Global memory and the CUDA profiler

Ellipse Specification Using Vectors

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:20:00 EDT

The program Robert presents here demonstrates a method for rendering ellipses that's suited to the specific task of aligning ellipses to arbitrary curve segments using trigonometric splines.

Everyone Wants to be Agile

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:14:00 EDT

The first step to moving to agile is knowing what it is

OpenGL and Mobile Devices: Round 2

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:59:00 EDT

It's been a couple of years since Richard wrote about the intersection of OpenGL and mobile devices. And my word—the world has changed, thanks in part to devices such as Apple's iPhone.

Voice Recording Meets Open Source

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:41:00 EDT

Dr. Dobb's talks with Bruce Kaskey, cofounder of OrecX, about the Oreka open source project and why it's an important contribution to the open source community.

Digitally Signing and Verifying Messages in Web Services

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:55:00 EDT

Oracle's Web Services Manager can centrally manage the security policy -- including digital signature generation

Audio Applications and Effects Made Easy

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:10:00 EDT

SynthMaker lets you prototype audio effects or build complete software synthesizers graphically