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Intel backs Microsoft's concurrent-computing play
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:10:50 -0700
On August 20, Intel rolled out new parallel-processing tools that support Microsoft's concurrent runtime environment that is expected to become a central component of Redmond's next-generation computing model. by Mary Jo Foley
10 reasons to love Silverlight and 10 reasons to hate it
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:59:24 -0700
I won't add much commentary to Tim's excellent post up on the Register because I work for Adobe and I don't want to get into a bunch of nonsensical arguments about Flash versus Silverlight. But I will say that Tim Anderson is one of the very few tech journalists who...
Microsoft investigating NSlookup.exe flaw, reported attacks
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:54:29 -0700
Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a zero-day Windows vulnerability that's being exploited in the wild. According to a this SecurityFocus alert, the attacks are exploiting a remote code-execution vulnerability due to an unspecified error in NSlookup.exe, the command-line administrative tool used for testing and troubleshooting...
LWUIT vs. JavaFX Mobile
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:26:21 -0700
The light-weight user interface toolkit for Java ME LWUIT has been released as open source under the GPLv2+classpath exception license. LWUIT is a library that helps content developers in creating rich and consistent Java ME applications. LWUIT supports visual components, theming, transitions, animation, and more. Sounds similar to JavaFX doesn't...
Countering an Apple-favoring .NET critic
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:17:50 -0700
I've been investigating Apple Cocoa API as I plan to complement my Windows and UNIX development skills with skills in Mac development. That doesn't mean I am willing to accept weak attacks what I consider to be a superior development platform: .NET. by John Carroll
Google releases open-source crypto toolkit
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:15:34 -0700
Google's security team has released an open-source cryptographic toolkit aimed at making it easier and safer for developers to use cryptography in their applications. The toolkit, called KeyCzar, was originally developed by Steve Weis Google and Arkajit Dey MIT and is available under an Apache 2.0...

 

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Building bug-free O-O software: An introduction to Design by Contract - Advanced use of assertions for clearer specifications and greater software reliability. By OO guru Bertrand Meyer, creator of Eiffel.
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Classic Mistakes Enumerated - Description of 36 ineffective development practices: people-related, process-related, product-related, technology-related. (Sample chapter from Steve McConnell's book Rapid Development.)

Classic Testing Mistakes - The role of testing, Planning the complete testing effort, Personnel issues, The tester at work, Test automation, Code coverage

Heavy Rotation - For business software, faster-cheaper can be better too.

High-Pressure Steam Engines and Computer Software - Software safety. Parallels between the early development of high-pressure steam engines and software engineering that we can apply to the use of computers in complex systems.

Introducing Demeter and its Laws - Adaptive Programming - specifying the connections between objects as loosely as possible. Makes programs more flexible, more resilient to change, and more adaptable to varying configurations of classes within a given domain

Large Software Systems - Back to Basics - John Evans; Crosstalk, June 2000. The importance of software architecture, and related items such as unambiguous requirements and coding standards.

Lessons Learned -- Current Problems - Technical and managerial best/worst practices. Based on study of US Department of Defense software projects.

Major Causes of Software Project Failures - Lorin J. May; Crosstalk, July 1998. Based on interviews with software consultants and practitioners who were asked to provide autopsies of failed projects with which they have been acquainted.

Nine Steps to Delivering Defect-Free Software - By a software developer and consultant with over 30 years experience

On the Criteria To Be Used in Decomposing Systems into Modules - One of the classic articles leading to modern software engineering, by D.L. Parnas.

Orphans Preferred - Characteristics of software developers - personality type, demographics, age, education, attitudes.

Principles of Good GUI Design - Describes the basic rules for all good interfaces - the cardinal dos and don'ts.

Seven Principles Of Software Development - Emphasizes soft issues - attitude, approach.

Seven Steps to Test Automation Success - This paper presents seven key steps: improve the testing process, define requirements, prove the concept, champion product testability, design for sustainability, plan for deployment, and face the challenges of success.

Successful Engineering Management: 7 Lessons Learned - People management advice for technical people.
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Sure It Works, But Is It Beautiful: The Relationship Between Software Aesthetics and Quality - Some aspects of the relationship between quality and aesthetics (beauty) in software, using architecture analogies.
Meta Description: [ An article about how the relationship between quality and aesthetics in software. ]

Survival Crib Notes: NASA's Success Checklist - 9 Dos and 8 Don'ts for software project success, from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. (Sample chapter from Steve McConnell's book Software Project Survival Guide.)

Ten Things Your Mother Never Told You About the Capability Maturity Model - Margaret Kulpa; Crosstalk, September 1998. Common misconceptions concerning software process improvement and the Software CMM.

The Many Dimensions of the Software Process - Explores the importance and purpose of software process and quality.
Meta Description: [ An introduction and perspective on the software engineering process; ACM Crossroads 6-4 ]

500 The Programmers' Stone - Recapturing, exploring and celebrating the Art of Computer Programming.

The Therac-25 Accidents - Case study of a well known software error.

To Hell and Back - CIOs reveal the projects that did not kill them and made them stronger.
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What Do Users Want? Engineering Usability into Software - User-Centered Design. Simple approaches for delivering smaller, simpler systems that better serve the needs of users.