Articles

Bit-Oriented I/O with Templates

Data-compression algorithms emit data in blocks of varying number of bits. Making these little blobs suitable for byte-level I/O requires some careful know-how. - C/C++

Tooling Up for the Marriage of the Internet of Things, Big Data, and Cloud Computing

Finding tools that will bridge IoT, machine-to-machine, and big data is no simple task. But some integrated solutions are beginning to appear. - Design

Coding for High-DPI Displays in Windows

Deliver crisp text and images on all Windows monitors, regardless of settings. - .NET

Just Let Me Code!

Managing the complexity of development toolchains — from SCM, to the build tools, to the testing, to the deployment stack — now so overwhelms the developer experience, it's hard to get any real programming done. - Tools

Pike Programming Language

A C-like language with all the OO trimmings, garbage collection, strong data types, and excellent string processing makes a powerful tool for Web programming. - Open Source

Programming for High-Res Displays in Windows

Deliver software containing crisp text and sharp images on multiple displays - .NET

Writing Build Scripts With Gradle

Even simple build scripts show the power and flexibility of the emerging new build tool for JVM projects. - JVM Languages

Pernicious Scrum Anti-Patterns

It is easy to lose track of Scrum principles and best practices. Inevitably, problems will then arise that will be perceived incorrectly as failures of Agile or Scrum itself. Do these Scrum anti-patterns affect your development process? - Design