Is goto Still Considered Harmful?
Apple's recent security bug was traced to a spurious goto. But that still doesn't resolve the debate over its use. - Architecture & Design
Articles
The Most Underused Compiler Switches in Visual C++
Microsoft's Visual C++ team explains the nine most underused switches and why you should make sure to include them in your build. - C/C++
Blundering into the One Definition Rule
You might think your compiler would call out all illegal code, but you'd be wrong. - C/C++
The JavaScript Alternatives
Three languages compete to make JavaScript easier to write and faster to execute. Which to choose? - JVM Languages
Jolt Awards: Mobile Development Tools
The best tools for the nuts-and-bolts of building mobile apps. - Jolt Awards
Building Successful Web APIs
The syntax of APIs matter much less than their discoverability and the ease with which developers can figure out how to use them effectively. - Design
Developer Reading List
Java 8, JavaScript, Functional Programming, and Software Engineering - Tools
In Praise of Small Commits
With smaller commits, teams accelerate code reviews and builds, while shrinking the delay between committing and feedback. That's a lot of payback for a simple practice. - Design
Voice Throwing with Python and Android
A simple project to get Android notifications spoken on your desktop computer - Tools
Events of Interest
March 11-14. San Francisco, CA. O'Reilly Fluent Conference 2014 JavaScript and Beyond
March 17-20. San Francisco, CA. EclipseCon 2014
March 17-20. Orlando, FL. Enterprise Connect
March 17-21. San Francisco, CA. Game Developers Conference (GDC 2014)
March 22-26. Dublin, Ireland. ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering
March 24-25. Santa Clara, CA. Evans Data Developer Relations Conference
March 24-27. San Jose, CA. 2014 GPU Technology Conference
March 25-28. San Francisco, CA. Code Stars Summit
March 31-April 4. Las Vegas, NV. Interop Las Vegas
March 31-April 1. Las Vegas, NV. InformationWeek Conference
March 31-April 3. San Jose, CA. EE Live! (Electronics Engineering Live!)
April 11-12. Bangalore, India. Dr. Dobb's Conference
April 14-15. Pune, India. Dr. Dobb's Conference
April 14-17. San Francisco, CA. Red Hat Summit 2014
May 7-8. Santa Clara, CA. Internet of Things Developers Conference
May 7-8. Santa Clara, CA. Multicore Developers Conference
May 21-23. Menlo Park, CA. DConf 2014
May-June. Bristol, Cambridge, Manchester, Scotland. The UK Device Developers' Conference series
July 7-10. Berlin, Germany. UberConf Europe Java Ecosystem conference
July 28-August 1. Orlando, FL. Agile2014 Orlando
Videos of Past Events
September 2013. JavaOne
September 2013. SpringOne 2GX
June 2013. JAXConf 2013
June 2013. Chicago Algorithmic Trading Conference
May 2013. Google I/O
March 2013. GPU Technology Conference
October 2012. JAXLondon 2012
September 2012. Strangeloop
September 2012. Intel Developer Forum
August 2012. VMWorld
July 2012. Java Language Summit
June 2012. Google I/O 2012
May 2012. Atlassian Summit
May 2012 (paid). Fluent Conference
March 2012. Multicore World
July 2011. JVM Language Summit
