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Scala for C# Developers: A Tutorial

If you work with C#, you have already mixed object-oriented code with some aspects of functional programming. Why not master Scala? - JVM Languages

APIs for Image-Capture Applications

TWAIN, WIA, and DirectShow are three popular APIs for imaging apps. How do they differ and which one should you pick? - .NET

Pydoop: Writing Hadoop Programs in Python

Installed as a layer above Hadoop, the open-source Pydoop package enables Python scripts to do big data work easily. - Database

Through A PRISM Darkly

The revelation of secret government eavesdropping is likely to substantially reshape companies' understanding of their data's safety. - Security

Acquiring Big Data Using Apache Flume

Data analysis is only half the battle; getting the data into a Hadoop cluster is the first step in any Big Data deployment. Apache Flume uses an elegant design to make data loading easy and efficient. - Database

Exceeding Supercomputer Performance with Intel Phi

Using MPI on inexpensive clusters of Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors can produce results that exceed the performance of today's high-end supercomputers. - Parallel

Orthodoxy vs. Pragmatism, or How I Became a Better Developer

Few indeed are the practices that can be recommended universally. Wisdom suggests the humility of knowing this and applying it liberally. - Design

Detailed Profiling of SQL Activity in MySQL 5.6

MySQL's latest update to the Performance Schema brings the ability to profile a statement's activity, low-level wait events, and I/O impact. It is the easiest and most detailed way to identify what statements to tune and how. - Database