Dr. Dobb's Open Source Articles

Scala for C# Developers: A Tutorial

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:34:00 -0400

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

Pydoop: Writing Hadoop Programs in Python

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:53:00 -0400

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

Acquiring Big Data Using Apache Flume

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:07:00 -0400

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.

Test-Driving Development for the Firefox OS Phone

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:38:00 -0400

Mozilla's Firefox OS delivers an easy way to develop and market apps for Android and the upcoming Mozilla-specific phone. Mike Riley takes a first look at developing apps for the platform.

Introduction to Hadoop: Real-World Hadoop Clusters and Applications

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:57:00 -0400

The Hadoop ecosystem relies on composability — the ability to use output from one tool as input to the next — to efficiently process data at scale, from simple projects, to processing streams of real-time data, to building data warehouses.

Hadoop: Writing and Running Your First Project

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:04:00 -0400

MapReduce on small datasets can be run easily and without much coding or fiddling — provided you know what to do. Here's how.

Hadoop Tutorial Series

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:29:00 -0400

Why I Use Perl...and Will Continue to Do So

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 06:13:00 -0500

Despite Perl's steady decline in usage, its users continue their romance with the language's features.

The Groovy Conundrum

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:06:00 -0500

Groovy is one of the most interesting JVM languages, but its longtime performance issues kept it confined to narrow niches. However, a series of important upgrades look like they might push the language into the mainstream. There's the conundrum.

Software Development in the Obama Campaign

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:28:00 -0500

A cobbled-together team of 40 developers built 200 apps in the cloud that could scale from hundreds to millions of users in minutes — and managed to meet their deadline with no major failure.

The Rise and Fall of Languages in 2012

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:33:00 -0500

The C++ renaissance didn't materialize, Java survived intact, and Objective-C kept on rolling. What else happened?

The Best of 2012

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 02:47:00 -0500

The most popular articles of the past 12 months from Dr. Dobb's, plus some additional pieces chosen for your thoughtful consideration by our staff.

Heterogeneous Programming

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 07:00:00 -0500

AMD's Ben Sander shares details about the heterogeneous system architecture (HSA) and how it will change the way people program in the future.

Easy, Real-Time Big Data Analysis Using Storm

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 03:52:00 -0500

Conceptually straightforward and easy to work with, Storm makes handling big data analysis a breeze.

Testing Browser Apps

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 03:10:00 -0500

The QUnit framework makes it easy to test Web apps directly in the browser. By showing the red/green results in the browser with links to the failing tests, it makes it possible to write, test, and correct quickly.

The Git Revolution Is Here

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:01:00 -0400

The movement from centralized to distributed VCS is accelerating. Enterprises and tool vendors are catching on and catching up with what open-source developers have been doing for a while. And at the front of the parade is Git.

Two Years Later: A Report Card On Oracle's Ownership of Java

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 07:13:00 -0400

After a bumpy start, Oracle's stewardship of Java has steadily improved, except for the Google mess and a feckless JCP.

Getting DevOps Right: The Lay of the Land

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:20:00 -0400

DevOps means different things to different stakeholders, but the basic components are the same.

Dart: Build HTML5 Apps Fast

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 03:11:00 -0400

Dart is a language, library, toolset, and virtual machine from Google that greatly facilitates writing fast, interactive HTML5 apps without requiring you to be a JavaScript expert.

Hacking for Fun: Programming a Wearable Android Device

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 02:19:00 -0400

A look at Recon Instruments' MOD Live Heads-Up Display and the ease of creating and programming useful, on-person computing devices.

Introduction to Go

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:40:00 -0400

A five-part series on the Go programming language.

A Brief Tour of the Go Standard Library

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 03:05:00 -0400

In this final installment of our five-week tutorial series on Go, we examine the language's extensive standard library.

Go Introduction: How Go Handles Objects

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:06:00 -0400

Go's unique approach to OO steps around many problems found in other languages by preferring composition to inheritance.

Go Tutorial: Object Orientation and Go's Special Data Types

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:45:00 -0400

In this second installment of our five-week course on the Go language, we explore Go's unusual approach to object orientation, its special built-in object types, the syntax for multiple return values, and how Go handles exceptions.

Getting Going with Go

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:02:00 -0400

The first installment in our five-week tutorial on Google's new native language explains how to set up Go and build programs. It then walks through code examples that highlight some of the language's interesting features.