p.8 Editorial
[author : Jonathan Erickson] #Edito
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
p.16 Comparing C/C++ Compilers
[author : Matthew Wilson]
Matthew compares nine popular C++ compilers in terms of their performance, features, and tools.
p.28 C++ String Performance
[author : Lev Kochubeevsky]
Lev analyzes C++ string implementations, then presents a string class with the speed and efficiency of the automatic C strings, plus the convenience of the C++ string objects that are STL friendly.
p.36 The Mtlib Memory-Tracking Library
[author : Marco Tabini]
Mtlib, short for "memory-tracking library," is a set of tools that automates the process of tracking and identifying memory leaks.
p.42 Java 2D & Web Pages
[author : Paul Tremblett]
Incorporating server-side Java 2D into your web application components is an easy way to deliver dynamic data.
p.50 AutoLogout For Application Security
[author : Jonathan Lurie]
AutoLogout is an application-level security technique that shuts down the system due to user inactivity. Jonathan presents a C# AutoLogout implementation for .NET.
p.52 Quantifying Popular Programming Languages
[author : Thomas Plum]
Thomas uses the number of web-based job offers that specify requirements for different programming languages as a metric for determining popularity.
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
p.54 Spy: A Windows CE API Interceptor
[author : Dmitri Leman]
Spy, Dmitri's Windows CE API spy, is a valuable tool for exploring, troubleshooting, and debugging Windows CE-based applications.
COLUMNS
p.60 Programming Paradigms
[author : Michael Swaine]
Michael discovers that reading code and writing wrongs can add up, as he wraps up this summer's reading list.
p.64 Embedded Space
[author : Ed Nisley]
Ed flips the switch and makes a power play this month.
p.68 Programmer's Bookshelf
[author : Gregory V. Wilson]
It's a Java kind of month, as Greg looks at Java Extreme Programming Cookbook, by Eric Burke and Brian Coyner; MySQL and Java Developer's Guide, by Mark Matthews, Jim Cole, and Joseph Gradecki; Java Performance Tuning, by Jack Shirazi; and JDBC: Practical Guide for Java Programmers, by Gregory Speegle.
FORUM
p.10 Letters
[author : you]
p.12 The New Adventures of Verity Stob
[author : Verity Stob]
p.14 News & Views
[author : Shannon Cochran]
p.71 Of Interest
[author : Shannon Cochran]
p.72 Swaine's Flames
[author : Michael Swaine]