Editorial
[author : Jonathan Erickson] #Edito
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
Database Systems
[author : Dennis E. Shasha and Philippe Bonnet]
Databases bring two things to the application development party—transactional semantics and querying capabilities.
Databases & Dynamic Ruby Classes
[author : David J. Berube]
David uses Ruby's flexibility to execute Ruby code from a MySQL database.
The Firebird DBMS
[author : Steve Summers]
Firebird is a freely available, open-source relational database system descended from Borland's InterBase 6.
Cloudscape & the Derby Project
[author : Ken North]
Cloudscape is a Java-based, lightweight, embeddable, relational-database engine with a raft of freely available supporting drivers, plug-ins, and other tools.
Information Retrieval & Computational Geometry
[author : D. Ryan Stephens]
Techniques borrowed from the field of Information Retrieval let you measure the similarity between data sets.
Plug-Ins & Java
[author : Michael Pilone]
Michael uses design patterns and concepts in the development of a Java plug-in framework.
A Simple Oracle Call Interface
[author : Maciej Sobczak]
Maciej's database library lets you "embed" SQL code within C++ applications.
Automating Batch Tasks with Ant
[author : Hugo Troche]
Ant is a good framework for automating batch processing of database functions.
The Distributed Resource Management Application API
[author : Frédéric Parienté]
DRMAA facilitates the development of grid-enabled applications by offering a standard API.
Relational Algebra & Metakit
[author : Brian Kelley]
Metakit is an embedded database that encapsulates relational algebra and hierarchical data structures.
Examining Whidbey C++
[author : Richard Grimes]
Visual Studio 2005 includes the next version of .NET and a new version of C++.
Dynamic Caching & ADO DataSets
[author : John Cheng and Hong Rong]
Our authors present a technique that uses incremental queries to fetch data dynamically.
Sensitive Data & the .NET Crypto API
[author : David B. Scofield and Eric Bergman-Terrell]
Properly used, the .NET Cryptography API is an effective way to safeguard sensitive data.
Eclipse Validators
[author : Lawrence Mandel]
Lawrence presents a validator plug-in that uses Eclipse markers and dialog boxes to display problems.
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
Real-Time Systems & RT CORBA
[author : William Nagel]
The Real-Time CORBA specification is a set of CORBA extensions for systems with real-time scheduling requirements.
COLUMNS
Programming Paradigms
[author : Michael Swaine]
Embedded Space
[author : Ed Nisley]
Chaos Manor
[author : Jerry Pournelle]
Programmer's Bookshelf
[author : Laura MacDougall & Gregory V. Wilson]
FORUM
Letters
[author : you]
Dr. Ecco's Omniheurist Corner
[author : Dennis E. Shasha]
News & Views
[author : Shannon Cochran]
Of Interest
[author : Shannon Cochran]
Swaine's Flames
[author : Michael Swaine]