Editorial
[author : Jonathan Erickson] #Edito
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
Table Patterns & Changing Data
[author : Todd Schraml]
Historical data doesn't need to clutter your database and slow its performance.
Rapid Data Access Tier Implementation
[author : John Cheng, Abdul Akbari, and Hong Rong]
DBAG is a tool for automating the creation of domain-specific classes.
Month-Text Ordering
[author : David Wincelberg]
A month field-type can be a useful addition to your database toolbox.
Object-Relational Mapping in Java with SimpleORM
[author : Martin Snyder and Ted O'Connor]
SimpleORM is a lightweight—yet powerful—object-relational mapping implementation.
Building Grid-Enabled Data-Mining Applications
[author : Alex Depoutovitch and Alex Wainstein]
Computing grids let you use parallelization to tackle really big data-mining jobs.
The OCAP Digital Video Recorder Specification
[author : Linden deCarmo]
The OCAP Digital Video Record specification defines an open API for building DVR applications.
XML-Binary Optimized Packaging
[author : Andrey Butov]
XML-Binary Optimized Packaging provides a means for including binary data within XML documents.
A Mac Text Editor Migrates to Intel
[author : Tom Thompson]
BBEdit, an industrial-strength Macintosh text editor, has been ported to the Intel platform. Here's how.
Google's Summer of Code: Part I
[author : DDJ Staff and Friends]
Google's Summer of Code resulted in thousands and thousands of lines of code. Here are some of the students who participated.
Wide-Character Format String Vulnerabilities
[author : Robert C. Seacord]
Robert presents strategies for handling format string vulnerabilities in C.
Amazon Web Services
[author : Ashish Muni and Justin Hansen]
ScanZoom lets you use mobile camera phones to launch services by taking photos of barcodes.
Enterprise Application Logging
[author : Jim Mangione]
Accurately gauging the health of IT assets across applications requires true enterprise-level logging.
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
Memory Management & Embedded Databases
[author : Andrei Gorine & Konstantin Knizhnik]
Embedded and in-memory databases depend on the quality of their memory-management algorithms.
COLUMNS
Programming Paradigms
[author : Michael Swaine]
Michael reminiscences about OOPSLA '89 in New Orleans.
Embedded Space
[author : Ed Nisley]
Ed attends the 7th Annual Linux Symposium to find out what's up with Linux.
Chaos Manor
[author : Jerry Pournelle]
Jerry shares his first impressions of Windows Vista.
Programmer's Bookshelf
[author : Gregory V. Wilson]
Six books in seven paragraphs! Greg's up to it.
FORUM
Dr. Ecco's Omniheurist Corner
[author : Dennis E. Shasha]
News & Views
[author : DDJ Staff]
Of Interest
[author : DDJ Staff]
Pragmatic Exceptions
[author : Benjamin Booth]
Swaine's Flames
[author : Michael Swaine]