Hmmmm
[author : Jonathan Erickson] #Edito
Did you hear the one about the operating system...?
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
Whither Operating Systems?
[author : Michael Swaine]
Michael considers the future—if there is one—of operating systems as we know them.
Programming Language Format String Vulnerabilities
[author : Hal Burch and Robert Seacord]
Are C/C++ the only languages with security vulnerabilities? What about Perl, PHP, Java, Python, and Ruby?
The Road to Our Scripting Future
[author : Peter Yared]
Lightweight languages are primed to make huge inroads into the corporate market.
Image Manipulation with ASP.NET 2.0
[author : Eric Bergman-Terrell]
You can display, manipulate, and protect web site images by taking advantage of the .NET 2.0 Bitmap class and Http Handlers.
Debugging Makefiles
[author : John Graham-Cumming]
John shares practical debugging tips he's used to debug real-world Makefiles.
Bringing the Desktop Application to the Web
[author : Conor Seabrook]
To move a desktop application to the Web, Conor settled on a set of AJAX-based controls from Telerik.
Practical C++ Error Handling in Hybrid Environments
[author : Gigi Sayfan]
Gigi shows how to interface your exception-handling code to other software components that practice different error-handling methods.
MyMap: A Portable API for Maps
[author : Lionel Laské]
This API lets you switch from one map provider (like Google, Yahoo, or Microsoft) to another with minimum changes to your source code.
COLUMNS
Nisley's Notebook
[author : Ed Nisley]
Ed reports on the goings-on at the Embedded Systems Conference.
The Agile Edge
[author : Scott W. Ambler]
Documentation is an important part of every system, agile or otherwise.
DEPARTMENTS
Alia Vox
[author : Colin Armitage]
Many organizations still use sheer manpower to find defects in software, instead of employing methodologies to measure effectiveness.
Developer Diaries
[author : edited by Michael Swaine]
From start-ups to global enterprises, developers face similar problems—and turn to similar solutions.
Developer's Notebook
[author : compiled by the DDJ Staff]
New development products and new releases of existing ones.
Swaine's Flames
[author : Michael Swaine]
Sometimes sticking with what you know is best.