Hmmmm
[author : Jonathan Erickson] #Edito
It's all about multicore!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
The Buzz About Builds
[author : Michael Swaine]
What's driving all the recent interest in Build tools that you might reasonably characterize as a rather, well, unglamorous?
Flash Lite: Graphics for Mobile Devices
[author : Hartti Suomela]
Based on Adobe's Flash technology, Flash Lite is specifically developed for mobile phones and other consumer electronic devices.
Spin Buffers
[author : Prashanth Hirematada]
If you are writing high-performance applications, you should consider using Spin Buffers that eliminate the need for synchronization.
SOA, Web Services, and RESTful Systems
[author : Eric J. Bruno]
Representational state transfer, or "REST" for short, is a less restrictive form of SOA than web services.
Real-Time Enough
[author : Robert Krten]
Robert implements a real-time caller ID implementation that is part of a voice-activated call monitor system he built.
A Fast Q&A System
[author : Manu Konchady]
Search engines don't give answers in response to queries. Instead users depend on question/answering (Q&A) systems to scan the text of a ranked list of documents to find answers.
The C5 Generic Collection Library
[author : Niels Kokholm and Peter Sestoft]
Collection libraries provide functionality for storing and manipulating collections of related data items.
RapidMind: C++ Meets Multicore
[author : Stefanus Du Toit and Michael McCool]
RapidMind is a framework for expressing data-parallel computations from within C++ and executing them on multicore processors.
COLUMNS
Nisley's Notebook
[author : Ed Nisley]
Ed catches up on reading and responding to his (e)mail.
The Agile Edge
[author : Scott W. Ambler]
Scott tackles the topic of certification for agilists.
DEPARTMENTS
Alia Vox
[author : Alberto Savoia]
Are you immune to test infection?
Developer Diaries
[author : edited by Michael Swaine]
Exploring desktop UNIX, the knowledgebase at Microsoft, and systems of systems.
Developer's Notebook
[author : compiled by the DDJ Staff]
New development products and new releases of existing ones.
Swaine's Flames
[author : Michael Swaine]
Swaine is back twittering at Foo Bar with the new piano player.