Hmmmm
[author : Jonathan Erickson] #Edito
Multicore or manycore — it's all the same to me!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
Return of the Desktop
[author : Michael Swaine]
Is the rediscovery of the desktop just the latest swing of some tech-trend pendulum, or is there something more going on here?
Separating Duties to Meet IT Compliance
[author : Tracy Ragan]
If your organization is facing strict audit compliance but struggles with distributed platforms, take a look at how the big boys do it.
SCRUM Meets CMMi
[author : Pablo Santos]
Codice Software tackles Agile methodologies (SCRUM) and process improvement (CMMi) at the same time.
Widgets & Rich Internet Applications
[author : Dana Moore and Ray Budd]
Desktop widgets are lightweight client apps used with RIA to take optimum advantage of what the client and server have to offer.
Service-Component Architectures
[author : Arunava Chatterjee]
Service-Component Architectures (SCA) provide a programming model for implementing Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA).
Debugging with NTSD and Application Verifier
[author : Patrick Garvan]
Did you know that Windows ships with built-in debugging tools—the Microsoft NT Symbolic Debugger and the Application Verifier?
Multithreaded Asynchronous I/O & I/O Completion Ports
[author : Tom R. Dial]
I/O completion ports provide an elegant solution to the problem of writing scalable server applications that use multithreading and asynchronous I/O.
COLUMNS
Effective Concurrency
[author : Herb Sutter]
How many cores (or hardware threads) can your code harness to get its answers faster?
The Agile Edge
[author : Scott W. Ambler]
Scott examines strategies for dealing with constraints that business stakeholders may put on software development teams.
DEPARTMENTS
Alia Vox
[author : Joe Marasco]
Organizations are recognizing the link between requirements quality and the success of software development initiatives.
Developer Diaries
[author : edited by Michael Swaine]
Petaflops and threads are in this month's spotlight.
Developer's Notebook
[author : compiled by the DDJ Staff]
New development products and new releases of existing ones.
Conversations
[author : Deirdre Blake]
Karl Wiegers answers the question: "So what are requirements?"
Swaine's Flames
[author : Michael Swaine]
Michael takes a practical look at the theory of a "hair of the bit that bit you."