Hmmmm
[author : Jonathan Erickson] #Edito
The give-and-take of transactions is on our editor's mind this month.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
Computer Books: Reading Between the Lines
[author : Michael Swaine]
In the topsy-turvy world of publishing, books remain a fundamental source of information for developers.
Query Anything with SQLite
[author : Michael Owens]
Virtual tables are the foundation of some of SQLite's larger features, including full text search.
XQuery
[author : Sam Edwards and Paul Tremblett]
XQuery uses the structure of XML intelligently to express queries across the diverse kinds of data XML can be used to represent.
Web Maps with the Google Map API
[author : Dionysios G. Synodinos]
Google has provided web developers with a feature rich toolset for representing geographical information.
OpenALM and Its Manifesto
[author : Mike Riley]
Is the OpenALM Manifesto Borland's bid to universally codify the software development process?
Transactional Programming
[author : Calum Grant]
Database techniques applied to C++ programming.
COLUMNS
Effective Concurrency
[author : Herb Sutter]
The good news is that today's software is built on modular, composable software. The bad news is that locks, and other forms of synchronization, aren't.
The Agile Edge
[author : Scott W. Ambler]
How do you define project success? Scott provides some suggestions.
DEPARTMENTS
Alia Vox
[author : Adam Kowala]
Adam reflects on his 20+ years in the software development business.
Developer Diaries
[author : edited by Michael Swaine]
Profiles of programmers, descriptions of developers.
Developer's Notebook
[author : compiled by the DDJ Staff]
New development products and new releases of existing ones.
Conversations
[author : Deirdre Blake]
MySQL's Jim Starkey discusses databases.
Swaine's Flames
[author : Michael Swaine]
Taking a cue from the title of his column, Michael takes a minute or two to flame.