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First Perl revamp in five years released
Techguide The Perl Foundation has released Perl 5.10, the first new version in five years of a programming language.
Tags: Programming languages
Code concepts: Visual Studio's T4 templates
Techguide The T4 templating system is used to programmatically generate artifacts. Here's an overview about why the templates are useful and how to work with them.
Tags: Protocols and platforms, Business applications, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, T4, Directives, Levit & James Inc., Business applications, File, Directive, Tool
Sun's OpenSolaris ready for developers
News Sun launches bundled OpenSolaris in latest push for developer support.
Tags: Open source, Operating systems, Virtualization, Google Inc., Database, Developer, Sun Microsystems Inc., software, processor, Perl
Making the case for dynamic languages
Techguide Justin James presents reasons why developers should consider using dynamic languages. He also discusses how these languages trip up some developers.
Tags: Programming languages, Software engineering/development, Ruby, Language, C, Developer, C#, C++, Justin James, API
Master Vim basics and power user tips
Techguide Vincent Danen, who has used vim for a number of years, says he picked up new things and seriously tweaked his vim configuration after reading "Hacking Vim" by Kim Schulz.
Tags: Open source, Red Hat Inc., Chapter, hacking, Vincent Danen, remote system, spell checker, Perl, text editor, font
Use cryptographic hashes for validation
Techguide You can use cryptographic hash functions to provide a little more security when exchanging files.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Security Management, Ruby, Security, C, Algorithm, SHA-1, Unix, Password, word-processor
Strategies for learning programming languages
Techguide Learning another programming language can help bring your development career to the next level. Justin James shares techniques that have and have not worked for him.
Tags: Protocols and platforms, Personal development, Ruby, Language, C, C#, Justin James, Programming, programming language, knowledge
10 tips to go from a beginner to intermediate developer
Techguide Having trouble finding tips for to take your developer career to the next level? Here are some suggestions on how to make that leap.
Tags: Personal development, Protocols and platforms, Language, Database, Search Engine, Developer, object-oriented, career, job, Perl
Hands-on with CodeGear's 3rdRail Ruby IDE
Techguide Justin James says that, if you're a Ruby or a Rails developer in need of an IDE, you'll definitely want to check out CodeGear's 3rdRail--despite its flaws. He says the product even inspired him to start learning Ruby.
Tags: Software, Ruby, Eclipse, CodeGear, 3rdRail 1.1, Ruby Ecosystem, Help File, Ruby on Rails, console, IDE
VMware patches hypervisor bugs
News The virtualization company has released a new security advisory and patch, and re-released two advisories with new patches, to address security flaws in its software.
Tags: Virtualization, Security, VMware Inc., Hypervisor, Server, patch management, buffer-overflow vulnerability, Perl, blog, HTTP
Java on Google App Engine? Not yet
News Rumblings from a programmer event in India lead some to believe Google soon will add Java support to App Engine, but Google says it's not happening yet.
Tags: Java, Web sites, Google Inc., India, Programming, JavaScript, Google Web Toolkit, Java program, Perl, Bangalore
Improve MySQL performance with MySQL Tuner
Techguide Here's a look at the basics of the MySQL Tuner tool, which analyzes your configuration and suggests changes that will boost the performance of your MySQL installation.
Tags: Open source, Web services, Databases, Innobase InnoDB, Database, RAM, performance, Perl, 32-bit, disk
Functional programming techniques can improve software security
Techguide A key concern in software security is avoiding security flaws in a program’s source code. Employing a functional programming style can help.
Tags: Programming languages, Security Management, Ruby, Functional Programming, Language, Security, C, object-oriented, Functional Programming Paradigm, C++
Are language minutiae necessary?
Techguide Why clog a programming language spec with minutiae that don't offer any technical benefits? On the other hand, is an "anti-minutiae revolution" really necessary?
Tags: Programming languages, Ruby, Language, C, Justin James, Programming, network management, programming language, theory, Perl
Coverity reveals common open-source code flaws
News A US Department of Homeland Security-funded project has listed some of the most frequent open source coding errors.
Tags: Open source, Security, Coverity, Flaw, Python, buffer-overflow vulnerability, Perl, accounting, Java, Samba
