Software Engineering/development
107 Stories
Symbian's open source journey
Insight newsmaker How do you open up a closed codebase? Symbian research chief David Wood weighs potential and practicality, and the promise of multicore phones.
Tags: Smart phones, Open source, Software engineering/development, Software licensing, Smart Phone, Android, Plug-in, GPL, Symbian Inc., EPL
Frustrated by a coworker's use of old-school methods?
Techguide What do you do when a veteran developer isn't open-minded about the benefits of modern programming techniques?
Tags: Authoring, Software engineering/development, Business applications, IBM Corp., Fear, Tool, object-oriented, Authoring, career, IDE
Tips to make your apps more secure
Techguide Find out what Microsoft's security chief says, developers need to do better to make their applications more secure.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Security Management, Data security, PC security, Microsoft Corp., Security, Training, Microsoft Windows Vista, Developer, operating system
Safest way to sanitize input
Techguide Sanitizing user input is a critical part of secure software development, but software can be made more secure by avoiding having to sanitize input altogether.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Data security, Security Management, Ruby, E-mail Address, Web Browser, e-Mail Message, JIT, Server, e-mail
Google's Chrome will change enterprise support
Techguide Criticisms aside, Chrome shows Google is sensitive to the way people use Web applications. Supporting users who live life in the cloud may be getting easier.
Tags: Web browsers, Software engineering/development, Google Chrome, Web Browser, Google Inc., Web Application, Back Button, window, Google Apps, Web
Try command-line looping for added efficiency
Techguide Using loops, you can take often-used commands that would normally be executed in sequence manually, and have them done automatically. Find out what you need to know about getting started with loops.
Tags: Linux, Open source, Software engineering/development, Command, Security, Loop, Mandriva, Vincent Danen, CLI, Programming
Subversion with ViewVC
Techguide Here's a walk-through of the basics of Web-based ViewVC, which is a Web-frontend to both subversion and Concurrent Versions System.
Tags: Open source, Software engineering/development, Repository, Apache Software Foundation, Web Browser, Concurrent Versions System, Tool, ViewVC, Subversion, HTTPS
Developing peer-to-peer applications with Jabber
Techguide Find out how to make use of the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol to P2P-enable your applications.
Tags: Java, Software engineering/development, Peer to peer, TCP, Jabber, Connection, F/OSS, P2P, Password, Service Parameter
Do Web developers have to know HTML?
Techguide TechRepublic's Tony Patton says he can't accept a so-called Web developer who doesn't fully understand the technology used to create his applications.
Tags: Business applications, Software engineering/development, Web Browser, Tool, W3C, CSS, Ian Lloyd, JavaScript, knowledge, Web Developer
ROI for dev projects: What not to forget
Techguide When measuring your development project’s ROI, it’s important to go beyond the basic calculation.
Tags: Project management, Software engineering/development, Project, Development Project, Sales, 401(k) plan, ROI, Salary, Microsoft Developer Network, VP
Do cloud computing and parallel processing lack use cases?
Techguide There are really no killer apps for cloud computing or parallel processing, and reasons why the two are not bigger trends than they should be, says industry watcher Justin James.
Tags: Business applications, Software engineering/development, Parallel Processing, Backup, CPU, Developer, Cloud Computing, Server, Use Case, multi-threading
How supercomputers still influence programming
Techguide Want to know what programmers may be doing 20 years from now? You should take a look at what supercomputers are doing today.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Supercomputing, Mainframe, Cray Inc., CPU, Computer, Programming, processor, supercomputer, industry
Create a complex type using XML schema inheritance
Techguide Using inheritance, it is possible to create a complex type and then create an element that extends it by adding elements or attributes. Edmond Woychowsky shows how he fudged inheritance using XSLT.
Tags: Software engineering/development, XML, XML Schema, Altova, XSL, XSLT, style sheet, Star Trek, UTF-8, XML
Microsoft embraces open source with jQuery
Techguide Microsoft plans to integrate the JQuery library into both the ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET Model View Controller frameworks. Tony Patton outlines how jQuery may work within an ASP.NET application.
Tags: Software engineering/development, .NET, Open source, Java, Microsoft Corp., Library, Plug-in, Animation, CSS, Plugin Architecture
Five mistakes to avoid with mashups
Techguide It's an exciting possibility that end users will be able to design mashups for their own purposes without having to wait for IT to build the interface. Check out the five common mistakes to avoid with mashups.
Tags: Web services, Software engineering/development, Security, SOA, SOA governance, Fast Company, vision, mashup, information technology, Web services
