Software Engineer
Web developers, software engineers, and programmers of various stripes will find a variety of tutorials and tips to help them improve their methods, deepen their coding skills, and build better applic
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Simple data storage with Ruby
Data storage does not always need a complete SQL RDBMS like PostgreSQL. In fact, sometimes small is beautiful, and plain text data formats can be even easier to use with the right libraries.
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Silverlight 2.0 offers paradigm shift from predecessor
Even though the beta release of Silverlight 2.0 is a more robust platform for delivering full-featured applications, Tony Patton says it still may have trouble catching on.
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Simple filters in Perl, Ruby, and Bourne shell
A filter is a type of program that takes data input, operates on it, and produces modified output, and it's one of the most useful types of admin scripts. Filters are also easy to write, especially in languages such as the Bourne shell, Perl, and Ruby.
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Simplify iterators by using the Yield statement
If you aren't using the Yield statement, learn how using the C# feature makes it easier to work with iterators.
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TechEd 2012: Microsoft's new flexible and open strategy
Tony Patton's TechEd 2012 overview covers Microsoft's support for open source projects and tech, Windows Azure, Linux, Hadoop, disparaging remarks about IE, and more.
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TechEd 2013: Microsoft welcomes developers to the cloud
Read this developer's account of his time at TechEd 2013, where he learned interesting news about Windows Azure, InRelease, Visual Studio 2013, and more.
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The Herculean task of upgrading a development language or environment
The latest technology may be exciting but that doesn't necessarily mean an upgrade is necessary. Developer Tony Patton notes that upgrades can be rocky endeavors.
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The increasing hardware and OS independence of modern applications
Developers can write an application in today's environments without a care about the hardware used and with virtually no regard to the underlying operating system. Time will tell whether this will render the platform wars irrelevant.
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AndroidAnnotations: Understanding the bean lifecycle
Learn the basics about the bean lifecycle to gain a deeper understanding of the inner workings of the AndroidAnnotations framework.