A look at some of the under-rated texts of Computer Science. We all know about TAOCP and SICP, but sometimes we forget about some of the lesser knowns.

An updated jsr166y package is available. The changes are mainly focused on internal reducing overhead and improving scalability.

Years ago I had an employee, let's call him Vanya (not the real name). He was struggling a bit so I was watching his work closely. Every week we discussed what he needed to get done the next week and what he had done the previous week. I kept a list of the work items he needed to complete and checked them off when he was done with each. For one particular work item which was testing a particular DirectShow filter, the item on the list was writing tests for it. One week he worked on and completed this work. A few months later we became aware of an issue that would fundamentally cause the filter to not work. In fact, it had probably never worked.

Serverside Javascript using the V8 Google Chrome JS VM and FastCGI

Besides Postgres, NeverBlock now also supports MySQL through the new MySQLPlus adapter. InfoQ talked to two of the developers of MySQLPlus and discussed NeverBlock and non-blocking database adapters with developers of Ruby's Oracle and SQLite interfaces.

Adobe Photoshop Brushes that innovates the trends of graphics and logo designs. Best for art designs that makes your design more unique, custom and creative. There are several Photoshop brushes wich maybe helpful on your side. No need to create you own patterns or even style just to come up with custom graphics.

One of the fathers of software development processes says the industry is too fashionable, needs to stop re-inventing the wheel, and focus on being more creative.

Logo Design Inspirations

From a developer perspective, Google Chrome sends a clear message about Google's commitment to JavaScript. What does this means to the next generation RIA technologies: Microsoft Silverlight, Adobe AIR, JavaFX?

Once a long time ago (in 80s) I think Assembly was considered the savior In 90s the days of C++, Visual Basic 6.0, JAVA, PHP,… etc I think the savior was the C language These days (WEB 2.0 days) all of the applications are moving to web using PHP J2EE, .NET 2005/2008, R on R and others. The common factor between them is they all need JavaScript

It's alive! Well, actually it's kinda surviving on life support at the moment, but hey.

Google Chrome has literally spangled the web the last 36 hours, and I have seen most questions being answered, again and again and again. Though the one question people SHOULD ask is yet to be both asked and answered, at least in my view...

Sure, CIOs can be clueless. But so can the programming staff. It's time for the other side of the story: CIOs and IT managers explain just how out-of-it their application development staff can be.

This is all I see for any web page I try to open in Google Chrome. It appeared to install without a hitch.

I'm just reading through the comic and thought I'd jot down a few things I notice as I go. Take them for what they're worth, high-level opinions.

With a nod to John Lam and Shawn Wildermuth for the inspiration, here is a rundown of the things I use on a daily basis to develop software. This includes hardware, software and online resources.

The upcoming Java 7 shows all the signs of being a major release, on the order of Java 5. It has numerous features that will make Java easier to develop with, and that will lead to cleaner, better code. Let’s look at some of them.

If your application is still running on the 1.4 or even 1.5, a compelling argument to upgrade to Java 6 is just over the eastern horizon. That reason is the Garbage First Garbage Collector otherwise known as G1. After I explain how it works, I’ll explain why I think this collector is about to change the face of GC.

As I was making the move to Microsoft and the Expression Web team, a number of people asked what drew me to Expression Web. A notion that I believe in with software is that over time, software quality decreases if you are not paying ample attention to it – software entropy. I think this is something that everyone who has been on a software project over time knows. With things like DI, Unit Testing and Continuous Integration, we incorporate tools that promote code quality and even set bars before checkins occur. This keeps everyone’s eyes on quality based on the checks being done during build time. Now why can’t we have this with our website design? This is a key area where Expression Web fit into the picture for me because Expression Web offers up a series of reports for CSS, accessibility and compatibility.

A round up of useful CSS, Ajax, Tutorials, tools, Graphics, WordPress and articles we’ve found in August that is worth your time.

Three years ago, Lynn Greiner interviewed the big cheeses responsible for the popular scripting languages PHP, Perl, Tcl, Python, Ruby and JavaScript to find out where they believed the languages were headed. In this follow-up discussion, she asks these dynamic language luminaries what has changed since then—for both developers and the application development managers who determine the corporate programming language strategy.

Who is at fault for the great Google doc sharing escapade?

Application development in Xcode is, by necessity, a really unusually good exposure to MVC patterns.

Matt Aimonetti has a client that believes Rubyists don't scale. Sorry Matt, your client is wrong. It's as easy to hire great Ruby programmers as it is to hire great Java programmers or great programmers for any given popular language. The problem is, it's not easy to hire great programmers in any language. Worse, companies still think they need to hire one or two great programmers and a supporting cast of average programmers. As Martin Fowler pointed out, cheaper developers are actually more expensive than experts. To make things worse, if you end up with a NNPP or two you'll be headed in the wrong direction.

Here are FREE vector graphics for web design.