Exceptional C++ Style Herb Sutter Addison-Wesley, 2005. Once again, Herb Sutter provides us with a set of problems that teach important lessons about the C++ programming language. Each problem in the book covers some problem that a C++ programmer might see in a particular program or design. As Sutter solves each problem, he gives insight… Read More »
I’ve recently finished reading Joel Spolsky’s Joel on Software in book form. In the book, I read the essay Human Task Switches Considered Harmful. As someone who has had a lot of experience with multitasking myself, and a fair amount with computer multi-tasking, I found this claim to be pretty amazing. I have looked at… Read More »
Joel on Software Joel Spolsky Apress, 2004 This book collects some of the best entries from the Joel on Software website. Joel has an interesting view of the software industry based on three years at Microsoft, time spent at Juno, and now with his own company. This is a guy with quite a bit of… Read More »
Effective C++, Third Edition Scott Meyers Addison-Wesley, 2005 I was really excited when I found out that Scott Meyers was releasing a new edition of Effective C++. The first edition provided a major step on the path for many of us from writing code in C++ to actually programming in the language. What surprised me… Read More »
Perl 6 Now: The Core Ideas Illustrated with Perl 5 Scott Waters Apress, 2005 I had mixed feelings about reading this book caused by my current views of Perl 6. Some of what I have heard about Perl 6 is exciting and I really can’t wait. Other things I have heard fill me with dread.… Read More »
Tim O’Reilly had an interesting little write-up called O’Reilly Radar > Report on visit to Sensors Expo over on O’Reilly Radar. Jonathan Gennick went to see this expo where companies were showing off some of the current advances in ZigBee based sensor technology. One of the devices was a small “three-axis accelerometer about the size… Read More »
As I said in Joel on Wrong-Looking Code, I find Joel on Software to be a good source of information on programming. However, I don’t always agree with him. In Joel on Software – Making Wrong Code Look Wrong, Joel states that he does not like exceptions. He also refers to a previous article Joel… Read More »
C++ Primer (Fourth Edition) Stanley B. Lippman, Josée Lajorie, and Barbara E. Moo. Addison -Wesley, 2005. Every now and then, someone asks me to recommend a book for learning the C++ programming language. Until very recently, I didn’t have a good answer. The book I learned C++ from went out of print years ago (and… Read More »
I want to preface this article with the comment that I really enjoy reading Joel on Software. I find his essays to be knowledgeable, well-thought-out, and well presented. While I don’t always agree with his conclusions, I always feel that any of his articles is worth a read. So, recently I ran across Joel on… Read More »
For various reasons, I’ve recently been thinking on the importance of programming play, Those times when we tinker with code without any goal other than making something run on the computer. Sometimes this involves playing with a new language or a feature of an old language that we’ve recently discovered. Unlike projects for work, these… Read More »