Dr. Dobb's Journal - March 2008 - (Page 4) The World of Software Development March 2008 Contents F EAT U R E S 16 Social Networks and Software Development If 2007 was the year that social networks “got their geek on,” will 2008 be the year that programmers actually profit from them? by Michael Swaine 22 Detecting Bugs in Safety-Critical Code When software is used for safety-critical applications, bugs aren’t just expensive annoyances— they can kill. by Paul Anderson 28 Change Code Without Fear 36 Continuous Integration and Performance Testing Steven extends continuous integration to perform integration, performance, and load testing by Steven Haines Page 36 Behavioral regression testing is a technique that provides a fast and easy way to determine if code modifications change or break existing functionality. by Nada daVeiga 55 Wt: A Web Toolkit Wt is a freely available library and application server that lets C++ programmers write modern web applications using a familiar C++ GUI programming style. by Wim Dumon and Koen Deforche 60 Automating Release Notifications Scott presents an automated approach for notifying users about updates to libraries and frameworks. by Scott Miller DE PARTM E NTS COLUMNS 6 10 Hmmmm Misunderstandings happen. by Jonathan Erickson 14 20 Developer’s Notebook New development products. compiled by the DDJ Staff 65 The Agile Edge Scott examines the myths surrounding agile software development. by Scott W. Ambler Alia Vox by Rakesh Kumar The impact of many-core processors goes beyond technical issues. Rakesh explains how they also change the economic model of how CPUs are bought and sold. Conversations Jeff Lei goes beyond pairwise testing with an automated combinatorial testing technique that reduces the number of smaller tests faster. by Jonathan Erickson 68 Effective Concurrency When it comes to scalability and concurrency, more is always better. by Herb Sutter 12 Developer Diaries Profiles of programmers, descriptions of developers. edited by Michael Swaine 72 Swaine’s Flames Is Bill Gates hatching a doomsday plot to eradicate all life on Earth? F. William Engdahl isn’t sure. by Michael Swaine 4 Dr. Dobb’s Journal l www.ddj.com l March 2008 Page 60 http://www.ddj.com
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Dr. Dobb's Journal - March 2008 Dr. Dobb's Journal - March 2008 Contents Hmmmm Alia Vox Developer Diaries Developer’s Notebook Social Networks and Software Development Conversations Detecting Bugs in Safety-Critical Code Change Code Without Fear Continuous Integration and Performance Testing Wt: A Web Toolkit Automating Release Notifications The Agile Edge Effective Concurrency Swaine’s Flames Dr. Dobb's Journal - March 2008 Dr. Dobb's Journal - March 2008 - (Page Belly1) Dr. Dobb's Journal - March 2008 - (Page Belly2) Dr. Dobb's Journal - March 2008 - Dr. Dobb's Journal - March 2008 (Page Cover1) Dr. Dobb's Journal - March 2008 - Dr. Dobb's Journal - March 2008 (Page Cover2) Dr. Dobb's Journal - March 2008 - Dr. Dobb's Journal - March 2008 (Page 1) Dr. Dobb's Journal - March 2008 - Dr. Dobb's Journal - March 2008 (Page 2) Dr. Dobb's Journal - March 2008 - Dr. Dobb's Journal - March 2008 (Page 3) Dr. Dobb's Journal - March 2008 - Contents (Page 4) Dr. Dobb's Journal - 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