Dr. Dobb's Journal - December 2007 - (Page 4) d12TOFC_p3maBlk 10/11/07 10:18 AM Page 4 The World of Software Development December 2007 Contents F EAT U R E S 16 Computer Books: Reading Between the Lines In the topsy-turvy world of publishing, books remain a fundamental source of information for developers. by Michael Swaine 24 Query Anything with SQLite Virtual tables are the foundation of some of SQLite’s larger features, including full text search. by Michael Owens 30 XQuery XQuery uses the structure of XML intelligently to express queries across the diverse kinds of data XML can be used to represent. by Sam Edwards and Paul Tremblett 36 Web Maps with the Google Map API Google has provided web developers with a feature rich toolset for representing geographical information. by Dionysios G. Synodinos 42 OpenALM and Its Manifesto Is the OpenALM Manifesto Borland’s bid to universally codify the software development process? by Mike Riley Page 42 46 Transactional Programming Database techniques applied to C++ programming. by Calum Grant DE PARTM E NTS 6 10 12 Hmmmm The give-and-take of transactions is on our editor’s mind this month. by Jonathan Erickson 14 20 64 Developer’s Notebook New development products and new releases of existing ones. compiled by the DDJ Staff COLUMNS 57 Effective Concurrency The good news is that today’s software is on modular, composable software. The bad news is that locks, and other forms of synchronization, aren’t. by Herb Sutter Alia Vox Adam reflects on his 20+ years in the software development business. by Adam Kowala Conversations MySQL’s Jim Starkey discusses databases. by Deirdre Blake Developer Diaries Profiles of programmers, descriptions of developers. edited by Michael Swaine Swaine’s Flames Taking a cue from the title of his column, Michael takes a minute or two to flame. by Michael Swaine 60 The Agile Edge How do you define project success? Scott provides some suggestions. by Scott W. Ambler 4 Dr. Dobb’s Journal l www.ddj.com l December 2007 Page 36 http://www.ddj.com
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