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Learning Modern C++: An Interview with Barbara Moo

C++ was originally introduced in the 1980s, when coinciding with the rise of object orientated programming, it became one of the primary languages for software development. In the years since C++'s entry, both scripted languages and managed languages have risen in popularity. InfoQ speaks with Barbara Moo, coauthor of C++ Primer Fifth Edition, about C++11 and modern C++ development.

Jeff Martin
on Feb 11, 2013
Automating Data Protection Across the Enterprise

This article builds on the foundational Regulatory Compliant Cloud Computing (RC3) architecture for application security in the cloud by defining a Data Encryption Infrastructure(DEI) which is not application specific. DEI encompasses technology components and an application architecture that governs the protection of sensitive data within an enterprise.

Arshad Noor
on Feb 07, 2013
DevOps

The Continuous Delivery Maturity Model

Continuous Delivery is rapidly gaining recognition as a successful strategy for true business agility. For many organizations the question is no longer “why?”, but rather “how?” How do you start with CD, and how do you transform your organization to ensure sustainable results. The authors present a Maturity Model to help address some of the key aspects you need to consider when adopting CD.

Andreas Rehn Patrik Boström Tobias Palmborg
on Feb 06, 2013
Designing and Implementing Hypermedia APIs

This article (the first in a four-part series) talks briefly about the concept of using hypermedia as an application programming interface (API) and how to design a hypermedia type to use as a basis for your API. In upcoming weekly installments of the series, details of implementing hypermedia servers and clients will be reviewed along with techniques for evolving the API safely over time.

Mike Amundsen
on Feb 05, 2013
Automated Builds: How to Get Started

The first part of this series discussed some of the benefits of automating your build and deployment processes. In this article, we will take a common example of a corporate web application for a fictional financial institution, and walk through fully automating their build process.

Joe Enos
on Feb 04, 2013
The Datomic Information Model

Rich Hickey, the author of Clojure, explains the information model of Datomic - a new database designed as a composition of simple services, combining the capabilities of RDBMS and scalability of NoSQL.

Rich Hickey
on Feb 01, 2013
DevOps @ Nokia Entertainment

DevOps@Nokia Entertainment is the first article of the “DevOps War Stories” series. Each month we hear what DevOps brings to a different organisation, we learn what worked and what didn’t, and chart the challenges faced during adoption.

John Clapham
on Jan 31, 2013
Agile Podcasts: A Great Learning Alternative

Reading is a very widespread way of consuming information about Agile practices, but it is not the only way. Listening to podcasts is an alternative way to increase your knowledge.

Kirill Klimov
on Jan 30, 2013
Why Should Agilists Care About Capitalization?

This article examines the impact of accounting rules on Agile projects and provides perspectives and resources to make the accounting argument for agile capitalization, potentially reducing your company’s tax burden, increasing available funds for engineers, and making your auditors happy.

Dan R. Greening
on Jan 29, 2013
Interview and Book Review: Continuous Delivery and DevOps - A Quickstart Guide

"Continuous Delivery and DevOps - A Quickstart Guide" is a good starting point for newbies as well as for those facing the challenge of changing organizations with complex release processes.

Manuel Pais
on Jan 26, 2013
Interview and Book Review: A practical approach to large-scale Agile development

A Practical Approach to Large-Scale Agile Development tells the story about applying agile and lean principles in a large scale software development program for the HP laserjet futuresmart firmware. An interview with with two of the authors, Gary Gruver and Mike Young, about agile principles, managing change, collaboration between distributed teams, and the benefits of using agile.

Ben Linders
on Jan 25, 2013
Book Review: Core Java Volume 1 - Fundamentals

Core Java Volume I Ninth Edition by Cay Horstmann and Gary Cornell has been released, and it is as lucid and replete with basic non-trivial examples as ever. In this two-volume tome you will find everything you ever wanted to know about Java 7, the latest release of the Java Development Kit, including collections, generics, concurrency, etc.

Victor Grazi
on Jan 24, 2013

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