http://drdobbs.com//architecture-and-design Dr. Dobb's Copyright 2013, United Business Media. en-us <![CDATA[http://drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/dr-dobbs-archive/240169474]]> <![CDATA[On this site is archived all the content from Dr. Dobb's that was published on the Web through December 31, 2014.]]> Sun, 11 Jan 2015 14:09:00 -0500 <![CDATA[http://drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/dr-dobbs-archive/240169474]]> <![CDATA[On this site is archived all the content from Dr. Dobb's that was published on the Web through December 31, 2014.]]> Sun, 11 Jan 2015 14:09:00 -0500 <![CDATA[http://drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/farewell-dr-dobbs/240169421]]> <![CDATA[After 38 years of glory, the long run of <em>Dr. Dobb's</em> has come to an end.]]> Tue, 16 Dec 2014 14:28:00 -0500 <![CDATA[http://drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/thriving-among-the-apis/240169441]]> <![CDATA[You're about to start work on designing and publishing your product's API. Now what?]]> Mon, 15 Dec 2014 18:50:00 -0500 <![CDATA[http://drdobbs.com/web-development/the-long-death-of-project-hosting-sites/240169394]]> <![CDATA[Last month, Microsoft and Google bypassed their own code hosts to post major code projects on GitHub. The once-favored hosts have begun a long, familiar decline.]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2014 15:42:00 -0500 <![CDATA[http://drdobbs.com/testing/testing-for-failures-with-python/240169387]]> <![CDATA[Writing solid code means knowing that when programs fail, they do so gracefully and predictably. Unit testing verifies this.]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2014 07:47:00 -0500 <![CDATA[http://drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/we-need-more-agile-it-now/240169361]]> <![CDATA[While IT is becoming more Agile, the rate of change in business requires even faster adoption of Agility.]]> Tue, 02 Dec 2014 15:54:00 -0500 <![CDATA[http://drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/clarity-of-goals-the-most-important-elem/240169360]]> <![CDATA[Complete clarity and constant communication of goals are as important to a product's success as execution, perhaps more so.]]> Tue, 02 Dec 2014 15:38:00 -0500 <![CDATA[http://drdobbs.com/cpp/building-portable-games-in-c/240169334]]> <![CDATA[The cocos-2d-x open source framework can be used to build games, apps, and other interactive software in C++. Here's a hands-on guide to using it to write and port games.]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2014 12:06:00 -0500 <![CDATA[http://drdobbs.com/mobile/debugging-mobile-apps-with-html5-and-int/240169329]]> <![CDATA[Using the Intel XDK IDE to debug an app from an iPad, an iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone devices.]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2014 06:58:00 -0500 <![CDATA[http://drdobbs.com/open-source/program-configuration-in-python/240169310]]> <![CDATA[Despite numerous options for passing config data to a program, there is still a need for a utility to handle complex hierarchical configuration and locate config files on distributed system. Here is one.]]> Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:28:00 -0500 <![CDATA[http://drdobbs.com/mobile/the-uncompromising-economics-of-being-3/240169170]]> <![CDATA[In software development, being the #3 platform in the mobile market is as good as being last.]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:23:00 -0500 <![CDATA[http://drdobbs.com/windows/c-and-nets-sudden-ubiquity/240169282]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft ports .NET to Linux and Macintosh and open-sources the entire stack.]]> Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:10:00 -0500 <![CDATA[http://drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/the-wearable-computing-revolution-begins/240169279]]> <![CDATA[A simple speech recognition example illustrates how to start creating wearable apps.]]> Wed, 12 Nov 2014 06:22:00 -0500 <![CDATA[http://drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/in-search-of-agile-architecture/240169245]]> <![CDATA[Despite years of refinement, Agile development still does not include architecture and design.]]> Tue, 04 Nov 2014 09:49:00 -0500 <![CDATA[http://drdobbs.com/mobile/swift-introduction-to-apples-new-program/240169130]]> <![CDATA[A decidedly simple alternative to Objective-C.]]> Tue, 04 Nov 2014 07:10:00 -0500 <![CDATA[http://drdobbs.com/cpp/data-compression-with-arithmetic-encodin/240169251]]> <![CDATA[Arithmetic encoders are better suited for adaptive models than Huffman coding, but they can be challenging to implement.]]> Tue, 04 Nov 2014 03:05:00 -0500 <![CDATA[http://drdobbs.com/cloud/whose-cloud-will-you-use/240169229]]> <![CDATA[While the choices appear infinite, they are in fact narrowing quickly.]]> Tue, 28 Oct 2014 16:29:00 -0400 <![CDATA[http://drdobbs.com/parallel/finding-the-median-of-two-sorted-arrays/240169222]]> <![CDATA[Merge operations integrate sorted arrays by triaging entries based on a median value. Finding that value accurately and efficiently requires careful work.]]> Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:22:00 -0400 <![CDATA[http://drdobbs.com/embedded-systems/adding-rest-based-web-services-to-iot-de/240169214]]> <![CDATA[Using JavaScript and Node.js to quickly add new capabilities to IoT projects]]> Tue, 28 Oct 2014 05:20:00 -0400 <![CDATA[http://drdobbs.com/testing/testing-complex-software-automatically/240169188]]> <![CDATA[Modeling requirements to generate comprehensive tests is an effective means of validating software &#151; without relying on thousands of low-level, handwritten tests.]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2014 15:36:00 -0400 <![CDATA[http://drdobbs.com/tools/7-best-practices-for-being-a-successful/240169183]]> <![CDATA[Working remotely requires special discipline and unique habits. Learn them to really contribute to the project.]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2014 06:25:00 -0400 <![CDATA[http://drdobbs.com/embedded-systems/building-an-iot-project-with-intel-galil/240169187]]> <![CDATA[Getting started with the Intel Galileo board and the XDK IoT Edition IDE.]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2014 04:00:00 -0400 <![CDATA[http://drdobbs.com/open-source/open-softwares-thousand-eyes-a-misunder/240169160]]> <![CDATA[Recent high-profile defects do not support the view that open source is less secure than closed source.]]> Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:22:00 -0400 <![CDATA[http://drdobbs.com/mobile/ios-8-healthkit-working-with-biometric-d/240169153]]> <![CDATA[Once you begin collecting data on individuals in real time, permission management, data storage, and data access all become challenging issues. Apple's iOS8 attempts to balance rights and privacy with developers' desire to write apps.]]> Tue, 14 Oct 2014 06:03:00 -0400