If there’s one feature of Rust that is probably the most unique among languages in industry, it’s safe manual memory management. It’s easiest to explain safe manual memory management by explaining how it differs from the memory models of other languages.
What’s really different about “Enterprise”Enterprise IT projects are always about integration.
Drawing Dynamic VisualizationsFor more information, see: http://worrydream.com/DrawingDynamicVisualizationsTalkAddendum Throughout the history of science, diagrams and graphs have been essential thinking tools. In the past, such visualizations were drawn with pen on paper, and could embrace the directness, freedom, and exp
Where Is .NET Headed?I watched the dotNetConf .NET Open Source Panel last week. It was a bit disappointing to hear defeatism in the voices of OSS project leaders, because .NET’s future appears to rely entirely on the success of open source software for .NET. Here are a couple reasons: 1. The success of Windows Azure.
Rowan Miller Demonstrates Entity Framework 5 Using ASP.NET MVC 4In this episode, Rowan Miller shows you how to get started using his team's latest release, Entity Framework 5. Using a new ASP.NET MVC 4 project, he creates a database using code, then scaffolds an ASP.NET MVC 4 web site to enter and view data from the database.
What the Heck Are Document Databases?There’s a good chance that you’ve at least heard of the term NoSQL by now. Articles have even been written about it here in MSDN Magazine.
MSDN Magazine AuthorsJulie Lerman Data Points: Entity Framework Designer Gets Some Love in Visual Studio 2012 Julie Lerman The new Entity Framework Designer in Visual Studio 2012 gets a couple of big improvements and a slew of smaller ones, all adding up to an enhanced user experience.
Reverse Engineering Financial Data SourcesOne of the enduring frustrations of working in financial computing is the difficulty involved finding accurate and detailed sources of financial data. While free options such as Yahoo Finance and Edgar Online exist, the finest granularity they allow is that of daily stock prices.
StrangeCPU #4. MicrocodeWe are going to make the identification of users simpler without having to worry about servers and at-signs. We will make email context-sepcific and laden with metadata. Messages will know if they contain photos, notifications, or calendar events. Automatically.
This Read-It-Later-list is just that, bookmarks of stuff I intend to read or have read. I do not necessarily agree with opinions or statements in the bookmarked articles.
This list is compiled from my Pocket list.