I remember back when Delphi came out. It was a revolutionary product, no doubt, but it added a high amount of abstraction to the development stack. In fact, I remember seeing it demoed some half year or so before it would ship, ay CeBit.
What No One Told You About Z-Index — Philip WaltonThe problem with z-index is that very few people understand how it really works. It's not complicated, but it if you've never taken the time to read its specification, there are almost certainly crucial aspects that you're completely unaware of.
Stumbling Into the Cold Expanse of Real ProgrammingHow did fast action games exist at all on 8-bit systems? Those were the days of processors living below the 2 MHz threshold, with each instruction run to completion before even considering the next. No floating point math.
OverviewASP.NET SignalR is a new library for ASP.NET developers that simplifies the process of adding real-time web functionality to your applications. Real-time web functionality is the ability to have server-side code push content to connected clients instantly as it becomes available.
Why choose DI interception over aspect oriented programming?Let me start with saying that in this post I will explain why I think Dependency Injection is a better way to solve cross cutting concerns than AOP. I know there are heavy debates for each side, but I will try to explain my motives.
Welcome to the futureWeb Components usher in a new era of web development based on encapsulated and interoperable custom elements that extend HTML itself. Built atop these new standards, Polymer makes it easier and faster to create anything from a button to a complete application across desktop, mobile, and beyond.
“Out Of Memory” Does Not Refer to Physical MemoryI started programming on x86 machines during a period of large and rapid change in the memory management strategies enabled by the Intel processors.
Coding HorrorWhy Does Windows Have Terrible Battery Life? I've become a huge fan of touch computing. I believe that most things we think of as "computers" will be de-facto tablets, either in our pocket, in our hands, possibly even mounted on our wrists or forearms.
A Journey Through the CPU PipelineIt is good for programmers to understand what goes on inside a processor. The CPU is at the heart of our career.
Input / Output and the Object-Oriented ParadigmToday, more then ever before, I/O dominates what software is about. Of course, it’s always been important but, with increasing bandwidths, I/O seems to be what most programs now spend most of their time doing.
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.