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Total Cost of Ownership: A Comparison of C/C++ and Java

Programming language preference is a favorite debate among developers. Because different languages offer different coding styles, as well as different resources and tools, choosing between languages like C/C++ and Java can come down to developers' personal preference and comfort. But for businesses looking to implement one of these languages, how...

Tags: Developer, Evans Data Corp., TCO, Language, Programming Language Preference, C/C++, Programming Languages, Roi/Tco, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Finance, Managerial Accounting

White papers 2007-06-01

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CTIA 09: Is the Palm Pre keyboard the Achilles heel of the device?

CTIA 09: Is the Palm Pre keyboard the Achilles heel of the device?Are you kidding?The keyboard will increase the ease of use on this device. A full screen device that requires you click the screen to input text can be extremely annoying. Ask iPhone users.RE: CTIA 09: Is the Palm...

Tags: Keyboards, Cellular phones, keyboard, Apple iPhone, Pre, Palm Pre, CTIA 09, Palm Inc., Achilles heel, Centro, CTIA

Discussion threads 2009-04-06

Who put the 'crap' in 'Crapintosh'?

Who put the 'crap' in 'Crapintosh'?Matte Screen - YESI agree wholeheartedly with your final words. Why anyone would think that a highly reflective gloss LCD screen is preferable to a non-reflective matte one beats me.RE: MariusSilverwolfHe's got a degree in English Literature; he's more qualified than me to write on...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Macintosh, Crapintosh, PC

Discussion threads 2008-12-02

iPhone vs. Android development: Day 5

Today is the last day of a 5-day course on iPhone programming class led by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. During the course I've been taking notes on how development for the iPhone compares to development for Android. By the way, BNR also offers Android courses if you're interested....

Tags: Program, Apple iPhone, Web Service, Android, iPhone API, Settings App, Android Preference, Cloud Computing, Web Services, XML, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-11-21

iPhone vs. Android development: Day 1

As I mentioned last week I've started learning more about developing for the Apple iPhone. This week I'll be sharing my experiences during a 5-day course on iPhone programming presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. In particular, I'll be pointing out differences between Android and iPhone development. ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Android, Interface Builder Program, Programming Languages, C/C++, Development Tools, Telecom & Utilities, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Digital Future Text-to-Speech SDK for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux 3.5.0 (Windows)

Digital Future Text-to-Speech SDK DF TTS SDK is the only true OS native (no COM/ActiveX, no client-server, etc overheads) cross-platform provider-independent technology that provides standardized and unified API's for the implementation of the conversion of text data into speech. Digital Future Text-to-Speech SDK for Windows R, Mac OS X...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, API, Digital Future, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS, Linux, C#, Programming Languages, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2008-08-02

Digital Future Text-to-Speech SDK 3.5 (Mac)

Digital Future Text-to-Speech SDK DF TTS SDK is the only true OS native (no COM/ActiveX, no client-server, etc overheads) cross-platform provider-independent technology that provides standardized and unified API's for the implementation of the conversion of text data into speech. Digital Future Text-to-Speech SDK for Windows R, Mac OS X...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, API, Digital Future, C#, Programming Languages, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Development Tools, Operating Systems, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Software, Apple Mac OS, Development Tools

Software downloads 2008-08-01

Leopards and development platform strategies

As any self-respecting geeks already knows (well, at least those who a) use Macs or b) keep up to date on technology news), Leopard, a.k.a. Mac OS X 10.5, the latest update to Apple's Mac OS operating system, was released this past weekend, and appears to have done quite well....

Tags: Strategy, Apple Inc., Leopard, Siracusa, Objective-C, Objective-C Runtime, C#, .Net, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, John Carroll

Blog posts 2007-10-30

Enterprise SOA: cool, sexy and so-o-o doomed!

Enterprise SOA: cool, sexy and so-o-o doomed!I think you skipped a buzzword, RobinIn between ILM (thanks for that memory, btw) and SOA there was the brief "web services" phase. You'll still hear "web services" and SOA used interchangeably in some discussions. Sometimes further confused with "software as a...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, OOA/OOD/OOP, SOA, information technology

Discussion threads 2007-04-09

Getting ready for .NET 3.0

Getting ready for .NET 3.0You are fighting ideologyTotally agree with your article and am looking forward to WPF. However, you do know that the consensus of opinion on these forums is that MS, despite hiring the best designers, programmers, UI specialists etc etc, can't really design good software. ...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, Development tools, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0, SOA, Web, software, Microsoft .NET, web applet

Discussion threads 2006-10-31

Google NYC First Look: Top Google engineer talks to NYC software industry

I had the pleasure of chatting this evening with Alan Warren, Google Director of Engineering, the guest of honor at the New York Software Industry Association NYSIA October meeting. I happened to take the seat next to him prior to the program and while he reviewed his succinct outline for...

Tags: Google Inc., NYC, Warren

Blog posts 2006-10-16

Alan Cooper, interface design, and complexity

I haven't actually counted, but my guess is that about eight out of every ten websites I visit (and yes, I'm radically revising my own for August) are user unfriendly. Quite aside from the arrogance or ignorance of people who rely on things like Frontpage to exclude non Windows...

Tags: tool

Blog posts 2006-06-09

Finally, an application for Origami (and maybe dinner for Tim Bray)

Finally, an application for Origami and maybe dinner for Tim Braydon't worry about dinnerDavid,I'd hate for you to be buying dinner after JavaOne, the big Eclipse release, called Callisto, is not until the end of June. Ian SkerrettEclipse FoundationDouble standardThis is nonsense. On the one hand, you promote this "Java...

Tags: Java development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Programming languages, Eclipse, Sun NetBeans, Java

Discussion threads 2006-05-04

AJAX vs. desktop development

AJAX is the web development buzzword du mois. AJAX programming isn't really anything revolutionary. It is simply a means of combining a bunch of web-oriented technologies in a way that enables highly-interactive browser-based applications. There are a variety of AJAX definitions floating around, but I think this article outlines the...

Tags: JavaScript, Web

Blog posts 2005-11-29

A word from Rob Pike

The world of text processing in the sense of search and interpretation is very broadly split into two camps: people who want to structure the document database according to content prior to searching, and those who want to impose that structure as part of each search. Yahoo, for example, seeks...

Tags: classification, file system, tool

Blog posts 2005-07-08

C creator upbeat on its future

C creator upbeat on its futureUnrelated information makes a bad comparison..>> "C++ is bigger than ever," Stroustrup said. "There are more than 3 million C++ programmers. Everywhere I look there has been an uprising--more and more projects are using C++. > Data from analyst firm Evans Data, which...

Tags: C/C++, Programming languages, Evans Data Corp., Microsoft .NET, PHP, Microsoft Visual Basic, programming language, C, C++, Java

Discussion threads 2005-04-22

You can never be too rich or too thin

You can never be too rich or too thinAnd half is too muchI won't believe the half of what Ballmer says! Your javascript arguement goes to the heart of what I've been saying all along - we have ENOUGH computer languages! Enough, is ENOUGH - but its probably TOO MUCH!...

Tags: Thin clients, Programming languages, Scripting languages, PC, thin client, programming, JavaScript, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-02-23

Hint of things to come in Java IDEs?

One of the biggest selling features of Visual Studio .Net is in its support for multiple languages. For all intents and purposes, languages are just modules in VS.Net's integrated development environment IDE. Whether you prefer to code with Microsoft's Visual Basic VB, Visual C++, or have ventured into the newer...

Tags: Java

Blog posts 2004-12-10