Low-Cost, Low-Power Servers Begin Their Ascent
As the cloud is quickly demonstrating, small, seemingly underpowered servers are quite enough for most development tasks. Buying one of these low-cost, low-power units makes clear how much developer-friendlier they are than datacenter solutions - Development Tools
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Developer's Reading List
The latest books off the press cover code readability, Java performance, hunting for and prying open security defects, game testing, architecture, and even OpenVMS. - Tools
Low-Power ARM-Based Build Server Delivers
Nvidia's low-power, low-cost, ARM-based Trim-Slice is easy to set up and run, and it delivers as a build server. - Tools
Booting an Intel Architecture System, Part II: Advanced Initialization
Once the processor is running and memory has been initialized, timers and devices must be started up and a memory map laid out. Only then, can the OS be loaded. - Design
Linked Lists Are, Like, So Last Century
Give up your sequential linked lists in favor of tree structures for all of your unordered data when processing that data in parallel. - Parallel
Language of the Month: JRuby
Ahead-of-time compilation, metaprogramming Java objects, real threads, and the ability to call Java directly from Ruby code are all ways in which JRuby improves on the standard Ruby distribution. - JVM Languages
It's the User
Historically speaking, the most profound change in the way we build software today is in how we care for the user. - Design
The Rise and Fall of Programming Languages in 2011
As mobile devices become a major development platform, scripting languages are beginning to fall out of favor. - Mobile
Jolt Awards: Coding Tools
Going to the very heart of the developer's toolbox, we select four outstanding tools. - Jolt Awards
Best of the Web
How Debuggers Work
A detailed series of articles explaining how debuggers work their magic.
Custom Development Becoming Key Strategic Differentiator
At financial services firms, developers rule once again!
Learn Git Fast
A series of approachable, to-the-point tutorials on how to use Git.
A Layman's Introduction to Formal Grammar
For an easy-to-understand explanation of formal grammar in one concise essay, start with this.
A Deep Look at Font Rasterization
How fonts are rasterized and optimized for display (with an emphasis on open source tools).
Events of Interest
February 1-3, Miami, FL. DevCon5 Road Show for HTML5 designers and developers.
February 13-16, Santa Clara, CA. Cloud Connect
February 26-29, San Francisco, CA. SPTechCon (Sharepoint Technology Conference)
March 5-6, London, UK. QCon London
March 5-9, San Francisco, CA. Game Developers Conference
March 24-28, San Jose, CA. CGO '12. 10th Annual IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Code Generation and Optimization.
March 25-30, Potsdam, Germany. AOSD '12. Aspect-oriented Software Development.
March 26-29, Reston, VA. EclipseCon 2012.
April 2-4, San Francisco, CA. O'Reilly Where Conference
May 14-17, Bay Area, California. AnDevCon III (Android Developer Conference)
May 29-31, Fluent 2012: JavaScript and Beyond, San Francisco, CA.
June 4-6, Nashville, Tennessee.Magic Software Users Conference
June 11-14, Orlando, FL. Microsoft Tech-Ed
June 18-20, New York, NY. QCon New York
June 27-29, San Francisco, CA. Goole I/O Conference
July 16-20, Portland, OR. OSCON
September 23-25, St Louis, MO. StrangeLoop
September 30 - Oct 4, San Francisco, CA. JavaOne
October 22-24, San Francisco, CA. Windows Phone DevCon
October 24-25, New York City. The Strata Conference
November 7-9, San Francisco, CA. QCon
