C/C++
C/C++ Feature Articles
Using Bluetooth
Trying to communicate with a remote device with no other familiar protocol? Bluetooth provides an easy answer with well-documented specs and straightforward programming APIs.
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.
Destructors Considered Harmful
Allocating dynamic resources may seem hazardous — but freeing them is the real hazard.
The Best of 2011
The most popular articles of last year from Dr. Dobb's, plus some additional pieces picked out for your thoughtful consideration by our staff
Cross-Platform C/C++ Development with Eclipse CDT
Using Eclipse as a universal C++ IDE for Linux and Windows requires navigating a few issues in setup and functionality. Here's how.
C/C++ News
Oracle Bakes NetBeans IDE 7.1 For Better UIs
First IDE to support latest Java specs and JavaFX 2.0 and JDK7
New Cross-Platform Testing Tool and Mocking Framework
Typemock launches unit testing framework for Linux
New C# Interface for eXtremeDB In-Memory Database System
Accelerated and streamlined .NET development proposition
Qt Reaches Official Developer Launch of Qt Quick
Developers and UI designers handed new development tools
RunRev Revs Up LiveCode for Android
Iterative compile-free coding environment for both iOS and Android
Kick Starting C++Builder and Delphi RAD Environments
Embarcadero offers low-cost versions of popular software development tools
Micro Focus Aims To Simplify COBOL
Micro Focus Visual COBOL R3 migrates COBOL apps to modern platforms
LIBJACKET: A Broad, Fast GPU Software Library
C/C++ library for GPU computing
ACM Distinguished Members Recognized for Computing Innovations
2010 Recipients hail from international universities and industries
Evernote Abandons Microsoft .NET in Favor of Native Code
Events of Interest
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 2-3, London, U.K. Moblie 360 Live
April 2-4, San Francisco, CA. O'Reilly Where Conference
April 10-12, Santa Clara, CA. Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo
May 7-11, St. Petersburg, FL. SEI Architecture Technology User Network (SATURN) Conference 2012
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
Best of the Web
Triple Buffering as A Concurrency Mechanism
Triple Buffering is a way of passing data between a producer and a consumer running at different rates. It ensures that the consumer sees only complete data with minimal lag.
Embedding GDB Breakpoints in C Source Code
Have you ever wanted to embed GDB breakpoints in C source code? Something like this:
printf("Hello,\n");
EMBED_BREAKPOINT;
printf("world!\n");
Writing Kernel Exploits
Why attack the kernel? Because it has a huge attack surface with potential for very interesting bugs. This presentation (pdf) takes a code-level dive into recently reported Linux-kernel exploits.
Compiling the JavaScript Engines
With growing demand for out-of-browser JavaScript (e.g., server JavaScript), a good knowledge of JavaScript engines is becoming more important.
