Jolt Awards
Jolt Awards Feature Articles
Jolt Awards: Coding Tools
Going to the very heart of the developer's toolbox, we select four outstanding tools.
IDEs Are Dead. Long Live the IDE!
How will developers' favorite working environments evolve in a cloud-based, post-PC world?
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
Jolt Awards for Design, Architecture, and Planning Tools
Modeling tools, design products, and requirements management software receive their due, with this year's winners showing products of wide range and imagination
Jolt Calendar
Revised categories, schedule, and submission details for 2011 Jolt Awards
Jolt Awards News
Jolt Awards: Schedule Being Updated
The existing Jolt Awards schedule will be undergoing changes
Jolt Awards Update: Change and Configuration Management Category
Nominations are being accepted
CollabNet Intros CollabNet Subversion Edge
Distribution combines Subversion, Apache, and ViewVC with Web-based management interface
Pervasive Enhances DataRush with Scalable Analytics
Highly parallel platform leverages multicore systems
HTML5 App Framework Announced
Sensha Touch targets mobile platforms
NetBeans 6.9 Released
First NetBeans release under Oracle; focus on JavaFX
Cloud-Based Application Security Service Unveiled
Veracode enhances is automated static binary and dynamic web application testing service
CollabNet, HP Team Up on ALM
TeamForge integration with Quality Center provides requirements-to-release ALM
OpenCL 1.1 Spec Released
Release includes C++ wrapper API for use with OpenCL
Amazon Announces Availability of Storage Tools
Focus is on easy S3 import/export
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
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).
