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Dr. Dobb's Archive
On this site is archived all the content from Dr. Dobb's that was published on the Web through December 31, 2014.
5 Steps to Protect Mobile Apps from Attacks
Mobile apps are important gateways to malicious attacks, just like Web apps. It's high time to begin thinking about mobile security as a top development priority. Where to begin?
Jolt Awards: The Best Books
The best books of the past 12 months.
The Internet of Overhyped Things
Vendors and analysts would have us believe that the Internet of Things is imminent. But, in fact, it will be years before the obstacles it faces can be surmounted.
Security Issues in Swift: What the New Language Did Not Fix
The security issues that existed in Objective-C have been only partially addressed in Swift. What to watch out for?
Security News
Okta Identity Management Selection Pack For Developers
Ingredients: secure authentication, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication — may contain nuts
Free Microsoft Threat Modeling Tool 2014
A systematic way to find design-level security and privacy weaknesses in systems
Scanning Critical Security Defects In C# Open Source
OWASP and C# capabilities in scan service expanded
IEEE: Top Ten Software Security Design Flaws
The IEEE Center for Secure Design cybersecurity initiative has released a report titled "Avoiding the Top 10 Software Security Design Flaws"
Dovecot Gmail API Compatible REST API
Open source and complementary to existing email IMAP and POP3 protocols
Oracle Mobile Application Framework Arrives
Mobile-centric integration for back end services and security
Enterprise Java Development For Internet of Things
IoT-Ready Kaazing Gateway 4.0 JMS Edition
Free Microsoft Threat Modeling Tool 2014
A systematic way to find design-level security and privacy weaknesses in systems
CMMI Extends Framework For Security
Verification and validation updates feature in CMMI for Development V1.3
SUSE kGraft Live Patches Linux Kernel
Company pledges to submit kGraft upstream for standard live patching solution
Events of Interest
December 11-12. Washington, D.C. ModevCon
March 2-6, 2015 London, UK. QCon London
March 5-8, 2015. Recife, Brazil. Tropical Ruby
March 17-19, 2015. Boston, MA. O'Reilly Software Architecture Conference
March 23-24, 2015. Palo Alto, CA. Evans Data's 11th Annual Developer Relations Conference
April 8-16, 2015. Montreal, Canada. PyCon 2015
April 27-30, 2015. Baltimore, MD. 11th Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Architecture Technology User Network (SATURN) Conference
May 4-8, 2015. Chicago, IL. Microsoft Ignite Conference
May 12-14, 2015. Zaragoza, Spain.Protocols Plugfest Europe 2015
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September 2013. JavaOne
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May 2013. Google I/O
October 2012. JAXLondon 2012
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July 2012. Java Language Summit
June 2012. Google I/O 2012
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May 2012 (paid). Fluent Conference
March 2012. Multicore World
July 2011. JVM Language Summit