F#, the latest member of the Visual Studio family of languages, offers some enticing advantages over C# and Visual Basic, stemming from its functional-object fusion nature.
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(10/09/08)
Conversion functions are inherently unsafe as they might surprise you with implicit conversions over which you have no control. This is why such functions have been avoided for years. Learn how the new C++0x explicit conversion functions put an end to years of conversion functions blues.
(10/08/08)
This article delves into the motivation, benefits, and challenges of writing applications using polyglot programming—leveraging the multi-language nature of the CLR to create simpler solutions to vexing problems.
(10/07/08)
Most organizations have yet to fully realize the SOA vision through current technologies. Remedy this problem by mixing a web-based architecture with RDF and the SKOS metadata languages.
(10/06/08)
As your projects grow more complicated, you'll need a build system to keep track of build results—and MSBuild is up to the task.
It's been 10 years since the first ISO C++ standard, and 2009 will bring us the second. In this special report, DevX delves into the new features being discussed by the standards team. Learn how these new features will revolutionize the way you code.
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(10/03/08)
Encrypt your files transparently in Linux with eCryptfs, an enterprise-class stacked cryptographic file system.
(10/02/08)
Part 1 of this two-part article covered five architecture- and management-focused topics you wish they had told you about SharePoint. This article follows up with five more topics targeted specifically toward SharePoint developers.
(10/02/08)
Get an introduction to Zend Framework's search component for PHP, Zend_Search_Lucene. This full text search engine is based on the popular Apache Lucene project, a search engine for Java.
(09/30/08)
In the next installment of this Android series, you'll learn how to incorporate GPS and Google Maps into your Android application, so your users can see where they are, all the time.
(09/30/08)
Learn how to use common object-oriented techniques in F# so that various shapes know how to calculate their own perimeter.
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Not-quite-with-it adults solicit advice of teenagers at San Francisco's CTIA conference.
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VMWare Chief Chiefly Wrong
While there's no doubt that other application types running on other OSs are more common than they once were, the idea that "people are no longer writing traditional Windows applications" simply indicates how far out of touch Maritz is with the mainstream efforts of working developers.
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