o one who works in IT today can escape the carnage wreaked by hackers. Worms and other exploits are increasingly designed to target specific vulnerabilities in software ranging from operating
he recent DevX editorial “OOP Is Much Better in Theory Than in Practice” by Richard Mansfield has caused quite a stir among our audience. The strong response revealed contrasting viewpoints
ike many ideas that sound good in theory but are clumsy in practice, object-oriented programming (OOP) offers benefits only in a specialized context—namely, group programming. And even in that circumstance
n an article published last week on DevX entitled “Why EDI Must Die“, the author, Jeremy Jones, gives several reasons why he believes XML is superior to the X12 format
lectronic Data Interchange (EDI), a data format used for inter-business messaging, has been partially responsible for reducing costs and increasing productivity in the manufacturing and services industries. Over the years,
oftware Architect is a great job title. It looks great on business cards. When someone asks you what you do for a living, you can say you’re a Software Architect.
he FoxPro team at Microsoft is readying a new version for release at the end of 2004. This may come as a surprise to some; it’s not uncommon to hear
he typical programmer wears clothes made in Honduras. He drives to work in a Korean car while he sips Mexican coffee. He sits down at his Chinese-made desk, and turns
here’s a great deal of information, innuendo, and rumor circulating concerning offshore outsourcing, more widely known as offshoring: the practice of moving jobs from a host country to a different