Highly Scalable

MAY 1, 2012

Statistical analysis and mining of huge multi-terabyte data sets is a common task nowadays, especially in the areas like web analytics and Internet advertising. Analysis of such large data sets often requires powerful distributed data stores like Hadoop and heavy data processing with techniques like MapReduce. This approach often leads to heavyweight high-latency analytical processes and poor applicability to realtime use cases.

Analytics 191

Analytics Traffic Big Data Efficiency 191

Sutter's Mill

APRIL 30, 2012

At GoingNative in February , I emphasized the need for more modern and portable C++ libraries, including for things like RESTful web/cloud services, HTTP, JSON, and more. The goal is to find or develop modern C++ libraries that leverage C++11 features, and then submit the best for standardization. Microsoft wants to do its part, and here’s a step in that direction.

C++ 43

C++ Azure Programming Cloud 43

Tim Kadlec

MAY 3, 2012

If you’ve gone to a BDConf (more on the recent Orlando event very soon!), you know we keep the focus pretty tight: web design and development for beyond the desktop. No native discussion, just web. We thought it would be fun to get even more focused. So on June 4th in Minneapolis, we’ll host the first ever BDConf:focus on event and do a deep dive into responsive design: all day, all responsive.

Mobile 40

Mobile Design Code Availability 40

The Agile Manager

APRIL 30, 2012

A big software development project collapses just weeks before it is expected to be released to QA. According to the project leadership team, they're dogged by integration problems and as a result, the software is nowhere close to being done. It's going to take far more time and far more money than expected, but until these integration problems get sorted out, it isn't clear how much more time and how much more money.

Small Business 40

Small Business Tuning Testing Software 40

Sutter's Mill

APRIL 30, 2012

I just posted the following panel announcement to the C++ and Beyond site. The three-day event (plus evening-before reception) with me, Scott Meyers, and Andrei Alexandrescu will be held on August 5-8, and early-bird registration is open until May 31. C++11 is kind of like “C++ Dreamliner.” It’s built with world-class modern materials. It took a couple more years to finish than originally expected.

C++ 40

C++ Code Efficiency Development 40

Sutter's Mill

APRIL 30, 2012

I’m seeing many younger programmers picking up C++. The average age at C++ events over the past year has been declining rapidly as the audience sizes grow with more and younger people in addition to the C++ veterans. But this one just beats all [Facebook link added]: A six-year-old child from Bangladesh is hoping to be officially recognised as the world’s youngest computer programmer.

C++ 40

C++ Programming Media Games 40