Tim Kadlec

APRIL 10, 2012

A little while back, I mentioned I was doing some research for the book about how images are downloaded when media queries are involved. To help with that, I wrote up some automated tests where Javascript could determine whether or not the image was requested and the results could be collected by Browserscope for review. I posted some initial findings, but I think I’ve got enough data now to be able to go into a bit more detail.

Media 75

Media Mobile Testing Internet 75

Sutter's Mill

APRIL 12, 2012

Last week at the Lang.NEXT 2012 conference in Redmond, I gave a 40-minute C++ talk and participated on a native languages panel. Both are now online at Channel 9. Here’s the 40-min C++ talk, taken from the C9 site: (Not Your Father’s) C++ Herb Sutter. What makes ISO C++11 "feel like a new language"? What things that we know about past C++ do we need to unlearn?

C++ 40

C++ Programming Design Code 40

All Things Distributed

APRIL 11, 2012

'All Things Distributed. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Expanding the Cloud â?? Introducing Amazon CloudSearch. By Werner Vogels on 12 April 2012 12:00 AM. | Permalink. | Comments (). Today Amazon Web Services is introducing Amazon CloudSearch , a new web service that brings the power of the Amazon.comâ??s search technology to every developer.

Cloud 149

Cloud AWS Technology Technology 149

Sutter's Mill

APRIL 12, 2012

I’ve been meaning to post a link to Vincent Lextrait’s nice (and actively maintained) catalog of what languages are used to build what modern and major mainstream software: The Programming Languages Beacon. This table contains a list of major software products or utilities, with details about the programming languages used to implement them.

Software 40

Software Software C++ Programming 40