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The Agile 10 Steps Model
Description : Technical processes have tended to dominate agile thinking. Allan Kelly looks at the wider picture.
Category: [ Process Topics | Overload Journal #101 - February 2011 ]

Bug Hunting and the Scientific Method
Description : Do you have a proper methodology when fixing bugs? Rafael Jay puts on his lab coat.
Category: [ Process Topics | Overload Journal #100 - December 2010 ]

From Occam's Razor to No Bugs' Axe
Description : Designing good APIs that stand the test of time is notoriously hard. Sergey Ignatchenko suggests a radical guideline.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Process Topics | Overload Journal #100 - December 2010 ]

Why Fixed Point Won't Cure Your Floating Point Blues
Description : Numeric computing is very difficult to do properly. Richard Harris looks at whether a common technique will help.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Overload Journal #100 - December 2010 ]

Interface Versioning in C++
Description : Updating a widely used DLL interface is non-trivial. Steve Love presents a practical approach.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Overload Journal #100 - December 2010 ]

Quality Matters Christmas Intermezzo
Description : Sometimes it's good to reflect. Matthew Wilson considers what he's learnt so far.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Design of applications and programs | Overload Journal #100 - December 2010 ]

You're Going To Have To Think!
Description : Numerical computing has many pitfalls. Richard Harris starts looking for a silver bullet.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Design of applications and programs | Overload Journal #99 - October 2010 ]

To DLL or Not To DLL
Description : Shared libraries provide both benefits and problems. Sergey Ignatchenko introduces a rabbit's-eye view.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Design of applications and programs | Overload Journal #99 - October 2010 ]

Making String ReTRIEval Fast
Description : Sometimes you really do have to optimize your code. Björn Fahller looks at a string lookup data structure.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Overload Journal #99 - October 2010 ]

Quality Matters #6: Exceptions for Practically-Unrecoverable Conditions
Description : Being robust is harder than you think. Matthew Wilson analyses a classic program.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Overload Journal #99 - October 2010 ]

The Model Student: The ACCU 2010 Crypto Challenge
Description : Electronic computers advanced cryptography enormously. Richard Harris sets a challenge, and finds a solution.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Overload Journal #98 - August 2010 ]

Debugging Run Time Memory Problems
Description : The C++ Standard is often silent on what happens when things go wrong. Matthew Jones looks under the bonnet to take control.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Overload Journal #98 - August 2010 ]

The ANSI Standard For C
Description : A summary of the proposed ANSI extensions to the C Programming Language By Steven W.Palmer
Category: [ Programming Topics | CVu Journal Vol 1, #3 - Feb 1988 ]

Commenting programs, how and why
Description : A letter has flooded in from Colin Masterson, the author of our series on structured programming:
Category: [ Programming Topics | CVu Journal Vol 1, #2 - Dec 1987 | Letters to the Editor ]

Everything You Wanted To Know About C ......
Description : Tips and Tricks from Steven Palmer
Category: [ Programming Topics | CVu Journal Vol 1, #2 - Dec 1987 ]

Structure, Part 2
Description : In the last part we spoke about structure in terms of ignoring detail. We now go on to formalise our thinking.
Category: [ Programming Topics | CVu Journal Vol 1, #2 - Dec 1987 ]

Everything You Wanted To Know About C ......
Description : Your problems answered.
Category: [ Programming Topics | CVu Journal Vol 1, #1 - Oct 1987 ]

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