Deconstructing Inheritance
Description : Inheritance can be overused. Lucian Radu Teodorescu considers how it can go wrong and the alternatives.
Category: [ Design of applications and programs | Overload Journal #156 - April 2020 ]

Don’t Use std::endl
Description : How do you add a new line in C++? Chris Sharpe suggests std::endl is a tiny utility that’s more trouble than it’s worth.
Category: [ Design of applications and programs | Overload Journal #149 - February 2019 ]

Diseconomies of Scale
Description : Bigger is not always better. Allan Kelly considers when smaller is more productive.
Category: [ Design of applications and programs | Overload Journal #148 - December 2018 ]

Does Test-Driven Development Harm Clarity?
Description : Is clarity the key thing to aim for when writing software? Andy Balaam considers if TDD harms clarity and if this matters.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Design of applications and programs | Overload Journal #122 - August 2014 ]

DynamicAny (Part 2)
Description : Alex Fabijanic uncovers the internals of DynamicAny with some performance and size tests.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Design of applications and programs | Overload Journal #87 - October 2008 ]

DynamicAny, Part I
Description : Alex Fabijanic presents a class hierarchy providing dynamic typing in standard C++.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Design of applications and programs | Overload Journal #86 - August 2008 ]

Divide and Conquer: Partition Trees and Their Uses
Description : The world is a complex place. Stuart Golodetz introduces a powerful technique to describe it.
Category: [ Design of applications and programs | Overload Journal #86 - August 2008 ]

Design in Test-Driven Development
Description : With its roots in Japanese just-in-time manufacturing, Test-Driven Development (TDD) puts the traditional development process on its head. Adam Petersen discusses when to use TDD, how to use it successfully, and its use in up-front design.
Category: [ Programming Topics | Design of applications and programs | Overload Journal #78 - Apr 2007 ]

Debuggers Should Go Backwards
Description :

The computer science community has shown a woeful lack of interest in debugging, which given the huge economic cost of debugging is somewhat mysterious. However, there may be signs of "green shoots" in the desert landscape of debugging tools.

Category: [ Design of applications and programs | CVu Journal Vol 17, #6 - Dec 2005 ]

Designing C++ Interfaces - Templates

Category: [ Programming Topics | Design of applications and programs | Overload Journal #44 - Aug 2001 ]