Programming Topics

Investigating Java Class Loading
by Roger Orr

C-side Re-sort
Description : In spite of the attention given to object-oriented development, TDD and modern testing frameworks, it is worth understanding how and why unit testing has an important role to play in general, regardless of the technologies or broader development philosophy involved. This article walks through a simple example, highlighting some of the motivation behind basic unit testing and the practices involved but without following through into TDD. by Kevlin Henney

C++ Interface Classes - Noise Reduction
Description : Interface classes are a principle mechanism for separating a class' interface from its implementation in C++. I wrote an introduction to interface classes in a previous article. In this article, I intend to explore interface classes - and their implementation classes - further. by Mark Radford

A Technique for Register Access in C++
Description : This article discusses a C++ scheme for accessing hardware registers in an optimal way. by Pete Goodliffe