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Overload Journal #58 - Dec 2003 or Design of applications and programs
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Practical Cryptographical Theory for Programmers

Bob Schmidt

02 April 2018 16:35:21 +01:00

Cryptography is a daunting subject. Deák Ferenc helps you get started.

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A Wider Vision of Software Development

Bob Schmidt

08 February 2018 17:02:42 +00:00

Is code a hopeful arrangement of bytes? Charles Tolman brings his Organising Principles series to a close.

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An MWSR Queue with Minimalist Locking

Bob Schmidt

07 February 2018 16:45:17 +00:00

Multithreaded queues come in many flavours. Sergey Ignatchenko describes his implementation of a multiple writer single reader queue.

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Testing: Choose the Right Level

Bob Schmidt

06 February 2018 16:42:09 +00:00

Testing can be easy. Andy Balaam considers levels to keep your focus just right.

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C++ with Meta-classes?

Bob Schmidt

04 February 2018 16:34:38 +00:00

Meta-classes will allow us to detail class requirements. Francis Glassborow compares them to developments of C++ in the 1990s.

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Practical Scale Testing

Bob Schmidt

03 February 2018 16:31:40 +00:00

Everyone wants scalable systems. Arun Saha explores methods for testing scalability.

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Visualisation of Multidimensional Data

Bob Schmidt

06 January 2018 16:40:18 +00:00

Frances Buontempo considers how to represent large data sets.

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Programmers’ Puzzles

Bob Schmidt

04 January 2018 16:57:31 +00:00

Francis Glassborow reviews his last challenge and presents a new one.

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CAS (Re)Actor for Non-Blocking Multithreaded Primitives

Bob Schmidt

06 December 2017 22:41:01 +00:00

Lock free programming can be difficult. Sergey Ignatchenko shows how copy and swap can work for reactors.

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A Design Example

Bob Schmidt

05 December 2017 22:38:53 +00:00

Design issues cause problems. Charles Tolman considers an organising principle to get to the heart of the matter.

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Evolutionary Computing Frameworks for Optimisation

Bob Schmidt

02 December 2017 22:22:53 +00:00

Evolutionary algorithms can find optimal solutions to problems. Aurora Ramírez and Chris Simons give us an overview.

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Marking Benches

Bob Schmidt

07 October 2017 20:03:21 +01:00

Too slow! Russel Winder reminds us that benchmarking code performance is a complicated issue.

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A New Competition

Bob Schmidt

02 September 2017 16:11:08 +01:00

Francis Glassborow presents a new challenge for CVu readers.

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A Usable C++ Dialect that is Safe Against Memory Corruption

Bob Schmidt

07 August 2017 00:55:27 +01:00

Suitable allocators for (Re)Actors can speed things up. Sergey Ignatchenko continues his investigation in Allocator for (Re)Actors (Part 2).

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Metaclasses: Thoughts on Generative C++

Bob Schmidt

06 August 2017 00:53:48 +01:00

Can you simplify C++ with minimal library extension? Herb Sutter shows how metaclasses could make this possible.

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A Functional Alternative to Dependency Injection in C++

Bob Schmidt

03 August 2017 00:43:07 +01:00

Dependency injection allows flexibility. Satprem Pamudurthy showcases a functional alternative in C++.

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Rip It Up and Start Again

Bob Schmidt

05 July 2017 17:58:16 +01:00

Jez Higgins shares a tale of re-implementing a software system.

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Non-Superfluous People: UX Specialists

Martin Moene

06 April 2015 18:35:49 +01:00

User experience specialists are sometimes regarded as superfluous people. Sergey Ignatchenko demonstrates why they can be vital.

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Does Test-Driven Development Harm Clarity?

Martin Moene

05 August 2014 16:05:50 +01:00

Is clarity the key thing to aim for when writing software? Andy Balaam considers if TDD harms clarity and if this matters.

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KISSing SOLID Goodbye

Martin Moene

02 August 2014 19:38:51 +01:00

Can you remember what SOLID stands for? Chris Oldwood distills it down to two easy to remember principles.


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