Tag Archives: coding guidelines

The next best thing to open source

Posted on October 13, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

We have all benefited from the availability of open source and many of us have contributed to that software pool. Commercial software development exists because it is a simple business model that keeps people employed, or because a specific software … Continue reading →

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Round pegs in square holes

Posted on October 10, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

As I get older, some would say that I get more crusty [grin]. This may fall in that category, but my argument is that there is nothing wrong with simple and flexible. Put another way, “Round open source products do … Continue reading →

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A Network Hypervisor

Posted on April 1, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

I recently watched a video of a lecture given at Stanford University by a prof from Berkeley (Go Figure). The lecture was about the definition of Software Defined Networking (SDN) and how the original team had succeeded in some areas … Continue reading →

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Keeping it Simple

Posted on March 26, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

When it comes to designing software there are those who look for the absolute best technical solution and those who do their best to keep things simple. I have witnessed projects that have become so complex that new designers take … Continue reading →

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How will SDN change the game?

Posted on February 24, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

I have been reading a lot about SDN (Software Defined Networks) lately and it is becoming clear to me that SDN will be a game changer. Video conferencing companies for example, have been struggling to create the most bandwidth efficient … Continue reading →

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Eclipse and egit

Posted on September 4, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

“egit” is a free plugin for Eclipse that allows you to connect to the GIT version control system. Once connected, you can view annotations associated with code changes on a line by line basis. When working in large teams it … Continue reading →

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Is fast evaluation really fast?

Posted on July 16, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

I have found over the years that readability of code has substantial value. I have also found that their are trade offs with respect to style and performance. This leads me to today’s topic that is something common to both … Continue reading →

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“Effective C++” : Part 7

Posted on June 20, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

It’s been a while since my last post on C++ and I have been immersed in Java as of late. Some of the points today actually apply to languages other than C++ as Scott presents sound arguments for all objected … Continue reading →

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“Effective C++” : Part 6

Posted on May 29, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

It’s time for another in the series of posts on effective C++. The nice part of these posts is that writing about the points forces me to learn about them and understand them well enough to summarize them for others. … Continue reading →

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“Effective C++” : Part 5

Posted on May 14, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

In this next section we will look at C++ interfaces. With any programming problem we must first understand the use cases and the problem. Once we have a handle on what we are trying to accomplish we need to define … Continue reading →

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