Matthew Wilson's Weblog http://www.artima.com/weblogs/index.jsp?blogger=bigboy Artima Weblogs is a community of bloggers posting on a wide range of topics of interest to software developers. Artima.com http://www.artima.com/images/artima88x33.gif http://www.artima.com/ Breaking Up The Monolith: coming at last http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=308870 Yesterday, after four years of vacillation and procrastination and occasional modification, I finally got the preface of my next book, Breaking Up The Monolith: Advanced C++ Design Without Compromise, into a form with which I'm happy. 8 pages in four years; at that rate the full book will take me 150 years! SourceForge shoots itself in the foot http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=264830 SourceForge.NET's new File Release manager takes computing productivity back to the days of the punched card reader, and it does it with Web 2.0! Just good service (?) http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=250693 A couple of plugs, with no ulterior motive, and a mildly philosophical musing. New Libraries coming ... http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=239300 Just a heads up about three new libraries, and improvements in two established ones, ... (and a thinly veiled hint at some help from any members of the C++ community who have time, and a desire to work with highly efficient, highly robust libraries.) Watch those spaces! http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=238955 Having the computer help you write and maintain your code is an essential facet of successful software development, and all good consultants will recommended that you follow suit. (Even if, sometimes, they forget to do so themselves ...) Breaking Up The Monolith: The End of the Procrastination! http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=238275 Having spent nearly two years "getting everything sorted" ready to write my next book, I've decided enough is enough. It starts TODAY! Development Management: Carthorse, Racehorse, or Wild Horse? http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=236935 Two radically different philosophies to the management of software developers. Which one do you favour? Why do Open Source? http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=229570 A few days ago I was in the office of one of my clients, talking to the dev guys about Pantheios (what else?!), and they were asking why I do open-source. The resulting discussion was quite illuminating, not least to me, so I thought it might be useful to discuss it here and see why other people do it. To blog, or not to blog? http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=228433 After having spent the last 15 frustrating months of too-successful consulting that has stolen all my time for writing and most of my time for researching/open-source development, something's got to give! Is blogging the answer to my quandary? An exercise in compromise in class interface refinement. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=207128 Attempting to find a compromise between the constraints of a facade that wraps a system API, the limitations of a limited namespace naming scheme, and a user wanting more expressiveness, revealed an interesting compromise in design. Monolith: Facts, Failures, Fallacies, Falsehoods and Furphies http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=187032 Looking for your best Fs, Fs, Fs, Fs and Fs regarding everyone's favourite (to use, or to moan about) language, C++. If you've got 'em, let me have 'em. The worst that can happen is you'll get a mention in the new book ... Back on board ... http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=186967 After a prolongued hiatus from public writing activities (articles, blogs, books) throughout 2006, I'm about to stage a comeback. For those with nothing to do with the next 120 seconds, here's an explanation of why, and what you can expect in the coming months. What is Documentation? Can we expect s/w engineers 2 be good at all facets? http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=113563 As a part of a recent discussion about strategy on The C++ Source within the Editorial Panel, I mooted my taxonomy of documentation, and claimed to be good at some aspects, and not others. This having raised eyebrows, I am keen to learn more of the wider world experience ... Contract Enforcement for humanity ... ? http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=107392 Should individual human beings, and humanity's institutions, adopt the principles of contract programming, and use contract enforcement in their own functioning? Would that lead to a better world? Definite proDuctivity aDvantages http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=105720 The new programming language, D, may not be reaDy for its 1.0 release just yet, but it's harD not to be impresseD by how proDuctive one can be in it. Here's a little tale of toDay's activities, as a taster for the uninitiateD.