Despite its complexity, the software development process has gotten better over the years. “Mature” programmers remember how many things required manual intervention and hand-tuning back in the day.

No matter which flash-memory-programming method you use, optimization of the programming algorithm is a key consideration. It has the potential to reduce flash-programming time and, therefore, ...

Java 8 introduced Java developers to functional programming with lambda expressions. This Java release effectively notified developers that it’s no longer sufficient to think about Java programming ...

Most of the discussions we have in the software industry today revolve around developer productivity: How do we make it possible for fewer developers to produce more software in less time? Reducing ...

As corporations struggle to complete application development projects on time, within budget and without lots of buggy code, they’re taking a closer look at new development methods, such as extreme ...

Aid and development organizations tackle a broad range of complex problems in demanding operating environments. However, the standard tools and processes we use are ill-suited to the task we face. The ...

Overview:  Most people do not struggle because of a lack of effort. They struggle because their thinking patterns never ...

The numbers of applications using FPGAs are on the rise. They have long been used for avionics and DSP-based applications, but are finding many new applications in which their flexible and ...

The iPad app starts with easy programming techniques but moves well beyond the basics as you send a character around an island in the sky to collect gems. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

Interval linear programming extends classical linear optimisation by allowing coefficients in the objective function and constraints to be specified as intervals rather than fixed values. This ...