Explains fundamental concepts for moving from a linear to a parallel programming model

As the Web becomes truly world wide, site developers will need to address multilingual and cross-cultural issues. Howard sorts out the concepts of internationalization and localization, and explains how they relate to your company's future.

By Martin Webb.

It isn't just languages that have poor support for thread local storage, but operating systems too

AOP was a move away from explicit metaprogramming to a direct semantics for coding crosscutting concerns. But metaprogramming can still be useful, if kept under control. Dr. Dobb's.

General page for Java 3D, how to use, when to use, features and alternatives. Short view for the 3d future on the web.

By Hinkmond Wong. Networking consumer devices.

Part 2 of 2: W. Edwards Deming's Total Quality Management still rings true for software; rules for lean coding. Dr. Dobb's.

Part 1 of 2: Assembly-line production techniques apply to software, too. Dr. Dobb's.

When dealing with realtime systems, IPC overhead becomes important; examines two of the best IPC mechanisms available for Linux: FIFO, shared memory. [Dr. Dobb's Journal]