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The Code Project[^]:

This month, contribute a news item in the Insider News forum and you'll have a chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card.

Fabulous Adventures In Coding[^]:

The purpose of a GUID is, as the name implies, to uniquely identify something, so that we can refer to that thing by its identifier and have confidence that everyone can agree upon what thing we are referring to. Here's why it's useful... and problematic.

Constant Improvement[^]:

Spine and Backbone are two Javascript MVC frameworks that look very similar on the surface but under the hood there are key differences. The purpose of this article is to highlight these differences and hopefully make it easier to choose which framework fits your needs.

Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo[^]:

We report on the birth and evolution of Lua and discuss how it moved from a simple configuration language to a versatile, widely used language that supports extensible semantics, anonymous functions, full lexical scoping, proper tail calls, and coroutines.

Jinal Desai[^]:

You've installed them. You've loved them. You've hated them. But have you ever lined them up to compare one version of the .NET Framework against the others? Here's one man's attempt at a framework to chart the history of .NET versions.

So, you you want to write software?[^]:

I have been moving away from the object-oriented development principles that have made up the bulk of my 17 year career to date. More and more I am beginning to feel that objects have been a diversion away from building concise, well structured and reusable software. I realised that this isn’t a sudden switch in my thinking. The benefits of objects have been gradually declining over a long period of time. The way I use objects today is very different to how I used them when they were new and shiny.

Joe Wikert[^]:

Microsoft's $300 million investment in B&N's digital business is about more than ebooks. Much more. Or at least I hope so. Success in this venture will not be measured by sales of ebooks. Microsoft should instead use this as an opportunity to create an end-to-end consumer experience that rivals Apple's and has the advertising income potential to make Google jealous.

hongkiat.com[^]:

The process of creating and sending out a newsletter is a lot easier than one may think, but to design a custom template and build your own code — this can take a bit longer. We have compiled some fantastic tips to get you designing high-quality HTML newsletters like never before.

Benlog[^]:

When designing a secure service that stores user data, you might be temped to say “let’s make sure the data is encrypted.” That statement implies that you’re proposing adding goodness, without taking anything away. Something like “I’d like some of that delicious gravy on my roast turkey, please.” Unfortunately, encryption is not gravy. There are deep consequences to the product you’re building once you choose to encrypt data, and the consequences differ greatly depending on the key management mechanism you choose.

The Creativity Post[^]:

How do geniuses come up with ideas? What is common to the thinking style that produced "Mona Lisa," as well as the one that spawned the theory of relativity? What characterizes the thinking strategies of the Einsteins, Edisons, daVincis, Darwins, Picassos, Michelangelos, Galileos, Freuds, and Mozarts of history? What can we learn from them?

More Than Coding[^]:

Bringing a programmer in for an interview and a coding test can lead to some interesting experiences, both for the interviewer and the interviewee. Most end up with the hiring manager telling them that they’ll “be in touch,” but sometimes a candidate just nails it. That’s when you consider extending a job offer before they get a chance to leave the building.