The Insider News

The Code Project[^]:

Welcome to our continuing series of Code Project interviews.

Jimmy Bogard's Blog[^]:

My first foray into Agile was with a product team back in 2004-2005. It was my first “real” job out of college, and my first experience with a death march. During the death march, I was struck on how bad the idea of death marching was. Working weekends, long hours etc. were a sign of failure not on the development team, but our a failure to plan, set expectations, and deliver frequently. This rather horrible experience pushed me to explore better options, leading me into Scrum and XP.

Channel 9[^]:

In partnership with the Visual Studio team, we are launching Code Snippets for Windows Store apps, a collection of around 60 IntelliSense Code Snippets for common Windows Store app programming tasks. The snippets are available for Visual Basic, C#, C++, and JavaScript developers. For example, if you don’t know how to copy a file in JavaScript or C++, just right-click, select Insert Snippet, select the code snippet, and it will automatically add the code to your Windows app.

Robot App Store[^]:

iRobot has published an API for Roomba - the Roomba SCI (Serial Command Interface). The idea is very simple: you need to transfer byte array to Roomba’s serial port.... Each byte holds a single command or a command-group. We will go deeper into that later on...

Bell Labs[^]:

Dennis also had a deliciously wry sense of humor. He was once asked: In your experience, how long does it take for a novice programmer to become a reasonably proficient C developer capable of writing nontrivial production code? Dennis replied: I don’t know. I never had to learn C. To the software world, Dennis was a genius. To those who were privileged to know him, he was a mensch.

The Visual Studio Blog[^]:

It would be impossible to list every feature in Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop. However, in this post I want to tell you about some of the new tools and capabilities in the product that have not been available in any other Express products in the past. I’d also like to answer some of the questions you’ve been asking about what we’re including in this edition. Unless otherwise mentioned, the features listed are supported for all languages that are included in Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop – C++, C#, and Visual Basic.

Medium[^]:

The latest iOS application has doubled engagement (double the stories). It is pretty amazing to see a product as large as Facebook get rebooted in this way. The app looked pretty much the same (a few UX touches, but pretty minimal) before and after. So obviously, HTML5 sucks and native rocks. Not so fast. Let’s look at what we know from the history of the Facebook app.

unixmages.com[^]:

Hello, Young Mage! Welcome to the Tower of Nix! Here you!ll begin your training in the skills of Unix. I'll be your Instructor and Narrator. We here at the tower understand if you!re a little nervous or unsure about learning something so new and different. However, I can assure you that your stay and training at the Tower will be none other than the best! Before we begin, I'd like to give you a brief history of the craft you are about to learn.

Lifehacker[^]:

Windows: If there's one thing I miss about Linux, it's being able to install any program in seconds with a quick command. Chocolatey brings that convenience to Windows, with over 300 popular programs in its database. From VLC to Launchy to Skype and tons of other apps, Chocolatey puts all of your favorite Windows programs right at your fingertips.

Co.Design[^]:

By now it’s almost inevitable given the company’s track record: No matter what Apple unveils tomorrow at the Yerba Buena Center (an iPad Mini? iPhone 5?), pundits will herald the company for its innovative thinking and bold hardware design. But the elephant in the room will be Apple’s software, which many inside the company believe has evolved for the worse in the last few years.

Wired[^]:

This year’s wait for Apple’s new smartphone is over. Apple revealed the iPhone 5, its sixth-generation smartphone, at a press event in San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on Wednesday. Unlike the mainly under-the-hood update from the iPhone 4 to iPhone 4S, Apple has made significant changes with the iPhone 5. With so many hardware, spec and feature improvements, there’s a lot to take in with Apple’s latest smartphone. We’ve gathered the most pertinent details you need to know about before the device goes on sale September 21.