Archive for June, 2006

A Practitioner’s Guide to Software Test Design

by Lee CopelandI read this book to build knowledge on the top of my practical experience in software testing of multi-tier architectures. I am writing detail notes from this book in my review here.The design of tests for software and other engineering products can be as challenging as the initial design of the product itself.Typically [...]

Apple DVR: Apple’s Next Big Thing?

InformationWeek has posted an article that speculates and cites speculation about an Apple DVR possibly called “AppleVision.” I will not post any details about the article mainly because I don’t wish to write about a rumor and something that might not exist. I have written on rumors in the past but only ones that really [...]

PERL COOKBOOK

o’reilly : by Tom Christiansen,Nathan TorkingtonThis is good book for all levels of programmers, from novice to advanced users. It contains lot of working code examples of Perl to do everything from data structures and string matching to reading files and using modules to CGI programming and programming internet applications. The book is very comprehensive [...]

AJAX - Executive Summary

AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript and XML) is a software platform to build and deploy Rich Internet Applications.(RIA) Some RIA applications include Flash, Java Applets and ActiveX Controls.
Without these kinds of applications, the clients are thin and monolithic, as in a Legacy Architecture. RIA’s put the smile back on the client machines, by maximizing their CPU utilization. [...]

Nike + iPod Sport Kit won’t support the iPod

The Nike + iPod Sport Kit is not going to support the iPod itself. The Nike + iPod Sport Kit will only support the iPod nano. It’s true. For all the countless regular iPod owners you won’t be able to use the Sport Kit in all its goodness (well we’ll see).
Here is my proof. First, [...]