2017 Software Development Salary Survey
Find out what pays and what doesn't for software engineers, developers, and other programming professionals.
Ideas, insights, and strategies for today’s software engineers.
Ideas
7 secrets of blockbuster video games
Most video game designers dream of designing a blockbuster hit, but what makes a game break out?
The alarming state of secure coding neglect
A survey reveals a deep divide between developer aspirations for security and organizational practices.
Paris Buttfield-Addison on what’s new in Swift programming
The O’Reilly Programming Podcast: Applying the latest language features to build video games and containerized microservices.
Highlights from the O'Reilly OSCON Conference in Austin 2017
Watch highlights covering open source, open infrastructure, the business of open source, and more. From the O'Reilly OSCON Conference in Austin 2017.
Jason Hibbets on open source cities
The O’Reilly Programming Podcast: Applying open source practices beyond software.
Augmenting industrial reality
Integration tools and vision systems represent two developments in enterprise AR that point to bigger things to come.
How to ship production-grade Go
Five must-haves for robust, debuggable production code.
Learning
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Video
Why use Scala?
If you're familiar with Java or the JVM but want more power from your APIs and want to see what functional programming can do with your data, Scala is a good bet.
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Why Reactive?
A deep dive into the technical aspects of reactive.
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Algorithmic trading in less than 100 lines of Python code
If you're familiar with financial trading and know Python, you can get started with basic algorithmic trading in no time.
Video
How user stories propel Agile development
User stories help track goals, user needs, and project timeframes to deliver valuable software quickly.
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Designing a reactive HTTP server with RxJava
Achieve high scalability and performance while reducing system complexity.
People
Mark Bates
Mark Bates is the founder and chief architect of the Boston, MA based consulting company, Meta42 Labs. Mark spends his days focusing on new application development and consulting for his clients. At night he writes books, raises kids, and occasionally he forms a band and “tries to make it.” Ma...
Henrik Engstrom
After graduating with a M.Sc degree in Computer Science in 1998 at the Royal Institute of Technology Henrik Engström has been working as a consultant up until his Typesafe employment in 2011. Henrik ...
Carin Meier
Carin started off as a professional ballet dancer, studied Physics in college, and has been developing software for both the enterprise and entrepreneur ever since. She has a strong background in Ruby...
Topic image: Canal under construction, possibly the Bude Canal (circa 1840)
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