2011
IBM Global Entrepreneur Program to include Germany in 2011
Recently at CeBIT Hannover IBM announced that it would expand the IBM Global Entrepreneur Program to include Germany in 2011 effective immediately. With an amazing bunch of ecosystems partners we believe the German market offers a great opportunity for translating innovation and Entrepreneurship into scalable international businesses.
SmartCamp Bangalore is an Entrepreneur Mentor Goldmine
Our first SmartCamp of 2011 will be in Bangalore, India in April. With a population of over 1 billion plus, and home to some of the biggest tech companies in world, it comes as no surprise that international investors have been actively enagaged with the local communitities for many years. We believe that our mentor network is a real goldmine and the best reason to apply for SmartCamp.
The IBM Global Entrepreneur SmartCamp Startup competition Schedule for 2011
Announcing: The IBM Global Entrepreneur SmartCamp competitions for 2011. We are looking for entrepreneurs with global ambition and want to find ways to connect them to mentors, capital, and markets on a completely international basis. Here are the 9 cities which are a mixture of emerging markets and developed hubs. We have been overpowered by the excitement and support to help build these ecosystems.
KickStarter's Awesome $27 Million in Crowdsourced Seed Money for Startups
What's really cool about KickStarter is you have absolutely nothing to loose and everything to gain. All you have to do is present your Project/Startup idea, ask for the seed money you need, and like magic the masses of KisckStarter and the world give you a thumbs-up or down, and the Thumbs-Up can be very surprising indeed!
2010
Porting Perl To Python
Python programmers shouldn't get too smug. While many people agree that Python is designed in a way that makes it a highly readable language, there can still be problems with legacy, untested Python code too. Porting legacy Perl to Python can be a daunting task. In this article, learn some of the theory behind dealing with legacy code, including what not to do.
Build Android apps using XML and JavaScript Object Notation Part 2
Part 2 examines the manner in which Webkit-hosted JavaScript code exchanges data with Java code in an Android application. Explore techniques for handling two of the most common data formats used on the Internet—XML and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)—on the Android platform.
Build Android apps using XML and JavaScript Object Notation Part 1
Explore techniques for handling two of the most common data formats used on the Internet—XML and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)—on the Android platform. This first part covers the basics of XML and JSON and shows you how to build an Android application that parses and displays a Twitter status-update feed provided in both formats.
5 things you didn't know about command-line flags for the JVM
Java virtual machines come with hundreds of command-line options, which more experienced Java developers can use to tune the Java runtime. Learn how to monitor and log compiler performance, disable explicit garbage collection (System.gc();), extend the JRE, and more.
Introduction to Java programming Part 1
In Part 1, learn the essentials of object-oriented programming on the Java platform, including fundamental Java syntax and its use.
Introduction to Java programming Part 2
In Part 2 explore the more-sophisticated syntax and libraries you will need to develop complex, real-world Java applications.
Learning FC++: The C++ functional programming library
C++ is usually synonymous with object-oriented programming (OOP), and further replenished in no small measure by popular technical literature. This article tries something different—functional programming with C++ using the open source FC++ library from Yannis Smaragdakis and Brian McNamara. Learn how you can use FC++ to implement basic functional programming.
Evolutionary architecture and emergent design: Building DSLs in Groovy
Internal DSLs are possible but cumbersome in the Java language because of its restrictive syntax. This article covers some of the capabilities you can exploit and issues you'll encounter when using Groovy to build internal DSLs.
5 things you didn't know about Java Database Connectivity
JDBC, or Java Database Connectivity, is one of the most frequently used packages in the entire JDK, and yet few Java developers use it to its fullest — or most up-to-date — capacity. This article offers an introduction to newer JDBC features.
Speeding up Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails, a popular Web development framework based on the Ruby programming language, makes it easy to access your database, but it does not always do so efficiently. Learn more about common performance problems with Rails, including N+1 query, and discover how you can fix them.
Evolutionary architecture and emergent design: Leveraging reusable code - Part 2
Once you identify idiomatic patterns in code, the next step is to harvest and use them. Understanding the relationship between design and code can facilitate the discovery of reusable code. In Part-2 learn two techniques for harvesting idiomatic patterns: capturing patterns as APIs and using metaprogramming techniques.
Evolutionary architecture and emergent design: Leveraging reusable code - Part 1
Once you identify idiomatic patterns in code, the next step is to harvest and use them. Understanding the relationship between design and code can facilitate the discovery of reusable code. In Part-1, learn the relationship between code and design.
CouchDB basics for PHP developers
Take a look at CouchDB from a PHP developer's point of view, and learn how CouchDB gives you a document-based, schema-free, ad-hoc database with a flat address space. Learn how you can add CouchDB to your technical toolboxes to create and delete databases, work with CouchDB views, and more.
2009
ICEfaces and Google Translate
ICEfaces, an integrated Ajax application framework, enables Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) application developers to easily create and deploy thin-client, rich Internet applications in pure Java code. This tutorial describes how to develop Web applications using JSF, Google and the translation option.
2007
IBM will send you a DVD boatload of Linux applications
This is the easiest way to get all of the fresh releases of IBM applications for Linux. A DVD with all DB2, Rational, Websphere, Informix, Tivoli, and Workplace applications for Linux will be sent to you at no cost.
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