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Saving Money with Legacy Data By Stephen B. Morris Mar 11, 2005 Migrating legacy source code is a time-consuming and complicated business. The same is often true for the migration of legacy data, but there are some useful techniques that can reduce the cost. In this article, network management software specialist Stephen Morris discusses the migration (or upgrading) of legacy data into XML format. This process proves to be surprisingly straightforward and low in cost.

The Design of Design: Exemplars in Design By Frederick P. Brooks Apr 19, 2010 Few designs are all-new. Usually, even novel designs derive from earlier artifacts intended for similar purposes and built with similar technology. What then is the proper role of exemplars, precedents, in design? How should the designer study and use them? Should each design domain develop an accessible cumulative store of exemplars? Frederick P. Brooks considers these questions in this excerpt from his book, The Design of Design.

VB.NET: Object-Oriented Programming Concepts By Keith Franklin Mar 8, 2002 In this sample chapter from VB .NET for Developers, Keith Franklin discusses the four key concepts of object-oriented development in relation to programming: abstraction, encapsulation, polymorphism, and inheritance.

What Is Clean Code? By Robert C. Martin Aug 19, 2008 Robert C. Martin introduces his book, Clean Code, and polls experienced programmers -- including Bjarne Stroustrup, Grady Booch, Dave Thomas, and Ward Cunningham -- on what their definition of "Clean Code" is.

What Programmers Have to Know About Testing By Janet Gregory Jan 11, 2010 Janet Gregory offers some good advice to developers: Even when you know that a dedicated test team will be testing your software, there are some things that your programming team shouldn't leave for the testers to find.

Writing a Managed Windows Service with Visual C++ By John Paul Mueller Sep 17, 2004 Writing a Windows service used to be hard work. John Mueller shows how using Visual Studio .NET makes the process a lot easier.

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