Earlier this year, I casually mentioned that data structures are serious affairs, like hypertension or texting-while-driving: people die when they're done badly. A friend assumed I was jesting. It's time to begin to explain how serious I...

I think experiential learning and sharing is one of the best ways to learn about any subject in the world. When someone has used a technology or gone through a process there are lessons learned every step of the way. By sharing that experien...

Most followers of open source probably weren't surprised by Wednesday's fuss over NetBeans' possible move from Oracle to the Apache Software Foundation. If you missed it, it started with an announcement on the NetBeans website that ...

A few months after BUILD 2016 ago we told you about Project Centennial and how that Desktop Bridge will help you move your Win32 and .NET based software to the Universal Windows Platform (UWP)...

Part of an ongoing series, we're highlighting the excellent speakers we have handpicked to present phenomenal and extremely valuable content at the IT/Dev Connections conference. Want more? Get the Insider’s Scoop about IT/Dev Connections 2016 ...

Microsoft DreamSpark is a program from Microsoft that was created to not only encourage students to learn how to code using the latest Microsoft technologies but to also give them access to those tools at no cost...

Part of an ongoing series, we're highlighting the excellent speakers we have handpicked to present phenomenal and extremely valuable content at the IT/Dev Connections conference. Want more? Get the Insider’s Scoop about IT/Dev Connections 2016 ...

With the current focus on the cloud it might seem that the Internet works from the center out -- if the Internet can be said to have a center. And with the massive move of IT infrastructure to the cloud, DevOps folks might be wondering what this...

Part of an ongoing series, we're highlighting the excellent speakers we have handpicked to present phenomenal and extremely valuable content at the IT/Dev Connections conference. Want more? Get the Insider’s Scoop about IT/Dev Connections 2016 ...