Martin C. Brown
Company: www.mcslp.comAuthor Bio:
Martin C. Brown is a former IT Director with experience in cross-platform integration. A keen developer, he has produced dynamic sites for blue-chip customers including HP and Oracle and is the Technical Director of Foodware.net. Now a freelance writer and consultant, MC, as he is better known, works closely with Microsoft as an SME, is the LAMP Technologies Editor for LinuxWorld magazine, is a core member of the AnswerSquad.com team, and has written a number of books on topics as diverse as Microsoft Certification, iMacs, and open source programming. Despite his best attempts, he remains a regular and voracious programmer on many platforms and numerous environments. You can contact MC at questions@mcslp.com or through his Web site.
Tutorials written by Martin C. Brown:
Automate Perl Module Deployment
If you run Perl across many different computers of any sort, you know how frustrating it can be to install Perl extension modules across those machines. The administrative process is even worse if you have a Web server farm and need to keep each machine up to date with a set suite of extension modules for your installation.
Wednesday, 27th April 2005
Improve collaborative build times with ccache
Collaboratively building a C/C++ project using cc or gcc to share source files and other components works fine with CVS, but the time required to build the application when it has been merged with everybody else's changes can be significant. Even if you're not developing a project as part of a group, recompiling an application can take a lot of time.
Monday, 8th November 2004
Optimize Perl
Perl is an incredibly flexible language, but its ease of use can lead to some sloppy and lazy programming habits. We're all guilty of them, but there are some quick steps you can take to improve the performance of your Perl applications. In this article, I'll look at the key areas of optimization, which solutions work and which don't, and how to continue to build and extend your applications with optimization and speed in mind.
Monday, 11th April 2005