Software Review

• This is Adit's new section dedicated to issues and ideas surrounding software development



• We are not abandoning our original developer's pages - after all, our free and open source Visual Basic PrintGrid utility is now so widely used around the world that we are having to consider going multi-lingual



• Many of our original pages have been revamped to make them more relevant and less particular to Visual Basic but where we feel that others provide a unique resource they will continue to be maintained



• Learn more about Adit's PrintGrid module for printing MsFlexgrids (and other grids) from Visual Basic 6. This open source module continues to develop and is now in wide use right around the world



• Can software be affected by chaos, self-organisation or emergent behaviour? This slightly tongue in cheek investigation by Mike Griffiths, considers the potential of your software to take command of your computer and develop an agenda of it's own



• Noughts and Crosses / Tic Tac ToeCan a game teach us new programming techniques and how to apply machine learning? See early AI techniques like feedback and later ideas on Neural Networks and genetic program development applied to this age old game. Then consider the potential application of these techniques to real life problems



• The Truth About Software Science - quotes Edsger W.Dijkstra and his famous analysis of the state of play in 1975. What changes would you make to his list of horror?



• With Visual Basic now an ageing language just where should today's developers be looking for a programming tool for business applications? Perhaps Microsoft might like to reconsider Visual Basic version 7? With no immediate sign of VB7 where should VB programmers look for their next desktop development tool?



• No apologies for a direct product plug - but did you know how easy it is to add maps and mapping to your computer system developments



• Associative Databases - a review of this new database model with links for further study. Not all databases are Relational!



• Growing Up With Lucy - How to Build an Android in Twenty Easy Steps - A book review by Mike Griffiths