Short Takes: November 1, 2010
By SD Times Editorial Board
November 1, 2010 —
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A chance to join Google's farm
If your kids, nieces or nephews are interested in following in your footsteps as a coder, the Google Open Source Program is offering a contest for them to get started.
Called Google Code-In, 13- to 18-year-old students around the world will have the opportunity to work on open-source projects and real-world software development tasks.
Not only will students be able to accomplish tasks related to coding, such as writing or refactoring, they will also have the opportunity to feel out other areas, including documentation, community management and marketing, quality assurance, research, training, translation and user interface.
Once the contest kicks off on Nov. 22, students will be matched to organizations that will mentor and guide them throughout their tasks. Google will announce this year’s participating organizations on Nov. 5.
For each successfully completed task, students will receive US$100, up to a maximum of $500. All who participate will also compete for the grand prize of an all-expenses-paid trip for themselves and a family member to visit the Google campus.
— Katie Serignese
Sidling into LLVM and Maven
With last month's releases of LLVM and Maven 3, it's a sure bet that your build team will have a lot to assimilate before the end of the year. That's a good thing, though, because everyone I've ever spoken to in an enterprise software shop has told me that building can be a real pain in the tuckus.
Unfortunately, Maven 3 isn't a huge step forward beyond optimization and stability enhancements. LLVM, too, includes many “not-ready-for-this-release” features, such as the new LLDB and the Java compilation capabilities. These types of releases, though lacking in mature additions, are a great way for your team to slowly begin acclimating themselves with new ideas and concepts that may have been introduced. That way, when these new ideas formulate into final ideas, your folks will be ready.
— Alex Handy
Apple can't stop growing
As of this writing, Apple has the second-largest market capitalization (US$274.2 billion) of any U.S.-based company, trailing only Exxon-Mobil ($331.2 billion). That’s astounding.
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