Monthly Archives: August 2015
One small step for Hadoop, a giant leap for Big Data
Hadoop is an excellent open source software program that inherits the ability to store enormous amount of data. It runs smooth on most of...
Testing Video Transmission in Ns-2 Using the EvalVid Framework
Ns-2 is a discrete event simulator targeted at networking research. It provides support for simulation of TCP, routing and multicast protocols over wired and...
Taking the First Baby Steps in Ns-3
Ns-3 is a network simulator for computer network simulation, used mainly for research and educational purposes. This article is the third in the series...
Creating Vehicular Traffic Simulation with OSS
Here is a tutorial on creating real-time vehicular traffic simulation using SUMO and OpenStreetMap.
SUMO stands for Simulation of Urban Mobility. It is designed as...
Generating Computer Graphics with OpenGL
OpenGL is the industrys most widely used environment for the development of portable, interactive 2D and 3D graphics applications. The OpenGL API is open...
Network Monitoring and Programming Using Python
Python scripts and APIs can be tailor made into effective network monitoring and forensics tools. Their versatility makes them ideal in assorted applications including...
The Pros and Cons of Polyglot Persistence
The design of a database determines its optimal use. A single database engine is inefficient and insufficient for all data searches. This is where...
CakePHP: How to Create a Component
Heres a hands-on tutorial on creating a component in CakePHPa must-read for those who like to learn through practical knowledge.
CakePHP is a free and...
Unit Testing in Java Using the JUnit Framework
The JUnit Framework can be easily integrated with Eclipse. Unit testing accelerates programming speed.
While software testing is generally performed by the professional software tester,...
Reordering C Structure Alignment
The memory footprint of C programs can be reduced by manually repacking C structure declarations. This article is about reordering the structure members in...
