• Projects

  Our latest projects are Getting started with the Bing Maps Silverlight Control and QuickSort Exposed which looks in depth at one of iProgrammer's favorite algorithms. For developers working with networks we have added a hands-on introduction to Using the Microsoft Network Monitor 3.3 plus two projects for fundamental classes - POP3 and SNTP.

• The Core

  Articles have been added on Loops and Advanced Loops in our beginners guide to PHP. For Joomla users we have a detailed explanation of the three MVC Classes it provides. New articles in WPF Workings are on the Data Grid, and the Bitmap transform classes. We have a new Theory section with an article from Nikos Vaggalis, Type Systems Demystified.

• History

  We have posted informal biographies of Bill Gates , Seymour Cray and A L Samuel plus a quirky tales of the first ever business computer the Leo I.

• Babbage's Bag

  Our collection of articles on the fundamental ideas and theories of computing continues to grow. The latest ones include Magic number 7, Graphics accelerators, P2P file sharing, Power of Operators, Variables Revisited and Hard Disks

  

The latest Stone Tapes rant to appear confronts the issue of Sock Puppets,something you will never find in any iProgrammer review.

For Spreadsheets aficionados, Exploring Repayment Loans, the latest installment of our Financial Functions ebook, is the third chapter covering cashflow along with Savings and Annuities. You'll find spreadsheets on the same topics in Swift's Spreadsheets.