IBM has published the following new technical articles, tutorials, and downloads on its DeveloperWorks website. They cover a range of interesting (though not necessarily embedded) technical topics, primarily related to Linux and open source system development. Some require free registration. Enjoy . . . !

• How to deploy GTK+ with handy dev-tools — GTK+ is a big player here and one of the more widely used software packages and has had more reviews, more bugs reported (and, therefore, fixed), which has lead to a better and easier-to-use development library. This article takes A look at sample GTK+ applications and handy development tools that allow you to deploy a GTK+ application and everything you need to get your product to the user.
• Build an Eclipse breakout video game plug-in — Get introduced to the Eclipse plug-in architecture and learn how to define your own plug-in using the Eclipse tool itself. You will also begin to leverage the SWT to develop a simple user interface for your plug-in. You'll also create code to demonstrate how to interact with other Eclipse resources — in this case, the Task List. By the end, you will have a good framework for which to build a simple breakout video game that will work directly in Eclipse.
• Speaking UNIX: Command Line Power — One of the most novel and differentiating features of a UNIX system is its command line. With just a few keystrokes, including a bit of “glue”, you can use the command line to combine a finite set of UNIX utilities into innumerable, impromptu data transforms. Discover how you can use the power of command line to master several task at once.
• What is UNIX, Anyway? — The Thirty Years' War was long and dreary and mostly pointless, but in the end, some good came out of it: the Peace of Westphalia. The UNIX wars were also long, dreary, and mostly pointless, but much good came out of them too. As compared with other operating system standards — which are often highly volatile at best or non-existent at worst — when it comes to UNIX, the elements are so mixed in the documentation that Nature might stand up and say to all the world 'This is a standard.'
• Prepare to get Rational App Dev certified — This tutorial covers setting workbench preferences, working with views and perspectives, of the import and export wizards, using the Help features to aid in development, the resource Local History feature, and managing your workspaces in RationalDeveloper for WebSphere Software. It is the first tutorial in a series of seven tutorials created to help prepare for the RAD Certification Test 255.
• Kick-start your Java apps — Rapidly create, test, deploy and Kick-start your Java apps and Web-based application with this comprehensive, no-charge development, data management, and deployment environment tripple-play that includes the Eclipse IDE, The free DB2 Express-C database, and the free WebSphere Application Server Community Edition web application server. Here is a tutorial that takes you along the shortest path to getting these software components up an working for you fast.
• Put Your Application on the Google Map — Google Maps API along with DB2, PHP, JavaScript, and XML let you create an easy-to-use map with your data on it. Pan to your zip code to see area-specific data. Use custom icons, change the map type, create a sidebar, and use event handlers. The author and his 9th grader son walk you through the process.
• Automate OS switching on a dual-boot Linux system — Why would you want to do this automatically when doing it manually is straightforward enough? The simple answer is that an automated process makes it a lot easier to use multiple operating systems. If you test software on multiple operating system platforms, for example, this ability is especially useful.

 
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