Section B.2. Magazines

B.2. Magazines

All the magazines in this section have web sites where you may be able to pick up a free trial subscription, since their income is mostly based upon advertising in the magazines:

ACM Queue (http://www.acmqueue.org)

A collection of general programming articles each month, with a useful number of ones about tools and different development environments.

Software Development (http://www.sdmagazine.com)

Lots of articles about different tools, and the annual Jolt awards for tools. Part of CMP's Developer Network, which includes Dr. Dobb's Journal, BYTE.com, C/C++ Users Journal, and The Perl Journal.

Better Software (http://www.stickyminds.com/BetterSoftware/magazine.asp)

Mostly articles about general software development, but some tool-specific articles.

Java Developers Journal (http://jdj.sys-con.com)

One of a number of language-specific magazines from Sys-Con Media; often has articles about tools for projects written in Java.