''Overload'' is a bi-monthly professional

computer magazine Computer magazines are about computers and related subjects, such as networking and the Internet. Most computer magazines offer (or offered) advice, some offer programming tutorials, reviews of the latest technologies, and advertisements. ...

published by ACCU, that was established in 1993 and is edited by Frances Buontempo. It aims to "publish a high standard of articles about all aspects of

software development Software development is the process of designing and Implementation, implementing a software solution to Computer user satisfaction, satisfy a User (computing), user. The process is more encompassing than Computer programming, programming, wri ...

".The ACCU Journals
/ref> All issues of ''Overload'', starting from August 1998, are available online.Online archive
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History

''Overload'' was started in 1993 as a magazine of the "Turbo C++ SIG"."A History Lesson", Overload #10, October 95
/ref> By 1994, it had become a "journal of C++ SIG", with an appropriate change in scope. At that time there were several magazines with similar scope, including '' C/C++ Users Journal, C++ Report'', and to a lesser extent, ''

Dr. Dobb's Journal ''Dr. Dobb's Journal'' (often shortened to ''Dr. Dobb's'' or DDJ) was a monthly magazine published in the United States by UBM Technology Group, part of UBM. It covered topics aimed at computer programmers. When launched in 1976, DDJ was the fi ...

''. The scope of ''Overload'' continued to be broadenedAlan Grifiths, Editorial, Overload #55, June 2003
/ref> and in 2000 the magazine was relabeled from "journal of C++ SIG" to "journal of ACCU".Alan Griffiths, A Word from the C++ SIG Organiser, Overload #36, March 2000
/ref> About the same time, a board of "readers" was established, to assist authors with improving their articles. Over time, many competing publications have been discontinued (''C++ Report'' has been discontinued in 2002, ''C/C++ Users Journal'' in 2006, ''Dr Dobbs Journal'' in 2009),Dr. Dobb's Journal: A Pocketful of Change
/ref> and by 2010 ''Overload'' has become the only magazine to cover this area, which has attracted articles of notable writers such as former contributing editor of ''C/C++ Users Journal'' Matthew WilsonMatthew Wilson, An Introduction to Fast Format (Part 1): The State of the Art, Overload, #89, February 2009
/ref> and creator of C++

Bjarne Stroustrup Bjarne Stroustrup (; ; born 30 December 1950) is a Danish computer scientist, known for the development of the C++ programming language. He led the Large-scale Programming Research department at Bell Labs, served as a professor of computer sci ...

.Bjarne Stroustrup, No 'Concepts' in C++0x, Overload, #92, August 2009
/ref> Since its establishment, the scope of the magazine has evolved from issues specific to C/ C++ into all aspects of software development, with a particular emphasis on

Agile software development Agile software development is an umbrella term for approaches to software development, developing software that reflect the values and principles agreed upon by ''The Agile Alliance'', a group of 17 software practitioners, in 2001. As documented ...

.Giovanni Asproni. How to shoot yourself in the foot in an agile way, Overload #71, February 2006
/ref>Allan Kelly. Blue-White-Red, an example agile process, Overload #81, October 2007
/ref> In 2005 ''Overload'' published
Quality Manifesto
by Tom Gilb.

Notable contributors

* Matthew Wilson * David Abrahams * Tom Gilb * David H. Bailey *

Kevlin Henney Kevlin Henney is an English author, presenter, and consultant on software development. He has written on the subject of computer programming and development practice for many magazines and sites, including ''Better Software'', ''The Register'', ' ...

* Nicolai Josuttis * Scott Meyers

Editors

* Frances Buontempo (2012–present) * Ric Parkin (2008–2012) * Alan Griffiths (2003–2008) * John Merrels (1998–2003) * Sean A. Corfield (1995–1997) * Mike Toms (1993–1994)

References

External links

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Bibliography of Overload articles
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