Overload (magazine)
{{Infobox magazine
| based = Henley on Thames
| image_file = Overload92.PNG
| image_size = 200px
| image_caption = Overload #92
| editor = Frances Buontempo
| frequency = Bi-Monthly
| category = Computer magazines
| publisher = ACCU
| firstdate = April 1993
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| website = [https://www.accu.org/journals/nonmembers/overload_issue_members/ Issue List]
| issn = 1354-3172
}}
Overload is a bi-monthly professional computer magazine 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".[http://accu.org/index.php/journal The ACCU Journals] All issues of Overload, starting from August 1998, are available online.[http://accu.org/index.php/journal/overload_archive_redirect Online archive]
History
Overload was started in 1993 as a magazine of the "Turbo C++ SIG".[http://accu.org/index.php/journals/c267/ "A History Lesson", Overload #10, October 95] 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. The scope of Overload continued to be broadened[http://accu.org/index.php/journals/355 Alan Grifiths, Editorial, Overload #55, June 2003] and in 2000 the magazine was relabeled from "journal of C++ SIG" to "journal of ACCU".[http://accu.org/index.php/journals/497 Alan Griffiths, A Word from the C++ SIG Organiser, Overload #36, March 2000] 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),[http://www.ddj.com/linux-open-source/212700891 Dr. Dobb's Journal: A Pocketful of Change] and by 2010 Overload has become the only magazine to cover this area,{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} which has attracted articles of notable writers such as former contributing editor of C/C++ Users Journal Matthew Wilson[http://accu.org/index.php/journals/1539 Matthew Wilson, An Introduction to Fast Format (Part 1): The State of the Art, Overload, #89, February 2009] and creator of C++ Bjarne Stroustrup.[http://accu.org/index.php/journals/1576 Bjarne Stroustrup, No 'Concepts' in C++0x, Overload, #92, August 2009]
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.[http://accu.org/index.php/journals/c141 Giovanni Asproni. How to shoot yourself in the foot in an agile way, Overload #71, February 2006][http://accu.org/index.php/journals/1421 Allan Kelly. Blue-White-Red, an example agile process, Overload #81, October 2007] In 2005 Overload published a [http://accu.org/index.php/journals/1496 Quality Manifesto] by Tom Gilb.
Notable contributors
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
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.accu.org/journals/nonmembers/overload_issue_members/}}
- [https://www.accu.org/journals/nonmembers/overload_article_members/ Bibliography of Overload articles]
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